CHAP. III.

affliction.

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xii. 5.

servant.

cxix. 28. Strengthen thou me according to thy word.

Eph. iii. 16. We pray that God would grant you to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man. Col. i. 11. 1 Pet. v. 10. The God of all grace, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Strength obtained. Exod. xv. 2. The Lord is my strength and my song: he is become my salvation. 2 Sam. xxii. 33. Ps. xviii. 2. xxvii. 7.-cxviii. 14. Isa. xii. 2. 2 Sam. xxii. 40. Thou hast girded me with strength. Ps. xviii. 39.

Ezra vii. 28. I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me. Ps. xviii. 32. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

xix. 14. O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. Ps. xviii. 1.-xxviii. 7.

xxvii. 1. The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Ps. xliii. 2.

xlvi. 1. God is our refuge and strength. Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength, and

my refuge is in God.

lxxi. 16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God.

lxxiii. 26. God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

lxxxi. 1. Sing aloud unto God our strength.

cxxxviii. 3. Thou strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

cxl. 7. O God, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. Ps. cxliv. 1.

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and

Hab. ix. 3. The Lord is my strength. 2 Cor. iii. 5. Our sufficiency is of God. xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I strong.

1 Tim. i. 12. Jesus Christ our Lord hath enabled me.

2 Tim. iv. 17. The Lord stood with me, and strengthened me.

UPHOLD.

LXI. God doth uphold. Ps. xvii. 6. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

me up. Ps. lxiii. 8. xviii. 35. Thy right hand hath holden

xxxvii. 17. The Lord upholdeth the righteous.

xli. 12. Thou upholdest me in mine integrity.

li. 12. Uphold me with thy free Spirit. lxvi. 9. The Lord holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. lxxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up from the womb.

cxix. 117. Hold thou me up, so shall I be in safety.

cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall; he raiseth all that are bowed down. Isa. xli. 13. I the Lord will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, for I will help thee. Ps. lxxiii. 23.

xlii. 6. I the Lord will hold thine hand, and will keep thee.

Hos. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taking him by the arms, but they knew

me not. Ch. vii. 15.

Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up; for God is able to make him stand.

Rev. ii. 1. He holdeth the seven stars in his right hand.

SAFETY.

Ps. iv. 8. Thou, Lord, makest me to dwell in safety. Ps. cxix. 117. 1 Sam.

xii. 11.

Ps. xii. 5. I will set the poor in safety from him that puffeth at him. Isa. xiv. 30. The needy shall lie down safely.

Prov. i. 23. Whoso hearkeneth to wisdom shall dwell safely. Ch. iii. 21. 23.

xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Ch. xxi. 31. Safety is of the Lord.

xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, shall be safe. Sce safety promised to God's church and people, Jer. xxiii. 6.-xxxii. 37. Ezek. xxviii. 26.xxxiv. 25. 28. xxxviii. 11. Zech. xiv. 11, 12, 13.

LXIII. God called a shield, rock, fortress, refuge, &c. Gen. xv. 1. The Lord said to Abram, Fear not, I am thy shield and exceeding great reward.

Deut. xxxii. 4. The Lord, 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. Ver. 31. Their rock is not as our rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 1 Sam. ii. 2.

xxxiii. 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Ver. 29. The Lord, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thine excellency.

2 Sam. xxii. 2, 3. David said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; the God of my rock, in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower, and my refuge, and my Saviour. Ver. 32. 47. 51. Ps. xviii. 2. 31. 35. 46.-iil 3.-cxliv. 2.

Ps. v. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour thou wilt compass him about as with a shield.

ix. 9. The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed; a refuge in time of

trouble.

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise him.

xxxi. 3. Thou art my rock and my fortress; and therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. Ps. lxi. 2.lxxi. 3. 7.

xxxiii. 20. Our soul waiteth on the Lord: he is our help and shield. Ps. lix. 11.-lxxxiv. 9.

Ps. xlii. 9. I will say unto God, my rock, Why hast thou forsaken me?

xlvi. 1. God is our rock and strength; a very present help in time of trouble. Ver. 7. 11.

xlvii. 9. The shields that defend the earth are the Lord's.

xlviii. 3. God is known in the palaces of Zion for a refuge.

lvii. 1. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. Ps. lxi. 4.

lix. 16. I will sing aloud of thy power, and of thy mercy: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of trouble. lxi. 3. Thou hast been a tower from the enemy.

Ixii. 7. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Ver. 6. 8.

lxxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield.

lxxxix. 26. Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Ps. xcv. 11.

xci. 2. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, and my fortress, and my God; in him will I trust. Ver. 4. Ps. xciv. 22. -cxv. 9, 10, 11.

cxix. 114. Thou art my hiding-place, and my shield: I hope in thy word.

cxlii. 4, 5. Refuge failed me, no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the living.

