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between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people; and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.-Numb. xi. 1. 4-6. 32, 33.

Upon the report of the spies, of the difficulty of entering the land, all the congregation of Israel lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or, would God we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? &c. Let us captain, and let us return into Egypt. Your carcases shall fall in the wilderness, &c. These men, who saw my glory, and my signs, have tempted me, &c.-Numb. xiv. 1-4. 9, 10. 22, 23. 28-32.

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When Korah and his company were swallowed up, all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.-Numb. xvi. 41. There was no water for the congregation and they gathered themselves together against Moses, and against Aaron; and the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or vines, &c.-Numb. xx. 2-5. The soul of the people was much discouraged, because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Moses: wherefore have

ye brought us up out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water: and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and much people of Israel died.-Numb. xxi. 4-6.

Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.-Deut. ix. 23, 24.

They tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust; yea, they spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? Behold, he smote the rock, &c. Can he give bread also? Can he provide flesh for his people? Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wrath. So a fire was kindled against Jacob, &c. because they believed not in God, nor trusted in his salvation, &c. They sinned still, and believed not for his wonderous works, &c. How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert? Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.-Ps. lxxviii. 18–22. 32. 40, 41.

I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud, &c. but with many of them God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were for our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted, &c. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples (or types), and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come: wherefore, let him who thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.— 1 Cor. x. 1—13.

CHAP. LII.

MOTIVES TO DILIGENCE AND INDUSTRY

IN OUR CALLINGS.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall thy poverty come, as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man.— Prov. vi. 6-11. xxiv. 33, 34.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich: he that gathereth in summer, is a wise son; but he that sleepeth in harvest, is a son that causeth shame, &c. As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.-Prov. x. 4, 5. 26.

He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons, is void of understanding, &c. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute, &c. the slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Prov. xii. 11. 24. 27.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.Prov. xiii. 4.

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so much as bring it to his mouth again. Prov. xix. 15. 24, xxvi. 15.

The sluggard will not plow, by reason of the cold: therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing, &c. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.Prov. xx. 4. 13.

He that loveth pleasure (or sport) shall be a poor man, &c. The desire of the slothful killeth him, for his hand refuseth to labour.-Prov. xxi, 17. 25.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets, &c. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.-Prov. xxii. 13. 29. xxvi. 13.

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.-Prov. xxiii. 21.

I went by the field of the slothful, &c. and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, &c. Yet a little sleep, &c. so shall thy poverty come, &c.-Prov. xxiv. 30-34.

By much slothfulness, the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands, the house droppeth down. -Eccles. x. 18.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed, &c. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason.-Prov. xxvi. 14. 16.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.—Prov. xxviii. 19.

The industry of a good wife set forth at large. Prov. xxxi. 10, &c.

Rise up, ye women that are at ease hear my voice, ye careless daughters, &c. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, &c. Tremble, ye women that are at ease be troubled, ye careless ones, &c.-Isa. xxxii. 9—11.

This was the iniquity of thy sister

Sodom pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her, and in her daughters; neither, &c.Ezek. xvi. 49. Matt. xx. 3. 6.

You yourselves know that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me: I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus; how he said, It is more blessed to give, than to receive.-Acts xx. 33-35. xviii. 1-3. 2 Thess. iii. 7-10.

Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good; that he may have to give to him that needeth.-Eph. iv. 28.

That you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.--1 Thess. iv. 11.

We commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear there are some among you which walk disorderly, working not at all, &c. We command, &c. that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 2 Thess. iii. 10-12.

Withal, they learn to be idle; wandering about from house to house. -1 Tim. v. 13.

That they which have believed in God, might be careful to maintain good works (or honest trades); these things are good and profitable unto men, &c. and let ours also learn to maintain good works (or profess honest trades) for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.-Titus iii. 8. 14.

CHAP. LIII.

After these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abraham in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abraham, I am thy shield, &c.-Gen. xv. 1, &c.

God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man; for the woman which thou hast taken, &c. God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, &c.-Gen. xx. 3-7.

Jacob dreamed, and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, &c. The Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, &c. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. Gen. xxviii. 12, 13.

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob, &c. I have seen all that Laban doth unto thee: I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me, &c. And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.-Gen. xxxi. 11-13. 24.

Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren, &c. And he dreamed yet another dream, &c.— Gen. xxxvii. 5-9. xlii. 6. xliii. 26. 28. xliv. 14. 1. 18.

