like a ferpent, and flingeth like an adder. v. 33. Thine eyes fhall behold strange women, and thine heart fhall utter perverse things.

f Gen. xxxix. 10. And it came to pafs, as fhe fpake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. Prov. v. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house.

g Eph. v. 4. Neither filthinefs, nor foolish talking, nor jefting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. Ezek. xxiii. 14. And that the encreafed her whoredoms for when the faw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, v. 15. Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: v. 16. And as foon as he faw them with her eyes, fhe doted upon them, and fent meffengers unto them into Chaldea. If. xxiii. 15. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre thall be forgotten feventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of feventy years fhall Tyre.fing as an harlot. v. 16. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that haft been forgotten, make fweet melody, fing many fongs, that thou mayest be remembered. v. 17. And it fhall come to pafs after the end of feventy years, that the Lord will vifit Tyre, and The fhall turn to her hire, and fhall commit fornication with all the

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kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. If. iii. 16. Moreover, the Lord faith, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and walk with ftretched-forth necks, and wanton eyes, walking, and min. cing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:-Mark vi. 22. And when the daughter of the faid Herodias came in, and danced, and pleafed Herod, and them that fat with him, the king faid unto the damfel, Afk of me whatfover thou wilt, and I will give it thee. Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walk honestly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkennefs, not in chambering and wantonnefs, not in ftrife and envying. 1 Pet. iv. 3. For the time past of our life may fuffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lafcivioufnefs, lufts, excefs of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.

2 Kings ix. 30. And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and fhe painted her face, and tired her hair, and looked out at a window. Compared with Jer. iv. 30. And when thou art fpoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clotheft thyfelf with crimson, though thou deckeft thee with ornaments of gold, though thou renteft thy face with painting, in vain fhalt thou make thyself fair, thy lovers will defpife thee, they will feek thy life. And with Ezek. xxiii. 40. And furthermore, that ye have fent for men to come from far, unto whom a meffenger was fent, and lo, they came, for whom

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141. k Pfal. xv. 2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteoufnefs, and fpeaketh the truth in his heart. v. 4.-He that fweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. Zech. vii. 4. Then came the word of the Lord of hofts unto me, faying, v. 10. And opprefs not the widow, nor the fatherless, the ftranger, nor the poor, and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. Zech. viii. 16. Thefe are the things that ye shall do, Speak ye every man the truth to his neighexecute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates. v. 17. And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour,and love no falfe oath: for all thefe are things that I hate, faith the Lord.

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/Rom. xiii. 7. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom cuflom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.

m Lev. vi. 2. If a foul fin, and commit a trefpafs against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing tak en away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; v. 3. Or have found that which was loft, and lieth concerning it, and fweareth falfely;

in any of all thefe that a man doth, finning therein : V. 4. Then it fhall be, because he hath finned and is guilty, that he fhall restore that which he took violently away, or. the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found: y, 5. Or all that about which he hath fworn falsely; he shall even reftore it in the principal, and fhall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day. of his trefpafs-offering. Compared with Luke xix. 8. And Zaccheus ftood, and faid unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor: and if I have taken any thing from any man by falfe accufation, I restore him fourfold.

n Luke vi. 30. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. v. 38. Give, and it fhall be given unto you; good measure, preffed down, and shaken together, and running over, fhall men give into your bofom. For with the fame measure that ye mete withal, it fhall be measured to you again. 1 John iii. 17. But whofo hath this world's good, and feeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compaffion from him, how dwelleth the love of God

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in him? Eph. iv. 28. Let him that ftole, fteal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Gal. vi. 10. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

• 1 Tim. vi. 6. But godlinefs with contentment is great gain. v. 7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. v. 8. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. v. 9. But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and a fnare, and into many foolish and hurtful lufts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. Gal. vi. 14. But God forbid that I fhould glory fave in the crofs of our Lord Jefus Chrift, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

p 1 Tim. v.8. But if any provide not for his own, and efpecially for thofe of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

q Prov. xxvii. from verf. 23. to the end. Be thou diligent to know the ftate of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. v. 24. For riches are not for ever,-Eccl. ii. 24. There is nothinig better for a man, than that he fhould eat and drink, and that he should make his foul enjoy good in his labour. This alfo I faw, that it was from the hand of God. Eccl. iii. 12. I know that there

is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. v. 13. And also that every man fhould eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 1 Tim. vi. 17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy: v. 18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to diftribute, willing to communicate. If. xxxviii. 1. In thofe days was Hezekiah fick unto death and Ifaiah the prophet the fon of Amos came unto him, and faid unto him, Thus faith the Lord, Set thine houfe in order: for thou fhalt die, and not live. Matth. xi: 8.-Behold, they that wear foft cloathing, are in kings houses.

