335. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians;
and it shall come to pass, that when ye go, _ye shall not go empty_. But
every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourn-eth
in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment; _and
ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters; and ye shall
spoil the Egyptians_. Exodus iii. 21. 22.
Vide Note 142.
336. The Lord is _good to all_; and his _tender mercies_ are over all
his works. Psalms cxlv. 9.
337. Thus saith the Lord of hosts? I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt.
Now go, and smite Amalek, _and utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and
sheep, camel and ass_. 1 Sam. xv. 2, 3.
338. The Lord is gracious, _and full of compassion; slow to anger, and
of great mercy_. Psalm cxlv. 8.
339. And he smote the men of Beth-Shemeth, _because they had looked into
the ark of the Lord_, even he smote of the people, _fifty thousand and
three score and ten men_: and the people lamented, because the Lord had
smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 1 Samuel vi. 19.
340. Who is a God like unto thee, _that pardoneth iniquity_, and passeth
by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not
his anger for ever, _because he delighteth in mercy_. Micah. vii. 18.
341. And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, _thou
shalt smite them and utterly destroy them_; thou shalt make no covenant
with them, _nor shew mercy unto them_. Deut. vii. 2.
342. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, _and will not at all
acquit the wicked_; the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the
storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum i. 3.
343. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come
forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. _And shall cast them
into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth._
Matthew xiii. 49, 50.
344. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, 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_. Jer.
xxxi. 34.
345. Behold all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the
soul of the son is mine; _the soul that sinneth it shall die_. Ezek.
xviii. 4.
346. And rend your heart and not your garments, _and turn unto the Lord
your God_; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, _and of great
kindness_, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
347. And I will bring _distress_ upon men, that they shall walk like
blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; _and their blood
shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung_. Zeph, i. 17.
348. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, (as some men count
slackness,) but is long suffering to usward, _not willing that amy
should perish_, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter iii, 9.
349. The Lord hath made all things for himself; yea, _even the wicked
for the day of evil_. Prov. xvi. 4.
350. _For thou lovest all things that are and abhorrest nothing_ which
thou hast made; for never wouldst thou have made any thing, if thou
hadst hated it, Wis. of Sol. xi. 24.
351. For God loveth _none but him that dwelleth with wisdom_. Wis. of
Sol. vii. 28,.
352. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
Who will have all men to be saved, _and to come unto the knowledge of
the truth_. 1 Tim, ii. 3, 4.
353. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, _that they
should believe a LIE_. 2 Thes, ii. 11.
354. Yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lord is not equal,
O, house of Israel, _are not my ways equal?_ are not your ways unequal?
Ezekiel xviii. 29.
355. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God
_hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all people
that are upon the face of the earth_. Dent, vii. 6.
356. _Lying lips are abomination to the Lord_; but they that deal truly
are his delight. Prov. xii. 22.
357. Now therefore behold, _the Lord hath put a lying spirit in
the mouth of all these thy prophets_, and the Lord hath spoken evil
concerning thee, 1 Kings xxii. 22.
358. For God sent not his son into the world, to condemn the world; _but
that the world through him might be saved_. John iii. 17.
359. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; _I came not to
send peace but a sword_. For I am come to set a man at variance against
his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34; 5.
Also Notes 186 and 187.
360. _Wisdom is the principal thing_; therefore get wisdom; and with all
thy getting, _get understanding_. Prov. iv. 7.
361. _For in much wisdom is much grief_; and he that _increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow_. Eccles. i. 18.
362. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; _be ye
therefore wise as serpents_, and harmless as doves. Matt. x. 16.
363. For it is written, _I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,_ and
will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1 Cor. i. 19.
364. _The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree_; he shall grow
like a cedar in Lebanon. Psalms xcii. 12.
365. _The righteous perisheth_, and no man layeth it to heart: and
merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is
taken away from the evil to come. Isaiah lvii. 1.
366. As it is written, _There is none righteous, nay not ONE_. Romans
iii. 10.
367. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that
ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a _righteous man_
availeth much. James v. 16.