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respect of spiritual substance, understanding, and will: 2. The happiness of his state, and his honorable dominion over the creatures: 3. And chiefly the moral conformity of his soul to God, in spiritual knowledge, righteousness and holiness. Eccl. xii. 1. "Remember thy Creators," Heb. i. e. Father, Son and Holy Ghost, "in the days of thy youth." Job. xxxv. 10. "Where is God my Makers ?" Heb. Is. liv. 5. " Thy Makers—the Lord of Hosts." 1 John v. 7. Eccl. vii. 29. "God made man upright." Col. iii. 10. "Renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." Eph. iv. 24. "The new man after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." 2 Cor. iii. 18, with Ex. xv. 11. Gen. v. 1. and ix. G. Ps. viii. 4—8, "Man, thou hast made a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea: and whatsoever creeping thing passeth through the paths of the sea."—Gen. ii. 19, 20, and ix. 2. Job. v. 23. Jer. xtvii. 6.
Ver. 28. Prov. x. 22. "The blessing of the Lord maketh rich," i.e. numerous and happy. Ps. cxxviii. 1, 4. "Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord: thou shalt eat the labor of thine hand—thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine—"thy children like olive-plants round about thy table," many, healthful, comely, and prosperous. I Chron. xxvi. 4, 8. Obed-edom had a large and a happy family, for God blessed him. And iv. 10. Job. xlii. 12. Ps. cvii. 38. Gen. 1. 22. and viii. 17.
Grounds of David's forbearance towards Shimei—2 Sam. xvi. 11, 12. The Rewards of the conquering Christian—Rev. ii. 17. The Israelites returning from Babylon—Jer. 1,4, 5. The redeemed sinner joining himself in a Covenant with God—Jer. 1. 5. The Way to Zion.—Isa. xxxv. 8, 9, 10. The Heavenly Zion—Isa. xxxv. 10. The Patience of God—Rom ii. 4. The Repentance of Judas—Mat. xxvii. 3, 4, S. The Repentance of Peter.—Luke xxii. 60, 61, 62. The Confession of Pharaoh—Exod. ix. 27, 28. The Scape-Goat a Type of Christ—Lev. xvi. 21, 22. The Burial of Christ—John xix. 41, 42. Exhortation and Promises of God to the
