Hof. vii. 7. There is none among them that calleth unto me.
Ver. 13. Wo unto them for they have fled from me.
Ver. 14. They have not cried unto me,
Beds.

when they howled upon their

Zeph. i. 4. 6. I will cut off them that turned back from the Lord, and those that have not fought the Lord, nor enquired after him. James iv. 2. Ye have not because ye ask not.

204. The Prayers of Hypocrites. Pf. lxxviii. 34. When God flew them then they fought him and enquired early after God.

Ver. 36. Nevertheless they flattered him with their Tongues. Ver. 37. Their Heart was not right with him, Pf. 50. 16. Ezek. xxxiii. 31. With their Mouth they fhew much Love, but their Heart goeth after their Covetoufnefs, Ifa. 29. 14. Jer. 12. 2.

Matt. vi 5 When thou prayeft thou shalt not be as the Hypocrites are, for they love to pray ftanding in the Synagogues, and in the Corners of the Streets, that they may be seen of Men.

xv. 8. This People draweth nigh unto me with their Mouth, and honoureth me with their Lips, but their Hearts are far from me.

Ver. 9. In vain do they worship me, teaching for Doctrines the Commandments of Men.

xxiii. 14. Wo unto you Hypocrites, for ye devour Widows Houses, and for a Pretence make long Prayers. Mark 12. 40.

205. Prayers of the Wicked not acceptable to God. Job xxxv.

will not hear Vanity...

13. God

Pf. lxvi. 11. If I regard Iniquity in my Heart, the Lord will not hear me.

cix. 7. Let the Prayer of the Wicked become a Sin.

Prov, i. 27. When Distress and Anguish cometh, then fhall they call upon me, but I will not answer, they fhall feek me early but they fhall not find me.

Ver. 29. For that they hated Knowledge, and did not chuse the Fear of the Lord.

xv. 8. The Sacrifice of the Wicked is an Abomination to the Lord,

Ifa. i. 4. Ah finful Nation, a People laden with Iniquity.

Ifa. i. 11. To what Purpofe is the Multitude of your Sacrifices to me, faith the Lord ?

Ver. 15.

When ye spread forth your Hands I will hide mine Eyes from you,' when ye make many Prayers I will not hear; your Hands are full of Blood.

lix. 1. The Lord's Hand is not shortened that it cannot fave, nor his Ear heavy that it cannot hear.

Ver. 2. But your Iniquities have feparated between you and your God, and your Sins have hid his Face from you that he will not hear, Ifa. 66. 3.

Jer. vi. 19. Behold I will bring Evil upon this People, even the Fruit of their Thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my Words nor to my Law, but rejected it.

Ver. 20. Your Burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your Sacrifices fweet unto me, Ch. 7. 20, 21, 22. Amos 5. 22, 23.

xi. 10. They are turned back to the Iniquities of their Fore-fathers which refused to hear my Words.

Jer.

Jer. xi. 11. Therefore thus faith the Lord, I will bring Evil upon them, and though they cry unto me I will not hearken unto them.

Ver. 14. Pray not thou for this People, neither lift up a Cry nor Prayer for them, for I will not hear them in the Time that they cry unto me for their Trouble, See Ch. 14. 11, 12. Ezek. 8. 18, Mic. 3. 4. Zech. 7. 13. Job 27. 9. Lam. 3. 42. 44. Matt, 15. 8, 9, John 9. 31The Prayers of the Wicked answered with Reproofs and Threatenings. Pf. 50. 16. Jer. 32. 16. to 25. 44-37. 3. to 6.42. 2. to 9. Zech. 7. 2. 4. to 14.

Of praifing God.

206. Praife and Thanks due unto God, and required by him from the Righ teous. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in Holinefs, fearful in Praifes, doing Wonders.

1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. Pf. 48.1.

Pf. xlvii. 7. God is King of all the Earth, fing ye Praifes with Understanding.

1. 14. Offer unto God Thanksgiving, and pay thy Vows to the most High.

Ver. 23. Whofo offereth Praife glorifieth me.

Ixvi. 2. Sing forth the Honour of his Name, make his praife glorious.
Ver. 4. All the Earth fhall fing to thy holy Name.

Ixviii. 4. Sing unto God, fing Praises to his Name, extol him that rideth upon the Heavens by his name JAH.

Ver. 32. Sing unto God, ye Kingdoms of the Earth.

lxix. 30. I will praise the Name of God with a Song, I will magnify him with Thanksgiving.

Ver. 31. This thall please the Lord better than an Ox or Bullock. xcii. i. It is a good Thing to give Thanks unto the Lord, and to fing Praifes unto thy Name, O moft High.

