Dominion over you, and ye find no place of Repentance. Can the Ethiopian change his Skin, or the Leopard his Spots? Then may they alfo do good that are accustomed to do evil. oqa ura

bla. Surely it is meet to be faid unto God if I have done Iniquity, I will do no more. For he looketh upon Men, and if any say, I have finned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; he will deliver his Soul from going into the Pit, and his Life fhall fee the Light Because he confidereth, and turnetb away from all his Tranfgreffions that he hath committed, he fhall furely live, he shall not die u vra UO MATHIYя

b. If the Wicked will turn from all his Sins that he hath committed and keep all my Statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he hall furely live, he fhall not die, faith the Lord: All his Tranfgreffions that he hath committed, they fhall not be mention'd unto him, in his Righteousness that he hath done, he hall live. eir of gaib ong

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c. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; thou shalt put away Iniquity far from thy Tabernacles. Will he plead against thee with his great Power? No, but he would put Strength in thee.

Rom. 6. 14. Heb. 12. 17. Jer. 13. 23.

Job 33. 27, 28. Ezek. 18.28.
(c) Job 22. 23.

(a) Job 34. 31, 32.

(b) Ezek. 18. 21, 22.

Job 23. 6.

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a. He will create in thee a clean Heart, and renew a right Spirit within thee: He will restore unto thee the Joy of his Salvation, and uphold thee with his free Spirit!

b. After all that is come upon us for our evil Deeds, feeing that thou, our God, haft punished us less than our Iniquities deferve, should we again break thy Commandments? And, whereas we have offended against the Lord already, fhould we add more to our Sins, and to our Trefpaffes?

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e. Hear ye the Word of the Lord, and fear, and do no more prefumptuoufly: Depart from Evil, and do Good, and dwell for evermore.

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d. If thou bring thy Gift to the Altar, and there remembreft that thy Brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy Gift before the Altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy Brother, and then come and offer thy Gift.

e. Whoever bath wrong'd his Brother in any thing, according to his Subftance fhall the Reftitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

(4) Pf. 51. 10, 12.

(b) Ezr. 9. 13, 14. 2 Chr. 28. 13. (c) Deut. 17. 13. Pf. 37.27.

(d) Mat. 5. 23, 24

(c) Job. 20. 18.

2. If I have taken any thing from any Man by falfe Accufation, I reftore him four-fold.

b. If the Wicked reftore the Pledge, give again that he hath robbed; walk in the Statutes of Life, without committing Iniquity; he shall furely live, he fhall not die.

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Here be many that fay, Who will fhew us any good? O fear the Lord: For they that fear him fhall not want any good thing.

b. What Man is he that defireth Life, and loveth many Days, that he may fee good? Depart from Evil, and do good; seek Peace, and pursue it.

c. Hearken not unto the Words of them that Lay unto every one that walketh after the Imagination of his own Heart; no Evil shall come upon you.

d. Lo this, we have fearched it, fo it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good: The Hand of God is upon all them, for good, that feek him; but his Power, and his Wrath, is againstall them that forfake him.

e. And, God will punish the Men that say in their Heart, The Lord will not do Good, neither will be do Evil.

(a) PL. 4. 6. Pf. 34. 9, 10.

(b) Pf. 34. 12. 14.

(d)¶ Job 5. 27.]

(e) Zeph. 1. 12.

(c) Jer. 23. 16, 17.

Ezr. 8. 22.

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4. I was envious at the Foolish, when I faw the Profperity of the Wicked. They are not in trouble, as other Men; neither are they plagued, like other Men. Behold, these are they who profper in the World; they increase in Riches, yea, are mighty in Power. Verily, I have cleansed my Heart in vain, and washed my Hands in Innocency. So foolish was I, and ignorant, until I went into the Sanctuary of God: Then understood I their End. How are they brought into Defolation as in a moment! They are utterly confumed with Terrors.

b. A brutish Man knoweth not, neither doth a Fool understand this: When the Wicked fpring as the Grafs, and when all the Workers of Iniquity do flourish; it is that they fhall be destroyed for ever.

c. Thefe are the Men of the World, which have their Portion in this Life; and have no Inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ, and of God.

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d. The Wicked fay unto God, Depart from for we defire not the Knowledge of thy Ways. What is the Almighty, that we should ferve him? And what Profit fhould we have, if we pray unto him? Surely, it is in vain to

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(a) Pf. 73. 3, 5, 12. Job 21.7. Pf. 73. 13, 22, 17, 19. (c) Pf. 17.14. Eph. 5.5.

(b) Pl. 92. 6, 7.

(d) Job 21.7, 14, 15.

Mal. 3. 14.

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