1 Cor. viii. 3. If any man love God, the same is known of God. Ps. xxxiii. 18. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. See Gen. xxii. 12. Nah. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them that trust in him. 1 Pet. iii. 4. A meek and quiet spirit is in the sight of God of great price. 2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord saw that they humbled themselves. Col. i. 22. Present you holy and unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight. Mat. vi. 18. Appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father which seeth in secret, and thy Father shall reward thee openly. Ver. 6. When thou prayest enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee openly. Ver. 4. That thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. See Acts x. 4, 31. Job xxxiii. 27. He looketh upon man, and if any say I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; Ver. 28. He shall deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. See Jonah iii 10. Jer. xvii. 16. Thou knowest that which came out of my lips was right before thee.. Mal. iii. 16. They that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought on his name. See Ps. cxxxix. 4. Jer. v. 3. Ps. xl. 9. 2 Cor. xi. 31. XLIII Their works. 2 Cor. viii. 21. Provide things honest not only in the sight of God, but also of men. Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience; and how thou canst not bear them that are evil. Ver. 9.. I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, ver. 13, 19. Ch. iii. 8. Heb. xiii. 21. 1 John iii. 22. Their wants. Matt. vi. 8. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him. Mat. vi. 31. Take no thought, saying, what shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewithal shall we be clothed. Ver. 32. For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Luke xii. 30. Their sorrows. Exod. iii. 7. The Lord said of his people, I know their sorrows. Ch. xiv. 24. Neh. ix. 9. Act. vii. 34. Deut. ii. 7. The Lord thy God knoweth thy walking through the wilderness. Their afflictions. Ps. xxxi. 7. Thou hast known my soul in adversity. Ps. cii. 19. He hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary: from heaven, did the Lord behold the earth: Ver. 20. To hear the groaning of the prisoner. Ps. xxxviii. 9. 2 Sam. xvi. 12. Job x. 15. Ps. xxxix. 11, 12. Their wrongs from oppressors. Gen. xxxi. 12. The Lord said to Jacob, I have seen all that Laban doth to thee. Ver. 42. Exod. ii. 25. God looked upon the children of Israel, and had respect unto them, under oppression. Ver. 24. Ch. iv. 31. 1 Sam. ix. 16. I have looked upon my people because their cry is come up unto me. See 2 Kings xiii. 4.xiv. 26. Ps. x. 14. Thou beholdest mischief and spite to requite it. xxxv. 21. They opened their mouth against me. Ver. 22. This thou hast seen, O Lord. Ixix. 16. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour, mine adversaries are all before thee. Jer. lix. 15. The Lord saw it and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Lam. iii. 59. Lord thou hast seen my wrong, judge thou my cause. Dan. ix. 18. O my God incline thine ear and hear, open thine eyes, and behold our desolations. Isa. xxxvii. 17. Jer. xlviii. 30. God saw in affliction Hagar, Gen. xvi. 13.-Leah, Gen. xxix. 31, Hannah, 1 Sam. i. 11. XLIV. God's knowledge of the wicked and their sins. Gen. vi. 5. God saw the wickedness of man, that it was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Exod. xxxii. 9. The Lord said I have seen this people, and behold it is a stiff-necked people. Deut. xxxii. 19. Job xi. 11. He knoweth vain man, he seeth wickedness also, will he not then consider it? xxxiv. 22. There is no darkness nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. Amos ix. 2, 3, 4. Ps. xiv. 2. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. Ver. 3. They are all gone aside. Ps. liii. 2. lxix. 5. My sins are not hid from thee. xc. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret'sins in the light of thy countenance. Isa. xlviii 8. I knew that thou wouldst deal treacherously. Jer. xvi. 17. Mine eyes are upon all their ways, neither is their iniquity hid from, mine eyes. Amos v. 11. I know their manifold transgressions, and their migh ty sins. Ch. ix. 8. I will set mine eyes upon them for evil. Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity. Luke xv. 21. I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight. XLV. God knoweth the proud. 2 Sam. xxii. 28. Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. See Job iv. 12. Ps. cxxxviii. 6. The proud he knoweth afar off. XLVI. God knoweth the impenitent. Jer. viii. 6. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright, no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, what have I done, every one turneth to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. XLVII. Hypocritical professors. Matt. xxii. 11. The King came in to see the guests, and saw there a man not having a wedding gar ment on. Rev. ii. 9. I know the blasphemy of them which say, they are Jews and are not, but are of the synagogue of Satan. iii. 1. I know thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. XLVIII. Liars and uncharitable persons. Prov. xxiv. 11. if thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn to death. Prov, xxiv. 12. If thou sayest we knew it not, doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it, and he that keepeth thy soul doth he not know it, and shall he not render to every man according to his works? XLIX. Envious persons. Prov. xxiv. 17. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth. Ver. 18. Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him, L. Wicked works. Job. xxxiv. 25. He knoweth their works, and overthroweth them. Ch. xxiv. 23. Isa, Ixvi. 18. I know their works, and their thoughts. Rev. iii. 15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold not hot. LI. Whoredom, natural and spiritual. Jer. xxix. 23. Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours wives, and have spoken lying words, even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord. Hos. v. 3. I know Ephraim and Israel is not hid from me, for now O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom and Israel is defiled. Ver. 4. They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God, for the spirit of whoredoms is in them. Ch. vi. 10. LII. Murderers. 