Pf. xcii. 2. To fhew forth thy loving Kindness every Morning, and thy Faithfulness every Night. Pf. 135. 3.

xcvi 2. Sing unto the Lord, blefs his Name, fhew forth his Salva-. tion from Day to Day.

cvii. 32. Let them facrifice the Sacrifices of Thanksgiving, and declare his Works with rejoicing.

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, his Greatness

is unfearchable. Pf. 96. 4.

cl. 6. Let every Thing that hath Breath praise the Lord.

Ifa xlii. 8. My Glory will I not give to another, nor my Praife to graven Images.

xlii. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new Song, and his Praife from the End of the Earth. Ch. 43. 21. Jer. 20. 13.

Phil. iv. 6. In every Thing by Prayer and Supplication with Thankf giving, let your Requests be made known to God.

Col. ii. 7. Abounding in Faith, with Thanksgiving.

iii 15 Let the Peace of God rule in your Hearts, to which ye are called, and be ye thankful.

1 Pet. ii 9. Ye are a chofen Generation, to fhew forth the Praises of him that hath called you.

Praise

Praise.

207. Praises from the Wicked unacceptable to God. Amos iv. 2. The Lord will take you away with Hooks.

Ver. 5. Offer a Thanksgiving with leaven for this liketh you.

Ver. 6. I have given you Cleannefs of Teeth, and want of Bread, &c. v. 22. Though ye offer Burnt-offerings, and Meat-offerings, I will not accept them.

Ver. 24. But let Judgment run down like Waters, &c.

Luke xviii. 11. The Pharisee said, O God I thank thee, that I am not as other Men, yet he went not to his House justified.

208. The Wicked unthankful. Rom. i. 21. When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, &c.

2 Tim. iii. 2. Men shall be Lovers of their own selves, &c. unthankful, unholy, &c.

209. Praife must be frequent. Pf. xxxiv. 1. I will blefs the Lord at all times, his Praise fhall be continually in my Mouth.

xxxv. 28. My Tongue shall speak of thy Righteousness, and of thy Praife all the Day long.

Pf. lxiii. 4. I will blefs thee while I live.

cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my whole Heart. Pf. 138. 1.

cxix. 164. Seven times a Day I praife thee because of thy righteous Judgments.

cxlv. 2. Every Day will I blefs thee, and will praise thy Name for

ever and ever.

210. With Sincerity. Pf. cxi. 1. I will praise the Lord with my whole Heart, 138. 1.

I Cor. xiv. 15. I will fing with the Spirit, and I will fing with the Understanding, Pf. 47. 7.

Eph. v. 19. Speaking to your felves in Pfalms and Hymns and fpiritual Songs, finging and making Melody in your Hearts to the Lord. Col. iii. 16. Singing with Grace in your Hearts to the Lord.

211. God prepareth his People for bis Praife,-or Divine Influences therein. Pf. li. 15. O Lord open thou my Lips, and my Mouth fhall fhew forth thy Praise.

cxiii. 171. My Lips fhall utter Praise when thou haft taught thy Law

to me.

Ver. 175. Let my Soul live, and it fhall praise thee,

Ifa. xliii. 21. This People have I formed for myfelf, they fhall fhew forth my Praife.

Ixi. 11. The Lord will caufe Righteousness, and praise to spring forth. Jer. xiii. 11. I have caused to cleave unto me the whole Houfe of Ifrael, and the whole House of Judah, faith the Lord, that they might be unto me for a People, and for a Name, and for a Praise, and for a Glory, but they would not hear.

Jer. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanfe them from all their Iniquity, and will pardon all their Iniquities whereby they have finned, and whereby they have tranfgreffed against me.

Ver. 9. And it fhall be to me for a Name of Joy and Praise, and an Honour before all Nations of the Earth,

Ver. 11.

Hof.

Hof. xiv. 2. Take away all our Iniquity, &c. fo will we render the Calves of our Lips.

Mat. xxi. 16. Out of the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings, thou haft perfected Praife, Pf. 8. 2.

212. Thanking God through Chrift. Rom. i. 8. I thank my God through Jefus Chrift for you all, that your Faith is spoken of through the whole World.

Rom. vii. 24. Who shall deliver me from the Body of this Death.

Ver. 25. I thank God through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Ch. 1. Cor. 15. 57. who giveth us the Victory, Ch. 2. Cor. 2. 14. which causeth us to triumph.

Phil. i. 11. The Fruits of Righteoufnefs are by Jefus Chrift to the Praise and Glory of God.

Heb. xiii. 15. By him let us offer the Sacrifice of Praife to God continually, that is, the Fruit of our Lips, giving Thanks to his Name. Eph. v. 20. Give Thanks always for all Things unto God, and the ther, in the Name of our Lord Jefus Christ.

213. Praife is a part of publick Worship. Pf. ix. 11. Sing Praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion, declare among the People his Doings.