Prov. xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children shall have a place of refuge.

xviii. 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Isa. iv. 6. There shall be a place of refuge, and covert from the storm.

xxv. 4. Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress; a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible one is a storm against the wall.

Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction.

Nah. i. 7. The Lord is a strong hold in the day of trouble.

Heb. vi. 18. We have fled for refuge the hope set before us

to lay hold on [i. e. Christ].

HELP.

LXIV. God is a helper to his people,

2 Chron. xxv. 18. God hath power to help and to cast down.

xxxii. 8. With us is the Lord our God, to help us.

Ps. x. 4. Thou art the help of the fatherless.

xlvi. 1. God is a very present help in time of trouble.

lxxii. 12. He delivereth him that hath no help.

Ixxxix. 19. I have laid help upon one that is mighty.

cxv. 9. O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and shield. Ver. 10, 11.

cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help.

Hos. ix. 13. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help.

Rom. viii. 26. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities.

Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time

of need.

xiii. 6. We may boldly say, The Lord is mine helper, I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Help from God promised. Gen. xlix. 25. The God of thy father shall help thee, and bless thee.

Ps. xxxvii. 40. The Lord shall help the righteous, and deliver them.

xlvi. 5. The Lord shall help, and that right early.

Isa. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Ver. 13,14. Ch. xliv. 2.

1.7. The Lord will help me; therefore will I not be confounded. Ch. xlix. 8. Ps. xliii. 5.

Help prayed for. Deut. xxxiii. 7. Be thou an help to Judah from his enemies. Ps. xii. 1. Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth.

xx. 2. Send help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee.

xxxv. 2. Lord stand up for my help. Ps. cix. 26.

xxxviii. 22. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Ps. xxii. 1. 19.xl. 13.-lxx. 1.-lxxi. 12.

Ps. lix. 4. Awake to help me.

lx. 11. Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12. lxxix. 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name.

cxix. 173. Let thine hand make help to me; for I have chosen thy precepts. -Ver. 175. Let thy judgments help me. See 2 Chron. xiv. 11. xx. 4.9.

Help from God acknowledged. Exod. xviii. 4. Moses said, The God of my fathers was mine help.

1 Sam. vii. 12. Samuel said, Hitherto hath the Lord helped me.

Ps. xxvii. 9. David said, Thou hast been mine help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation,

xxviii. 7. The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusteth in him, and I am helped. Ps. xxxiii. 20. xl. 17. Thou art my help, and my deliverer. Ps. liv. 4.-lxx. 5.

Ixiii. 7. Thou hast been my help; therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

xciv. 7. Unless the Lord hath been my help, my soul had dwelt in silence.

cxvi. 6. I was brought low, and he helped me. Ps. cxviii. 13.

cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me.

cxxi. 1, 2. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. Mine help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

cxxiv. 8. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Acts xxvi. 22. Having obtained help of God, I continue unto this day. See 1 Chron. xv. 26. 2 Chron. xviii. 31.xxvi. 7. 15. Ps. xliv. 6. Isa. xlix. 8.

LXV. Help from the creatures, vain. Ps. xxxiii. 17. An horse is a vain thing for safety.

Ix. 11. Vain is the help of man. Ps. cviii. 12.

cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain.

cxlvi. 3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

GOD A DELIVERER.

LXVI. God delivereth from sickness. Deut. vii. 15. The Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt upon thee. Exod. xv. 26. xxiii. 25.

Job xxxiii. 25. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth. -Ver. 28. God will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Ps. xci. 5. He shall deliver thee; thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon day.

ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases. Ps. xli. 3. cxvi. 6.

Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold I will bring health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

LXVII. God delivereth from enemies, oppression, &c. Exod. iii. 8. The Lord said, I am come down to deliver my people out of the hand of the Egyptians.

xii. 27. The Lord smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. Ch. xviii. 4. 8. 10. Judges x. 11.

Deut. xxiii. 14. The Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee.

1 Sam. xvii. 37. David said, The Lord delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear.

2 Sam. xii. 7. The Lord said to David, I anointed thee king, and delivered thee out of the hand of Saul. Chap. xxii. 2. 18.20. 49.

2 Kings xiii. 17. Elisha said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance.

xvii. 39. The Lord your God ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

xx. 6. The Lord said to Hezekiah, I will deliver thee and thy city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. Ch. xix. 34, 35. Mic. v. 6. 1 Chron. xi. 14. Israelites from the deliverance.

Isa. xxxi. 5.
The Lord saveth the
Philistines, by a great

2 Chron. xii. 7. The Lord said, I will not destroy them, but will grant them a deliverance.

Ezra ix. 13. Thou hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve; and hast given us a deliverance.