2 Sam. xii. 9. Nathan said to David; wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, in doing evil in his sight, thou hast killed Uriah with the sword, &c. 2 Kings ix. 26. The Lord said, I have seen the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons. See Gen. iv. 10. Ps. lxxii. 14. Precious shall the blood of the needy be in his sight. Jer. xviii. 23. Lord thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity. LIII. The sins of the wicked against this attribute of God. Job xxii. 13. They say how doth God know? can he judge thro' the dark cloud? Ps. lix. 7, 8, Ps. x. 11. He said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it. 1xxiii. 11. They say how doth God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High? xciv. 7. They say the Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. See ver. 8, 9. GOD'S WISDOM. LIV. God's Wisdom asserted. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength, who hath hardened himself against him and hath prospered? Isa. xxxi. 2. xxxvi. 5. God is mighty in strength and wisdom. Ch. xxxviii. 37. Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom and might are his. Prov, viii. 14. Rom. xi. 33. O the depth of the wisdom of God! &c. xvi 27. To God only wise be glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever. 1 Tim. i. 17. Jude ver. 25. Rev. vii. 12. LV. God's Wisdom in creation. Ps. civ. 24. O Lord how manifold are thy works, in wisdom hast thou made them all. Ps. cxxxvi. 5. Prov. iii. 19. The Loid by wisdom hath founded the earth, by understanding bath he established the heavens. Ver. 20. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Jer. x. 12. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. Ch. li. 15. LVI. God's Wisdom in redemption by Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 8. He hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence. Ver. 9. Having made known unto us the mystery of his will. iii. 10. That he might make know the manifold wisdom of God, Ver. 11. According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. xi. 33. Col. ii. 3. Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Rev. v. 12. Worthy is the lamb to receive wisdom, &c. LVII. The wisdom of creatures nothing in comparison of God's Wisdom. Job iv. 18. Behold he putteth no trust in his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly. xxxvii. 24. He respecteth not any that are wise of heart. Prov. xxi. 30. There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord. Isa. xliv. 25. He frustrateth the tokens of liars, and maketh diviners mad, he turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish. Ch. xl. 23. 1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is wiser than men. Ver. 27. God hath chosen the foolish things of this world, to confound the wise. iii. 9. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, he taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job v. 13. GOD'S POWER. LVIII. Power ascribed to God. 1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth, is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Matt. vi. 13. Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Ver. 12. In thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 2 Chron. xx. 6. Ps. Ixii. 11. Power belongeth unto God. cxlvii. 5. Great is our Lord, and of great power, his understanding is infinite. See Job xxvi. 14. and xxxvii. 23. The thunder of his power. Ps. xxix. 4. and lxviii. 33. His voice powerful. Hab. iii. 4. The hiding of his power. LIX. Might. Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven, or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? Jer. x. 6. Thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Dan. ii. 20. Blessed be God, for wisdom and might are his. Mighty. Ps. lxxxix. 6. Who among the sons of the mighty, and be likened unto the Lord? Ps. xciii. 4. The Lord on high is mightier than the voice of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Jer. ii. 18. The great, the mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his name. Ver. 19. Great in counsel, and mighty in work. LX. Almighty. Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord said, I am the Almighty God. Rev. i. 8. Exod. vi. 3. God appeared to Abraham by the name of God Almighty. Rev. xix. 6. The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. LXI. Strength. Job ix. 4. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength, who hath hardened himself against him and hath prospered? Ch. xxxvi. 5, 19. if I speak of strength, lo, he is strong. Ps. xii. 15. With him is wisdom, and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. lxxxix. 8. O Lord of hosts, who is a strong Lord, like unto thee? Ps. xciii. 1. The Lord is clothed with strength. Isa. xxvi. 4. In the Lord, Jehovah, is everlasting strength. 1 Cor. i. 25. The weakness of God is stronger than men. LXII. Arm. Job xl. 9. Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Ps. lxxxix. 13. Thou hast a mighty arm, strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. LXIII. Hand. Exod. xv. 6. Thy right hand is glorious in power. LXIV. Finger. Exod. viii. 19. The magicians said, it is the 'finger of God. xxxi. 18. The tables were written with the finger of God. Ps. viii. 3. The heavens are the work of thy fingers. Luke xi. 20. Jesus cast out devils with the finger of God. LXV. Rock. Deut. xxxii. 4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect, all his ways are judgment, a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 1 Sam. ii. 2-2 Sam. xxii. 32 Ps. xviii. 31. LXVI. Hard. Gen. xviii. 14. Is any thing too hard for the Lord? Jer. xxxii. 17. There is nothing too hard for thee. Ver. 27. LXVII. Possible. Matt. xix. 26. With God, all things are possi ble. Mark x. 27. Luke i. 37. With God nothing shall be impossible. xviii. 27. Those things that are impossible with men, are possible with God. Zech. viii. 6. LXVIII. Able. Phil. iii. 21. He is able to subdue all things to himself. Rom. iv. 21. He was able to perform what he had promised. Eph. iii. 20. Able to do abundantly above all that we ask, or think, LXIX. God's power in his wonderful doings. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Deut. iii. 24. What God is there in heaven, or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? xxxii. 4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect. Job v. 9. He doth great things, and unsearchable, marvellous things, without number. Ch. ix. 10.-xxxvii. 5. Ps. lxxii. 18.Ixxxvi. 10.-cxviii. 23.-cxxxvi. 4. Ps. cxi. 1. The works of his hands are verity and judgment. |