thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. Ver. 8. And thou shalt return, and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments, which I command thee this day.

Job xxxiii. 27. He looketh upon men; and if any say, I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 28. He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Hos. vi. 1. Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us: He hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Confession of Sin.

Ps. xxxii. 5. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.

Prov. xxviii. 13. Whoso confesseth and forsaketh his sins, shall have mercy.

1 John i. 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Lev. xxvi. 40. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers. with their trespass, which they trespassed against me; and that also they have walked

contrary unto me; 41. And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies: If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity; 42. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Jer. ii. 12. Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Ver. 13. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.

Luke xv. 21. The son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be salled thy son. Ver. 22. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

iii. Obedience.

Exod. xix. 5. If ye will obey my voice

indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people.

Lev.xxv. 18. Ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19. And the land shall yield her fruit: and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Deut. iv. 1. Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ver. 6. Keep therefore, and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Deut. v. 29. O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Deut. vi. 3. Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land which floweth with milk and honey. Ver. 18.

Thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers; Ver. 19. To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.

Deut. vii. 12. It shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers.

Deut. xi. 27. A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day.

Deut. xiii. 17. That the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers. 18. When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

Deut. xxix. 9. Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

Deut. xxx. 15. See, I have set before thee this day lifeand good, and death and evil. 16. În that I command thee this

day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply; and that the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

Deut. xxxii. 46. Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day; which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47. For it is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

1 Sam. xii. 14. If ye will fear the Lord and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord; then shall both ye, and also the king that reigneth over you, continue following the Lord your God.

1 Kings ii. 3. Keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself.

1 Chron. xxii. 12. The Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God. Ver