Ver. 14. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, that I may fhew forth thy Praise in the Gates of the Daughter of Zion.

xxii. 22. In the midft of the Congregation will I praise thee. Ver. 24. My praise fhall be of thee in the great Congregation.

Pf. xxvi. 8. O Lord, I have loved the Habitations of thy House, and the place where thine Honour dwelleth.

Ver. 12. In the Congregation will I blefs the Lord.

xxvii. 4. One Thing have I defired of the Lord, that will I feek after, that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the Days of my Life, to behold the Beauty of the Lord, and enquire in his Temple.

Ver. 6. I will offer in his Tabernacle Sacrifices of Joy, I will fing Praises unto the Lord.

xxxv. 18. I will give thee Thanks in the great Congregation, I will praise thee among nuch People.

xlii. 2. When fhall I come and appear before God?

Ver. 5. I fhall yet praise him.

lvii. 3. I will praife thee among the People, I will fing unto thee among the Nations.

Ver. 10. For thy Mercy is great unto the Heavens, and thy Truth reacheth unto the Clouds, Pf. 108: 3.-109. 30.

lxv. 1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God in Zion.

lxxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy House, they will be ftill praifing thee.

Pf. lxxxix. 5. The Heavens fhall praise thy Wonders, O Lord, thy Faithfulness alfo in the Congregation of the Saints.

Ver. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the Affembly of the Saints, to be had in Reverence of all that are about him.

xcv. 2. Let us come before his Prefence with Thanksgiving, &c. Ver. 3.

c. 4. Enter his Gates with Thanksgiving, and his Courts with Praise.

PL.

Pf. cii. 21. Declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his Praife in Jerufalem.

Ver. 22. When the People are gathered together to ferve the Lord. cvii. 32. Let them exalt him in the Congregation of the People, and praise him in the Affembly of the Elders.

cxi. 1. I will praife the Lord in the Affembly of the Upright, Ver.

2. 3.

cxvi. 18. I will pay my Vows unto the Lord in the Presence of all his People.

Ver. 19. In the Courts of the Lord's House.

cxviii. 19. Open to me the Gates of Righteoufnefs, and I will go into them, and I will praife the Lord.

cxxxiv. 2. Lift up your Hands in the Sanctuary and bless the Lord.

cxxxv. 19. Blefs the Lord, O House of Ifrael, bless the Lord, O House of Aaron.

Ver. 21. Bleffed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth in Jerufalem, praise ye the Lord.

cxxxviii. 1. I will praife thee with my whole Heart, before the Gods will I fing Praife unto thee. See Neh. 8. 6.-9. 5. Pf. 147. 7. 150. 1, 2. 6. Isa. 64. 11. 12.149.11

Heb. 2. 12.

Rev. 7. 12.

See Regulations made for the Order of publick Thanks and Praise, 1 Chron. 16. 4. 7.-23. 30.-29. 13. to 20. Pf. 105. 1. 2 Chron. 5. 13. Neh. 11. 17.-12. 8. 24. &c.

214. Of finging the Praifes of God. Job xxxviii. 6. When the Foundations of the Earth were laid.

Ver. 7. The Morning Stars fang together, and all the Sons of God fhouted for Joy.

Pf. xiii. 6. I will fing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

xviii. 49. I will give Thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Heathen, and fing Praifes unto thy Name, Rom. 15. 19.

xxi. 13. Be thou exalted in thine own Strength, fo will we sing and praise thy Power, Pf. 59. 16, 17.

xxx. 4. Sing unto the Lord, O ye Saints of his, give Thanks at the Remembrance of his Holiness, Ver. 12. Pf. 7. 17.

xxxiii. 3. Sing unto him a new Song, play fkilfully with a loud Noise.

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li. 14. I will fing aloud of thy Righteoufnefs, Ver. 15.

Ixvii. 4. O let the Nations be glad and fing for Joy, Pf. 9. 2. 11.— 42. 4.-81. 1.-95. 1, 2.—96 1, 2.98. 8, 9.-100, 2.

Ixxxix. 1. I will fing of the Mercies of the Lord for ever, Pf. 61. 7, 8.-101, 1.-108. 3.

civ. 33. I will fing unto my God while I have being, Pf. 75. 9.— 146. 2. Ifa. 38 20.

ev. 2. Sing Pfalms unto him, talk of all his wondrous Works. cxxxviii. 5. Kings of the Earth hall fing in the Ways of the Lord, for great is the Glory of the Lord.

cxlvii. 1. 7, 8, 9. Sing unto the Lord, with Thanksgiving, who covereth the Heaven with Clouds, who giveth the Beast his Food. cxlix. 1. Sing unto the Lord a new Song, Pf. 144. 9.

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