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exceeding joy. Jude 24. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Rev. xix. 7, 8.

And the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh. Genesis ii. 21-24. And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning, made them male and female; And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh; Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. Matth. xix. 4-6, and Mark x. 7.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young, Isai, xl. 11. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and [in] a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. And I will set up one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd, Ezek. xxxiv. 14, 23. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. John vi. 50, 51, 54, 55, 56. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John x. 9.

t See on Chap. I. 23, (w) page 15. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? 1 Cor. vi. 15. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body; so also [is] Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body. 1 Cor. xii. 12, 13.

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Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mounlook from the top of Amana, from the top of tains of the leopards. Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished mine heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! Thy lips, O [my] spouse drop [as] the honey-comb; honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon. Song of Solomon iv. 8-11. For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the Lord of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. Isai. liv. 5, 6. Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah; for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee; and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee. Isai. lxii. 4, 5. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies: I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the Lord. Hosea ii. 19, 20. And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Revelat. xxi. 9.

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See on verse 22, (h) page 72, and 25, (n) page 73. Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord. 1 Peter iii. 6.

every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see]that she reverence [her] husband. 76

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Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the Lord your God. Lev. xix. 3. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Prov. i. 8. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Prov. vi. 20. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Prov. xxiii. 22. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them. Luke ii. 51. Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Coloss. iii. 20.

Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Exod. xx. 12. Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Deut. v. 16. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother. Matth. xv. 3, 4.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath

sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. Genesis xxxi. 14, 15. And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger. 1 Saml. xx. 33, 34. Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger,] lest they be discouraged. Coloss. iii. 21. a For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment. Genesis xviii. 19. Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons. Deut. iv. 9. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Deut. vi. 7, and xi. 19. Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses,

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5. b Servants, obedient unto them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6. Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing|| the will of God from the heart; 7. with good will doing service, as to the Lord and not to man: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.

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that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself. 1 Kings ii. 1, 2, 3. We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to generations to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born, [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children; That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God; but keep his commandments. Psalm lxxviii. 4—7. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Prov, iv. 1−−4. Train up a child in the way he should go. Prov. xxii. 6.

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And ye know, that with all my power I have served your father. This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it: my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night. Genesis xxxi. 6, 38, 39. And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. Genesis xxiv. 9. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this [man,] Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. Matth. xiii. 9. Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Coloss. iii. 22-24. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them,] because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 1 Tim. vi. 1, 2.

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things. Titus ii. 9, 10. Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 1 Peter ii. 18.

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him:] the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Levit. xix. 13. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates: At his day thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he [is] poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. Deut. xxiv. 14, 15. Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a master in heaven. Coloss. iv. 1. For the Lord your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. Deut. x. 17. If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and, when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? Job xxxi. 13, 14, 15. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. Coloss. iii. 24.

d When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach, and speak unto the people, And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, Ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint; fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them: For the Lord your God [is] he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies to save you. Deut. xx. 1-4. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm xxvii. 14. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not; behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [even] God [with] a recompence; he will come and save you. Isai. xxxv. 3, 4. Hast thou not kuown, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall

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