Biblical Extracts Part 3

104. The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; _thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied_. Lam. of Jer, ii.

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105. Therefore _the fathers shall eat the sons_ in the midst of thee, and the _sons shall eat their fathers_; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

"Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord G.o.d, surely because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee, _neither shall mine eye spare, neither will 1 have any pity._." Ezek. v. 10, 11.

106. So the Lord sent _pestilence_ upon Israel; and there fell of Israel _seventy thousand men_. 1st. Chron. xxi. 14.

107. He that is far off shall die of the _pestilence_, and he that is near shall fall by the _sword,_ and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the _famine_; thus will I accomplish my _fury_ upon them.

Ezek. vi. 12.

108. Samaria shall become desolate, for she hath rebelled against her G.o.d; they shall fall by the sword; _their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ript up._ Hosea xiii. 16.

Also notes 79, 56, 119, 121, 126, 143, 149.

IMPARTIALITY.

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that _G.o.d is no respecter of persons_. Acts x.

For there is _no respect of persons with G.o.d_. Romans ii. 11.

109. Therefore I endure all things for the _elect's_ sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii. 10.

110. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy G.o.d; the Lord thy G.o.d hath _chosen_ thee, to be a _special people unto himself_ above all the people that are upon the face of the earth. Deut. vii. 6.

111. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be _their_ G.o.d. Exodus xxix, 45.

112. I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will _plead_ with them there for _my_ people, and for _my heritage_ Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. Joel iii. 2.

113. Behold, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 1 Kings iii.

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114. I have loved you, saith the Lord; yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us! Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith the Lord; yet I _loved_ Jacob. And I _hated_ Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste, for the dragons of the wilderness. Malachi i, 2, 3.

115. As it is written, Jacob have I _loved_, but Esau have I _hated_.

Romans ix. 13.

116. Now G.o.d had brought Daniel into _favor_ and _tender love_ with the prince of the eunuchs. Dan. i. 9.

117. For G.o.d loveth _none but him that dweleth with wisdom_. Wisdom of Solomon vii. 28.

118. The Lord maketh _poor_ and maketh _rich_, he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 1 Sam. ii. 7.

119. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the _maker of them all_. Prov. xxii. 2.

120. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy _on whom 1 will have mercy_, and I will have compa.s.sion on whom I _will_ have compa.s.sion.

Romans ix. 15.

Also notes 91 and 132.

IMMUTABILITY.

For I am the Lord, _I change not_; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi iii. 6.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights, _with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning_. James i. 17.

G.o.d is not a man, that he should lie, _neither the son of man, that he should repent_; hath he said, _and shall he not do it?_ or hath he spoken, _and shall he not make it good?_ Numbers xxiii. 19.

121. And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping, things, and the fowls of the air: for it _repenteth_ me that I have made them.

Genesis vi. 7.

122. And the Lord _repented_ of the evil which he had thought to do unto his people. Exodus x.x.xii. 14.

123 It _repenteth_ me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments, and it grieved Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all night. 1 Samuel xv. 11.

124. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord _repented_ him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, it is enough; stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the thres.h.i.+ng-place of Araunah the Jebusite. 2 Sam.

xxiv. 16.

125. If that nation against whom I have p.r.o.nounced turn from their evil.

I will _repent_ of the evil that I thought to do unto them. If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will _repent of the good_ wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 8; 10.

126. For thus saith the Lord, like as I have brought all this great _evil_ upon this people, so will I bring upon them the _good_ which I have promised them. Jeremiah x.x.xii. 42.

127. And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your G.o.d; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and _repenteth_ him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.

128. And G.o.d saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and G.o.d _repented of the evil_ that he had said he would do unto them; and he did it not. Jonah iii. 10.

129. Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward; therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; _I am weary with repenting_. Jeremiah xv. 6.

Also notes 14, 26 and 167.

INCOMPREHENSIBILITY.

Who is the image of the _invisible_ G.o.d, the first born of every creature. Coloss. i. W.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of G.o.d! _how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out_. Romans xi. 33.

For _my thoughts_ are not _your thoughts_, neither are _your ways my ways_ saith the Lord. Isaiah iv. 8.

130. And the Lord spake unto Moses _face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend_. Exodus x.x.xiii. 11.