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JOHN 14: 23. If a man love me, he will keep my commandments, and my father will love him.

1 JOHN 4:16. We have known and believed the love which God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Love is of God.-10. Herein is love, not that we loved God; but that he loved us. 19. We love him because he first loved us. MAL. 1: 2. I have loved you, saith the LORD of hosts.

JOHN 3: 16. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Ps. 146: 8. The LORD loveth the righteous.

DEUT. 10: 8. The LORD loveth the stranger.

JOHN 16:27. For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me.

Ps. 36: 7. How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! Therefore the sons of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

89: 33. My loving kindness will I not utterly take from him.

JER. 31: 3. I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.

MAL. 1:2. I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, "Wherein hast thou loved us?" Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

II. Hatred, or opposition to sin.

DEUT. 5: 9. For I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and

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showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7:9. Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

32: 41. If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

JOB 34: 25. Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways. 29. And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: that the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: that which I see not, teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no

more.

Ps. 84: 16. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil. To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.-21. Evil shall slay the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

50: 16. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.—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. Now consider this, ye that forget God lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

T75:8. For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine

is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

94: 23. And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

145: 20. The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

ISA. 26:21. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their in- | iquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

59: 17. And he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the

sun.

When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. NAH. 1: 2. God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked.-5. The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Ps. 7: 11. God is angry with the wicked every day.

III. Compassion.

Ex. 34: 6. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Ps. 68: 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

86: 15. But thou, O LORD, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me.

102:19. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; to declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

103: 1. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities. —5. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 8. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our

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JOB 21: 17. God distributeth sorrows in his anger. NAH. 1: 2. The LORD reserveth iniquities. For as the heaven is wrath for his enemies.

ROM. 1:18. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of

men.

2: 8. Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doth evil.

high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.-17. But the mercy of the LORD is from ever

lasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandinents to do them.

T111: 4. The LORD is gracious and full of compassion. He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

116: 3. The sorrows of death compassed me; and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD. O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous: yea, our God is merciful.

136: 1. O give thanks unto the LORD: for he is good.-5. To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth forever.

ISA. 54: 5. For thy Maker is thy husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the LORD bath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. -10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee.

JONAH 3: 10. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

NEH. 9: 17. Thou art a God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness.

JOEL 2:13. The LORD your God is gracious and merciful; slow to anger and of great kindness.

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Ex. 20: 5. For I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

DEUT. 10: 17. For the LORD your God is God of gods, and LORD of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: he doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

JOB 34: 10. Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Ps. 18: 20. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 25.

With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; with the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.-30. As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried; he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? it is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

ISA. 25: 1. O 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. For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city: it shall never be built. Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee; the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy

in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

DEUT. 32: 3. Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

JOB 8: 20. Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame.

Ps. 36: 5. Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep.

97: 2. Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

145: 17. The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

19: 8. The statutes of the LORD are right. The commandment of the LORD is pure. The judgments of the LORD are true.

2 CHRON. 19: 7. There is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

REV. 15: 3. Just and true are thy ways, O thou King of saints.

II. Purity, or Holiness.

ISA. 6: 3. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

HAB. 1: 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity.

LEV. 11: 44. Ye shall be holy; for I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Ps. 22: 3. Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. REV. 15: 4. Who shall not fear thee, O LORD, and glorify thy name: for thou art holy.

Ps. 5: 4. Thou art not a God that hast pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy

sight, thou hatest all the workers of iniquity.

Ps. 47: 8. God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

JOB 15: 15. The heavens are not clean in his sight.

Ps. 93: 5. Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, forever.

99: 9. For the LORD our God is holy.

145: 17. The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

III. Truth, or Faithfulness.

DEUT. 32: 4. A God of truth, without iniquity, just and right is he.

Ps. 91: 4. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

146: 6. He keepeth truth for

ever.

DAN. 4: 37. All his works are truth.

ISA. 25: 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

NUM. 23: 19. God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent.

1 SAM. 15: 29. The strength of Israel will not lie.

Ps. 36: 5. Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

119: 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations.

1 COR. 1: 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his son Jesus Christ.

2 TIM. 2: 13. He abideth faithful.

1 THES. 5: 24. Faithful is he that calleth you.

HEB. 6: 13. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee; and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is the end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it

was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us.

ISA. 46: 10. My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. PR. 19: 21. The counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

JAMES 1:17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

IV. Goodness.

Ex. 33: 18. And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Ps. 33: 5. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

34: 8. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

31:19. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee: which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence, from the pride of man; thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion, from the strife of tongues. Blessed be the LORD; for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

36: 6. O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

65: 8. Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to re

joice. Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly; thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

68: 19. Blessed be the LORD, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the LORD belong the issues from death.

84: 11. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

100: 4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

T 104: 27. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

145: 6. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.-14. The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

146: 5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God.-7. Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the pris

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