SCRIPTURE HARMONY. Draw me, we will run after thee.-Sol. Song i. 4. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.-John vi. 37. Turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope. Zech. ix. 12. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort. - Psalm 1xxi. 3. He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks.Isa. xxxiii. 16. Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.-Mat. xi. 29. That which I see not, teach thou me.Job xxxiv. 32. They shall be all taught of God.-John vi. 45. Abide in me.-John xv. 4. Cast me not away from thy presence.Ps. li. 11. I will give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall any pluck them out of my hands. - John x. 28. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Rom. vi. 12. Keep back also thy servant, from presumptuous sins, let them not have dominion over me.-Psalm xix. 13. Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Rom. vi. 14. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord.-2 Tim. i. 8. I will speak of thy testimonies also before Kings, and will not be ashamed.Psalm cxix. 46. They shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Isa. xlix. 23. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. Gal. v. 1. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe.Ps. cxix. 117. He shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand. Rom. xiv. 4. Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.-Mark xiv. 38. Lead us not into temptation.-Matthew vi. 13. God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.1 Cor. x. 13. Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.-Ephes. vi. 10. My soul melteth for heaviness, strengthen Enter not into the path of the wicked; and go not into the way of evil men.Prov. iv. 14. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man.-Psalm cxl. 1. Understanding shall keep thee; to deliver thee from the way of the evil man.Prov. ii. 11, 12. Pray without ceasing.-1 Thess. v. 17. Lord, teach us to pray.-Luke xi. 1. I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplication.-Zech. xii. 10. Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say rejoice.-Phill. iv. 4. Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Ps. li. 8. Ye now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice; and your joy no man taketh from you. John xvi. 22. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith. -1 Peter v. 8, 9. Save me from the lion's mouth.-Psalm xxii. 21. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. Rom. xvi. 20. Grow in Grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.-2 Pet. iii. 18. O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years. Hab. iii. 2. They shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine, and the scent thereof shall be as the vine of Lebanon.-Hos. xiv. 7. Be thou faithful unto death. Rev. ii. 10. Let integrity, and uprightness preserve me.-Ps. xxv. 21. Even to old age I am He; and even to hoary hairs I will carry you.-Isa. xlvi. 4. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.-Psalm xlvii. 6. O Lord, open thou my lips: and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.-Psalm li. 15. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Isaiah xliii. 21. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, SHEWING, AT ONE VIEW, The Period in which the SACRED Writers flourished, and the most celebrated of the HEATHEN Poets, Historians, Orators, and Philosophers, contemporary with them; compiled from Dr. Enfield's History of Philosophy, Dr. A. Clarke's "Bibliographical Dictionary" and " Sacred Literature," &c. &c. It not being possible, at this distance of time, to ascertain the births and dates of these very early writers, we have contented ourselves with marking the dates at which they wrote or flourished. Century Inspired Writers. XV. Moses. XII. David. Heathen Writers. There is no Pagan writer that can be traced nearly to the age of this Sacred Historian and Legislator. Samuel the Prophet. Orpheus, Musæus, and Linus, are placed by some in this century, but on very doubtful authority. Hesiod, Poet. Some place him before Homer. Homer, the father of Greek poetry. X. Lycurgus, the Spartan Legislator. Zoroaster, Chaldean Philosopher. Greek Sages. Sappho, Greek female Poet. Auacharsis, Scythian Philosopher. Æsop, Phrygian Philosopher, and celebrated Fabulist. Pythagorus, founder of the Pythagorean Philosophy. Heraclitus, a Pythagorean Philosopher, of atheistical principles, and of so melancholy a turn, that he was called " the weeping Philosopher." Democritus, the laughing Philosopher, who made a jest of every thing. Anacreon, a beautiful but licentious Greek Poet. Pindar, of Thebes, the prince of lyric poets. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. Century B. C. IV. Heathen Writers. Socrates, a celebrated moral philosopher, and pronounced, by the Oracle, the wisest man in Greece, was iniquitously condemned, and poisoned in the first year of this century. Plato, founder of the Platonic philosophy, and Xenophon, celebrated general, philosopher, and historial, were both pupils of Socrates. Aristotle, called the prince of philosophers and critics, orators. natural history. Theophrastus, disciple of Aristotle, and writer en Diodorus Siculus, of Sicily, author of a Universal Dionysius, of Halicarnassus, Latin historian and Plutarch, celebrated Roman histórian and biographer. Juvenal, a celebrated Roman satirist. Martial, eminent Roman epigrammatist. Dio Chrysostom, eminent Roman orator. |