The dreams of the butler and baker of Pharaoh, in the prison; and of Pharaoh himself, interpreted by Joseph.-Gen. xl. xli.

God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob, &c. I am the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt, &c. -Gen. xlvi. 1-5.

God called to Moses out of the GOD'S WAY OF DECLARING HIS MIND burning bush.-Exod. iii.

OF OLD, BY VOICES, DREAMS, AND
VISIONS.

THE Lord spake to Adam, to Cain, Noah, &c.-Gen. ii. 16, 17. iii. 8, &c. iv. 6, 7. 9-16. vi. 13, &c. vii.1, &c. ix. xii. 1-3.

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Moses went up unto God and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, &c. Moses spake: and God answered him by a voice, &c. And the Lord said unto

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To Nathan, by vision.-2 Sam. vii. 17.

The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.-1 Kings iii. 5-7. ix. 2.

The Lord answered not Saul, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.-1 Sam. xxviii. 6. 15.

God speaketh once, yea, twice; yet man perceiveth it not: in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction.-Job xxxiii. 14—16.

Thou speakest in a vision to thy Holy One, and saidest, I have laid help upon one that is mighty.-Ps. lxxxix. 19.

Nebuchadnezzar's dream, which Daniel expounded.-Dan. ii. iv.

Belshazzar's vision of the writing against the wall.-Dan. v. 5. 25.

Daniel's vision of the beast, &c. -Dan. vii.

Of the man clothed in linen.Dan. x. 5, &c.

Of other things.-Dan. vii. viii. x. I have also spoken by the prophets and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.-Hosea xii. 10.

I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daugliters shall prophesy; your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.—Joel ii. 28. Acts ii. 16, 17.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time: but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: and though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.—Hab. ii. 3.

Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife.— Matt. i. 20.

And being warned of God in a dream, that they should not return unto Herod, &c. And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child, &c.-Matt. ii. 13. 19. 22.

Pilate's wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.-Matt. xxvii. 19.

Saul saw a vision, and heard a voice, saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? &c. A certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias: and to him said the Lord in a vision, &c. Arise and go, &c.Acts ix. 1-11. xxii. 6, &c. xxvi. 13,&c.

Cornelius saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying, Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Peter also had a vision; and God spake to him, &c.-Acts x. 3, 4. 9-15. 28. 30, &c. xi. 5.

A vision appeared to Paul in the night; there stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over unto Macedonia, and help us; and after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go : assuredly gathering, that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.-Acts xvi. 9, 10.

Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night, by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, &c. for I am with thee.Acts xviii. 9.

It is not expedient for me, doubt

less, to glory: I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ, &c.-2 Cor. xii. 1-3.

God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, &c.—Heb. i. 1, 2.

CHAP. LIV.

THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF THE
APOSTLES, EQUAL.

JESUS, walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brethren, Simon, called
Peter, and Andrew, his brother, cast-
ing a net into the sea: for they were
fishers. And he saith unto them,
Follow me, and I will make you
fishers of men, &c. He saw other
two brethren, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, &c.
and he called them, and they imme-
diately left the ship, and their father,
and followed him.-Matt. iv. 18-22.
Mark i. 16-20.

One is your master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren, &c. whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased.-Matt. xxiii. 8. 11, 12.

As Jesus passed forth, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith unto him, Follow me: and he arose and followed him.-Matt. ix. 9. Mark ii. 14. Luke v. 27, 28.

Whatsoever ye bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven.-Matt. xviii. 18. He ordained twelve: that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: and Simon he sirnamed Peter, and James the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, &c. and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas.-Mark iii. 14-19.

By the way they had disputed

among themselves, who should be the greatest: and he sat down and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. -Mark ix. 34, 35.

James and John, &c. said, Grant unto us that we may sit one on thy right hand, &c. and when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John: but Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles, exercise lordship over them, &c. but so it shall not be among you; but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be chiefest, shall be servant of all: for even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, &c.-Mark x. 35-38. 41-44. Luke xxii. 24-27.

He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles: Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother: James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James, the son of Alpheus, and Simon, called Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot. Luke vi. 13—16.

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases: and he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick: and he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey.-Luke ix. 1-5.

When Jesus had washed his disciples' feet, he said, I have given you an example, that ye ought to wash one another's feet: now there was leaning on Jesus's bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake, &c.—John xiii. 13— 15. 22-25. xix. 26, 27. xx. 2. xxi. 7.20-22.

Jesus came, &c. said, Peace be

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