body, what ye shall put on is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Ver. 30. Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Ver. 31. Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? Ver. 32. For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

iv. Promises of long Life and Health.

Deut. v. 33. You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Deut. vi. 2. That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and commandments which I command thee; thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life, and that thy days may be prolonged.

Job v. 26. Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn Cometh in in his season.

Ps. xxxiv. 12. What man is he that de.

sıreth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Ver. 13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Ver. 14. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Ps. xci. 16. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Prov. iii. 2. Length of days, and long life, and peace shall they add to thee. Ver. 26. Length of days is in her right hand.

Prov. ix. 11. By me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Prov. x. 27. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days.

Health.

Ps. ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases. Ver. 4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction. Ver 5. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thy own eyes fear the Lord, and depart from evil. Ver. 8. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Prov. iv. 22. They are life to them that find them, and health to all their flesh.

v. Safety under the Divine Protection.

Deut. xxxiii. 12. The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him, and the Lord shall cover him all the day long.

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

Ps. xvi. 8. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Ps. cxii. 7. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

1 Pet. iii. 13. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

Job iv. 7. Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

Job xi. 18. Thou shalt be secure, because there is hope.

Job v. 23. Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Hos. ii. 18. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow, and the sword,

and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

Ez xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. Ver. 23. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land devour them, but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

Gen. ix. 2. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea into your hand are they delivered.

Job xi. 18. Thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Ver. 19. Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid.

Ps. iv. 8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Ps. cxxvii. 2. He giveth his beloved sleep.

Prov. iii. 24. When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

I Sam. ii. 9. He will keep the feet of

his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, for by strength shall no man prevail.

Ps. xxvii. 1. The Lord is my light, and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Ps. xxxiv. 20. He keepeth all his bones, not one of them is broken.

Ps. xci. 1. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Ver. 2. I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in him will I trust. Ver. 4. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Ver. 10. There shall no evil befal thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Ps. cxxi. 1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Ver. 2. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Ver. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Ver. 4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel, shall neither slumber nor sleep. Ver. 5. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. Ver. 6. The sun shall not