r 1 Cor. vii. 20. Let every man abide in the fame calling wherein he was called. Gen. ii. 15. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it. Gen. iii. 19. In the fweat of thy face fhalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground:

/Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give him that needeth. Prov. x. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a flack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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ther up the fragments that remain, that nothing be loft. Prov. xxi. 20. There is a treasure to be defired, and oil in the dwelling of the wife : but a foolish man spendeth it up.

v I Cor. vi. from verse 1. to 9. Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjuft, and not before the faints?

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w Prov. vi. from verfe 1. to 6. My fon, if thou be furety for thy friend, if thou haft ftricken thy hand with a stranger, thou art fnared with the words of thy mouth. Prov. xi. 15. He that is furety for a ftranger, fhall fmart for it and he that hateth furetiship, is fure.

x Lev. xxv. 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a ftranger, or a fojourner; that he may live with thee. Deut. xxii. 1. Thou shalt not fee thy brother's ox, or his sheep go aitray, and hide thyfelf from them: thou fhalt in any cafe bring them again unto thy brother. v. 2. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it into thine own houfe, and it shall be with thee until thy brother feek after it, and thou fhalt restore it to him again. v. 3. In like manner fhalt thou do with his afs, and fo fhalt thou do with his raiment, and with all loft things of thy brother's, which he hath loft, and thou haft

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found, fhalt thou do likewife: thou mayeft not hide thyfelf. v. 4: Thou fhalt not fee thy brother's afs or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyfelf from them: thou fhalt furely help him to lift them up again. Exod. xxiii. 4. If thou meet thine enemies ox or his afs going aftray, thou fhalt furely bring it back to him again. v. 5. If thou fee the ass of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and wouldft forbear to help him; thou fhalt furely help with him. Gen. xlvii. 14. And Jofeph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Jofeph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. v. 20. And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians fold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: fo the land became Pharaoch's. Phil. ii. 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man alfo on the things of others. Matth. xxii. 39. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf.

142. y James ii. 15. If a brother or filter be naked, and deftitute of daily food; v. 16. And one of you fay unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled : notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

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1 John iii. 17. But whofo hath this world's good, and feeth his brother have need, and fhutteth up his bowels of compaffion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

z Eph. iv. 28. Let him that ftole, fteal no more: but rather

a Pfal. Ixii. 10. Truft not in oppreffion, and become not vain in robbery

b1 Tim. i. 10. (The law was made) for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men- ftealers, for liars, for perjured perfons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to found doctrine.

c Prov. xxix. 24. Whofo is partner with a thief, hateth his own foul: he heareth curfing, and bewrayeth it not. Pfal. 1. 18. When thou faweft a thief, then thou confentedit with him.

di Theff. iv. 6. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter because that the Lord is the avenger of all fuch, as we alfo have forewarned you, and testified.

e Prov. xi. 1. A falfe balance is abomination to the Lord: but a juft weight is his delight. Prov. xx. 10. Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

f Deut xix. 14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbours land-mark, which they of old time have fet in thine inheritance-Prov. xxiii. 1o. Remove not the old land-mark; and enter not in the fields of the fatherlefs.

g. Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will the new-moon be gone, that we may fell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may fet forth wheat, making the ephah fmall, and the fhekel great, and falfifying the balances by deceit? Pfal. xxxvii. 21. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.

h Luke xvi. 10. He that is faithful in that which is leaft, is faithful alfo in much and he that is unjust in the leaft, is unjust also in much. v. 11. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your truft the true riches? v. 12. And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who fhall give you that which is your own?

i Ezek. xxii. 29. The people of the land have used oppreffion, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppreffed the ftranger wrongfully. Lev. xxv. 17. Ye fhall not therefore opprefs one another; but thou fhalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

k Matth. xxiii. 25. Wo unto you, fcribes and Pharifees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excefs. Ezek. xxii. 12. In thee have they taken gifts to fhed blood: thou haft taken ufury and increafe, and thou haft greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and halt forgotten me, faith the Lord God.

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