JUSTICE OF GOD. LXXXIV. Justice ascribed to God. Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without iniquity just and right is he. Neh. ix. 33. Thou art just in all that is brought upon us. Lam. i. 18. xcviii. 3. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. c. 5. The Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations. Ps. cxvii. 2. cxlvi. 6. He keepeth truth for ever. See Gen. xxiv. 27.-xxxii. 10. Ps. xxxi. 5.-cxv. 1.-cxxxviii. 2. Numb. xxiii. 19. Job iv. 17. Shall mortal man be more just John vii. 28.—viii. 26. 2 Cor. i. 18. than God? viii. 3. Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty pervert justice? xxxvii. 23. He is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice. Ps. lxxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne; mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Ps. xcvii. 2. Isa. xlv. 21. I the Lord, a just God, and a Saviour. Jer. 1. 7. They have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice. Zeph. iii. 5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof. 1 John i. 9. He is just to forgive us our sins. Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. LXXXV. Injustice and iniquity denied concerning God. Deut. xxxii. 4. See above. 2 Chron. xix. 7. There is no iniquity with the Lord. Job xxxiv. 12. Surely God will not do wickedly; neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. See Jer. ii. 5. Zeph. iii. 5. GOD'S TRUTH. LXXXVI. Truth ascribed to God. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth. Deut. xxxii. 4. A God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is he. Ps. xxv. 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. lvii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.-Ver. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. xxxv. 10. Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace, &c. lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ixxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. xci. 4. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Ps. xcvi. 13. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. iii. 7.-vi. 10. Rev. LXXXVII. Things of God called truth. Ps. xxxiii. 4. The word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. Ps. cxi. 8. Dan. iv. 37 All his works are truth, and his ways judgment. Ps. cxix. 142. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Ps. xix. 9.-cxix. 160. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Rev. xv. 3. Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. LXXXVIII. Lying denied of God. Numb. xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie. 1 Sam. xv. 29. The strength of Israel will not lie. Ps. lxxxix. 35. Tit. i. 2. God cannot lie. Heb. vi. 18. GOD'S FAITHFULNESS. LXXXIX. The faithfulness of God. Deut. vii. 9. He is the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. Ps. xxxvi. 5. Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. lxxxix. 8. O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee, or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Ver. 2. Ver. 33. My loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. Ver. 24. cxix. 90. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations. Ver. 75. cxliii. 1. In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. Isa. xlix. 7. The Lord is faithful. 1 Cor. i. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ. Ch. x. 13. 1 Thess. v. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you. 2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. 2 Tim. ii. 13. He abideth faithful. Heb. x. 23. He is faithful that promised. 1 Pet. iv. 19. A faithful Creator. 1 John i. 9. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. XC. Things of God called faithful. Commands and testimonies. Ps. cxix. 138. Thy commandments are righteous, and very faithful. Ver. 86. Word. Tit. i. 9. The scriptures are his faithful word. Rev. xxi. 5.-xxii. 6. Counsels. Isa. xxv. 1. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Ps. xix. 8. His commandment is pure. GOD'S HOLINESS XCIV. Holiness of God. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders! Lev. xix. 2. Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Ch. xi. 44.-xx. 26.— Christ. Rev. i. 5. He is the faithful witness. xxi. 8. Ch. xix. 11. God to be praised for his faithfulness. Ps. xl. 10. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. lxxxix. 1. With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness.-Ver. 5. The heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. Josh. xxiv. 19. He is an holy God, a jealous God. 1 Sam. ii. 2. There is none holy as the Lord. Ps. xxii. 3. Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. xcix. 5. Worship at his footstool, for he is holy. Ver. 9. cxlv. 17. The Lord is holy in all his works. Isa. v. 16. God that is holy shall be sancti xcii. 2. It is a good thing to show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faith-fied in righteousness. fulness every night. Ps. lxxxviii. 11. XCI. God's faithfulness in fulfilling his promises. Josh. xxi. 45. There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel: all came to pass. Ch. xxiii. 14, 15. 1 Kings viii. 15. 20. 24. Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and thy mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Jer. xi. 5. Compare Gen. xxvi. 3. Deut. ix. 5. Acts iii. 18. These things which God showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath fulfilled. Ch. xiii. 32, 33. Luke i. 72, 73. Ps. lxxxix. 34. XCII. In fulfilling threatenings. Lam. ii. 17. The Lord hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; he hath thrown down and hath not pitied, he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, &c. See Isa. lxvi. 14. Jer. i. 12.-xxxix. 16.-li. 29. Ezek. xii. 25. GOD'S PURITY. XCIII. God is pure. Job iv. 17. Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Ver. 18. xv. 15. Behold he putteth no trust in his saints; yea the heavens are not clean in his sight. xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight. Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. 1 John iii. 3. God is pure. vi. 3. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Rev. iv. 8. lxiii. 15. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness, and of thy glory. Amos iv. 2. The Lord hath sworn by his holiness. John xvii. 11. Holy Father, keep through thine own name, those whom thou hast given me. Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. vi. 10. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth. xv. 4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee. XCV. The same otherwise expressed. Job iv. 17. Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Ch. ix. 2. Ver. 18. Behold he put no trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly. xv. 15. He putteth no trust in his saints, yea the heavens are not clean in his sight. xxv. 5. Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not, yea the stars are not pure in his sight. xxxiv. 10. Far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should commit iniquity. Ps. v. 4, 5. Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness, neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Lam. iii. 38. Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good. Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. James i. 13. God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. 1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. XCVI. God is the holy one by way of eminency. Isa. xliii. 15. I am the Lord, your holy one. Hab. i. 12. Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord, my holy one? See 2 Kings xix. 22. Isa. xxix. 23.-xxxvii. 23.-xlix. 7. Jer. 1. 29. The holy one of Israel. Ps. lxxi. 22. I will praise thee, O thou holy one of Israel. Ps. lxxxix. 18. Isa. i. 4.-x. 20.-xii. 6.-xvii. 7.-xxix. 19.-xxxi. 1. Jer. li. 5. Ezek. xxxix. 7. XCVII. Things pertaining to God declared holy. His name. Ps. cxi. 9. Holy and reverend is his name. Lev. xxii. 32. Ps. xcix. 3. Isa. Ivii. 15. Ezek. xxxix. 7. Throne. Ps. xlvii. 8. God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Heaven. Ps. xx. 6. He will hear from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand. 2 Chron. xxx. 27. Place. Ps. xxiv. 3, 4. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. Ps. xlvi. 4.-lxviii. 17. 35. Hill. Ps. iii. 4. I cried, God heard me out of his holy hill. Ps. ii. 6.-xv. 1.-xliii. 3.— xcix. 9. Habitation. Deut. xxvi. 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people. Ps. lxviii. 5. Jer. xxv. 30. Zech. ii. 13. Mountain. Isa. lxv. 25. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain. Ch. xi. 9.-lvi. 7.-Ivii. 13.-Ezek. xx. 40. Dan. xi. 45. Joel iii. 17. Zech. viii. 3. House. Ps. xciii. 5. Holiness becometh thy house, O Lord. 1 Chron. xxix. 3. Isa. Ixiv. 11. Oracle. Ps. xxviii. 2. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Promise. Ps. cv. 42. He remembered his holy promise. Covenant. Luke i. 72. God remembered his holy covenant. Dan. xi. 28. 30. Law. Rom. vii. 12. The law is holy, and the commandment holy, just and good. Scriptures. Rom. i. 2. Promised in the holy scriptures. 2 Tim. iii. 15. Calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. God hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling. Sabbath. Exod. xvi. 23. To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath. Ch. xxxi. 14, 15. Neh. ix. 14. Isa. viii. 13. People. Deut. vii. 6. Thou art an holy people to the Lord your God. Ch. xiv. 2. 21. See Exod. xix. 6, and 1 Pet. ii. 9. Lev x. 10. Num. xv. 40. 1 Cor. iii. 17. Eph. i. 4.v. 27. Heb. iii. 1. 1 Pet. i. 15.-ii. 5.-2 Pet. iii. 11. Prophets. Luke i. 70. God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets. 2 Pet. iii. 2 Rev. xxii. 6. Priests. Exod. xxii. 31. Ye priests shall be holy unto me.-Isa. lii. 11. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. Jesus. Acts iv. 30. Signs and wonders done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. Heb. vii. 26. Ps. xvi. 10.-lxxxix. 19. Acta ii. 27.-iii. 14.—xiii. 35. Spirit. Ps. li. 11. Take not thy holy Spirit from me. Isa. lxiii. 10, 11. Luke xi. 13. Rom. i. 4. Eph. i. 13.—iv. 30.—1 Thess. iv. 8. Angels. Mark viii. 38. The Son of man cometh with the holy angels. Acts x. 22. Rev. xiv. 10. GOODNESS OF GOD. XCVIII. Goodness ascribed to God. Exod. xxxiv. 6. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. 1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Chron. v. 13.-vii. 3. Ezra iii. 11. Ps. c. 5.-cvi. 1.-cvii. 1.-cxviii. 1. 29.cxxxv. 3.-cxxxvi. 1.-cxlv. 9. Jer. xxxiii. 11. Lam. iii. 25. Nah. i. 7. Ps. xxv. 8. Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the way. xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. lii. 1. The goodness of God endureth continually. lxxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy, to all that call upon thee. Ps. cxix. 68. cxlv. 7. Men shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. Zech. ix. 17. How great is his goodness! how great is his beauty! Matt. xix. 17. There is none good but one, that is, God. Luke xviii. 19. Rom. ii. 4. The goodness of God leadeth to repentance. xi. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God. XCIX. The Lord doth good. Gen. xxxi. 12. The Lord said to Jacob, I will surely d thee good, &c. 1. 20. Joseph said to his brethren, Ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good. Exod. xxxiii. 19. The Lord said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee. Deut. xxx. 9. The Lord will rejoice over thee for good. xxxiii. 16. Blessed be Joseph, for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush. 2 Sam. vii. 28. O Lord, thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant. Ver. 29. 1 Kings viii. 66. The people rejoiced for all the goodness the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. Ezra viii. 22. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him. Ver. 18. Ch. vii. 9. Neh. ii. 8. 18. Neh. v. 19. Think upon me, my God, for good. Ch. xiii. 31. ix. 25. Thy people delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Job ii. 10. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Ps. iv. 6. Many say, Who will shew us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. xxi. 3. Thou preventest with the blessings of goodness. xxiii. 6. Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. xxv. 7. According to thy mercy, remember me for thy goodness' sake. xxvii. 13. I had fainted unless I had believed, to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. xxxiii. 5. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. lxv. 4. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. lxix. 16. Hear me, O Lord, for thy lovingkindness is good. lxxiii. 1. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart. lxxxiv. 11. The Lord is a sun and shield; he will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Ixxxvi. 17. Show me a token for good. cii. 5. Bless the Lord, O my soul; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things. cvii. 8. O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men. Ver. 15. 21. 31. cxix. 122. Be surety for thy servant for good. cxliii. 10. Thy spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness. cxliv. 2. The Lord is my goodness, my fortress, and high tower, &c. Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them. Jer. xxiv, 5. I sent them captives out of this place for their good.-Ver. 6. I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will build them, and plant them. xxix. 32. The wicked shall not behold the good that I will do for my people. xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing in the height of Zion; and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat and for wine, &c.-Ver. 14. My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever; for the good of them, and of their children after them.-Ver. 42. I will bring upon this people all the good that I have promised. xxxiii. 9. The nations of the earth shall hear the good that I do unto my people, and they shall fear and tremble, for all the goodness, and for all the prosperity. Ver. 14. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel. See Josh. xxi. 45.-xxiii. 14.—xxiv. 20. and 1 Kings viii. 56. Hos. iii. 5. The children of Israel shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the latter days. Matt. vii. 11. If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him? xx. 15. Is thine eye evil because I am good? Luke i. 53. He hath filled the hungry with good things. ii. 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. xii. 32. It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Acts xiv. 17. God left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons. Ps. civ. 28. lxviii. 10.-lxxxv. 12. Rom. viii. 28. All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. James i. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights. MERCY OF GOD. C. God is merciful. Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; Isa. Ixiii. 7. I will mention the loving-kind-keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving ininesses of the Lord, and the praises of the quity, transgression and sin. lvii. 10. Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Ps. cviii. 4. Ixii. 12. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy. lxxxvi. 15. Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 5. c. 5. The Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations. ciii. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. Ps. cxi. 4. cxvi. 5. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful, cxix. 156. Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. cxxxviii. 8. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever. cxlv. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Dan. ix. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. Ps. lix. 10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me. lxxxix. 2, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the heavens.-Ver. 14. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.-Ver. 28. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore. cii. 13. Thou shalt have mercy on Zion. Isa. xiv. 1. The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel. xxx. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you. liv. 7, 8. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.-Ver. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. xlii. 21. The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. Iv. 3. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. xlix. 10. He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. lx. 10. In my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. Jer. xxx. 18. I will bring again the capti Lam. iii. 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his com-vity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his passions fail not.-Ver. 32. Though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Jonah iv. 2. Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 2 Cor. i. 3. The Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. Eph. ii. 4. God is rich in mercy. ment. James v. 11. The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 1 Pet. ii. 3. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. CI. Mercy promised. Ps. v. 7. I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy. Ivii. 3. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. dwelling-places. Ch. xxxiii. 26. Ezek. xxxix. 25. Hos. i. 7.—ii. 23. xlii. 12. I will shew mercies unto you, that the king of Babylon may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. Lam. iii. 32. Though the Lord cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his mercies. Hos. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. Mic. vii. 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers. Zech. i. 16. Thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies. x. 6. I will bring them again to place them, for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off. Rom. ix. 15. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. (Exod. xxxiii. 19.) Ver. 16. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. |