Neh. ix. 28. Many times didst thou

deliver them according to thy mercy. Ps. cvi. 43.

Job v. 19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Ps. liv. 7.-lxxxi. 7.

xxxiii. 24. He is gracious, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit. Ver. 28.

Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my deliverer. Ver. 17. 43. 48. 50.

xxii. 4. Our fathers trusted in thee, and thou deliveredst them. Ver. 5.

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.

lv. 18. He hath delivered my soul in peace, from battle that was against me. lvi. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul from death. Ps. lxxxvi. 13. cxvi. 8. lxxviii. 42. day, when he

enemy.

They remembered not the delivered them from the

Isa. xxxviii. 17. Thou hast, in love to my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption.

xlvi. 3, 4. O house of Jacob, I will carry you, and will deliver you.

Ezek. xiii. 21. I will deliver my people out of your hand: (viz. from the false prophets, ver. 16.) Ch. xxxiv. 12.

Dan. vi. 27. God delivereth and rescueth, and worketh signs and wonders in heaven and earth.

Acts vii. 10. God delivereth Joseph out of all his afflictions.

Col. i. 13. The Father delivered us from the power of darkness.

2 Pet. ii. 7. God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.

LXVIII. Christ a deliverer. Rom. xi. 26. There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer. Isa. lix. 20.

Gal. i. 4. The Lord Jesus gave himself for us, that he might deliver us from this present evil world.

1 Thess. i. 10. Jesus delivereth us from the wrath to come.

Heb. ii. 15. Jesus took part of flesh and blood, that he might deliver them who through fear of death were all their life time subject to bondage.

Rom. vii. 7. By Christ we are delivered from the law. Ver. 24, 25. From the body of death. Ch. viii. 21. From the bondage of corruption.

Deliverance prayed for. Gen. xxxii. 11. Jacob said, Deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my brother.

1 Sam. xxiv. 15. David said to Saul, The Lord plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

xxvi. 24

Let the Lord deliver me out of all tribulation.

Ps. vi. 4. Lord deliver my soul.

vii. 1. Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. Ps. cxlii. 1.-cxliii. 9.

xvii. 13. Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword. xx. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

xxv. 19, 20. Consider mine enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with a cruel hatred. O keep my soul, and deliver me.

xxvii. 12. Deliver me not over to the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me. Ps. lxxiv. 19.

xxxi. 1, 2. Deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me, and deliver me speedily. -Ver. 15. Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

xl. 13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. Ver. 17. Let them be ashamed and confounded, that seek after my soul to destroy it.

xliii. 1. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Ps. lix. 2.-lxxi. 4. -cxl. 1. cxliv. 2. 7. 11.

xliv. 4, 5. O God, command deliverance for Jacob. Through thee we will push down our enemies.

lx. 5. That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand. Ps. cviii. 6.

lxix. 14. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.-Ver. 18. Deliver me because of mine enemies.

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of all their distresses. Ver. 20. He delivered them from their destructions.

cix. 21. Because thy mercy is good, do thou deliver me.

cxix. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man.-Ver. 153. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me. Ver. 154. 170.

Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. See Isa. xix. 20. Rom. xv. 31.

LXIX. Persons that shall be delivered are, the poor and needy. Job xxxvi. 15. He delivered the poor in his affliction.

Ps. xxxv. 10. Lord, who is like unto

thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and needy from him that spoileth him? See Ps. lxxii. 12.-lxxxii. 4. Isa. xx. 13.

LXX. Prophets and apostles delivered. Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, (saith the Lord to his prophet,) for I am with thee to deliver thee. Ver. 19. Ch. xv. 19, 20, 21. Ch. xxxix. 17.

Acts xxvi. 15-17. I am Jesus: I have appeared unto thee, delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee.

2 Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver; in whom we trust, that he will yet deliver us. See 2 Tim. iii. 11. iv. 17, 18.

LXXI. All God's faithful servants shall be delivered. Job xxii. 30. He shall de. liver the island of the innocent.

Ps. xxxiii. 19. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy, to deliver their soul from death.

xxxiv. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord delivereth them out of all their troubles. Ver. 7. 19. Ps. xxxvii. 40. Prov. xi. 8.

xl. 1. He that considereth the poor, the Lord will deliver him. Ver. 2.

1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. Ver. 2, 3, 4. 15.

Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely shall be delivered.

Ezek. xiv. 16. Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be delivered in a city devoted to destruction by the Lord.

Dan. iii. 17. Our God whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace. - Ver. 28. God sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him.

xii. 1. At that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be delivered. Obad. ver. 17.

LXXII. Deliverance from moral evil or sin. Ps. xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my transgressions.

li. 14. Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God of my salvation.

lxxix. 8, 9. O remember not against