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A CALL TO REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION.

ACTS ii. 37-39.-Now when they heard this, they were

pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter, and to the rest

of the Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every

one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission

of sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to

all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God

THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT.

LUKE XI. 13.-If ye then, being evil, know how to give good

gifts unto your children, how much more shall your

Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask

THE BANDS OF LOVE.

HOSEA xi. 4.—I drew them with cords of a man, with bands

HAPPINESS NOT TO BE MEASURED BY POSSESSIONS.

LUKE xii. 15.—A man's life consisteth not in the abundance

of the things which he possesseth

CHRIST'S KINGDOM NOT OF THIS World.

JOHN Xviii. 36.-Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this

world..........

DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE.

1 CHRON. xxi. 13.-And David said unto Gad, I am in a

great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord;

for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into

the hand of man

THE FALL OF SOLOMON.

1 KINGS XI. 4.-For it came to pass, when Solomon was old,

that his wives turned away his heart after other gods ;

and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as

was the heart of David his father

ASA'S UNBElief rebuked.

2 CHRON. XVI. 8, 9. Were not the Ethiopians and the

Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horse-

men? yet, becanse thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered

them into thine hand. For the eyes of the Lord run to

and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong

in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

Herein thou hast done foolishly; therefore from hence-

forth thou shalt have wars...

DANGER OF UNGODLY CONNECTIONS SHEWN IN THE CASE

OF JEHOSHAPHAT.

2 CHRON. xix. 2.-Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love

them that hate the Lord? Therefore is wrath upon thee

from before the Lord ......

TRANSIENT RELIGION EXEMPLIFIED IN JOASH.

2 CHRON. XXIV. 2.-And Joash did that which was right in

in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the

THE ZEAL OF HEZEKIAH AGAINST FALSE RELIGION.

2 KINGS Xviii. 4, 5.-And brake in pieces the brasen serpent

that Moses had made: for unto those days the children

of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel

SUCCESS OF FAITH SHEWN IN THE CASE OF HEZEKIAH.

ISAIAH Xxviii. 12.—To whom he said, This is the rest where-

with ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the

refreshing: yet they would not hear

INDECISION EXEMPLIFIED IN ZEDEKIAH.

JER. XXXviii. 19, 20.-And Zedekiah the king said unto

Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the

Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they

mock me.
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver

thee: obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which

I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy

soul shall live......

and there he spake with us; even the Lord God of hosts:

The Lord is his memorial. Therefore turn thou to thy

God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God

PERSEVERANCE IN PRAYER TAUGHT BY THE EXAMPLE

EXODUS Xvii. 11.-And it came to pass, when Moses held

his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his

hand, Amalek prevailed .

THE STORY OF GIDEON.

JUDGES vi. 11.—And there came an angel of the Lord, and

sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained

unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son, Gideon, threshed

wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites.

THE STORY OF GIDEON CONTINUED.

JUDGES Vi. 34.-But the Spirit of the Lord came upon

Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, and Abi-ezer was gathered

DECISION EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CONDUCT OF RUTH.

RUTH i. 16-18.-And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave

thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither

thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge :

thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried.

The Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death

part thee and me.

When she saw that she was stedfastly

minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

DAVID'S FORBEARANCE.

2 SAM. xvi. 5-14.-And when king David came to Ba-

hurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of

the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of

Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. And

he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king

David: and all the people and all the mighty men were

on his right hand and on his left. And thus said Shimei

when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man,

and thou man of Belial: the Lord hath returned upon

thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead

thou hast reigned: and the Lord hath delivered the king-

dom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou

art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why

should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go

over, I pray thee, and take off his head. And the king

said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?

So let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him,

Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou.

done so? And David said to Abishai, and to all his

servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels,

seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite

do it? Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord

hath bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look on

mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good

for his cursing this day. And as David and his men

went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over

against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at

him, and cast dust. And the king, and all the people that

were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves

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