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8 For every one that "asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

will save them. PRO. XV. 29: The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. ISA.XXX. 19: He will be very gracious unto thee, at the voice of thy ery; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. do. lv. 6: Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. do. lviii. 9: Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. do. lxv. 24: It shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. MAT. xxi. 22: All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. MARK, xi. 24: What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. LUKE, xi. 9, 10: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. do. xviii. 1: He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint. JOHN, XV. 7: If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9: For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. HEB. iv. 16: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. JAMES, i. 5, 6: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him, but let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. 1 JOHN, iii. 22: Whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. do. v. 14, 15: This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

h2 CHRON. XV. 2: The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. Ps. lxxxi. 10, 16: I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat, and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. PRO. viii.

9 'Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give3 him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

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Îl If ye then, "being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, 'how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him ?5

12 Therefore all things things "whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them for "this is the Law and the Prophets.

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17: I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me. JER. XXIX. 12, 13: Then shall ye call upon me, and shall go ye and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. JOHN, xiv. 13, 14: Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name I will do it. do. xvi. 23, 24: And in that day ye shall ask me nothing: Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

LUKE, Xi. 11, &c: [The same allusions.]

* GEN. vi. 5: And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. do. viii. 21: The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.

1 ISA. xlix. 15: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

m OBAD. XV: As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee, thy reward shall return upon thine own head. Toв, iv. 15: Do that to no man which thou hatest. LUKE, vi. 31: As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. EPH. vi. 8: Whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. " See on JOHN, Xiii. 34.

• LUKE, xiii. 24: Strive to enter in at the strait gate for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be

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26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought 25 can add one cubit 26 unto his stature ?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin :

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory" was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of 28 the field, which to day is,29 and to morrow is cast into the oven, 30 shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What

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PHIL. iv. 6: Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. 1 TIM. vi. 8: Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. 1 PET. v. 7: Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.

JOB, Xxxviii. 41: Who provideth for the raven his food? When his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. Ps.civ. 27, 28: These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. do. cxlvii. 9: He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. LUKE, xii. 24, &c: Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have store-house nor barn, and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than the fowls? &c.

shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added 31 unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of *itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil 32 thereof.33

31 given. Rh. 32 travail. Cr. 33 for to morrow shall care for itself, every day hath enough of its own trouble. Ud.

b Ps. xxxiv. 10: They that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. do. xxxvii. 25: I have been young, and now am old: yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. MARK, X. 30: But he shall receive an hundred fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. LUKE, Xii.31: But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added into you. JOHN, vi. 27: Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life. 1 TIM. iv. 8: Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come.

i Lev. xxv. 20, 21: And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our ncrease: Then I will command my blessing upon you in the ixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. 1 KINGS, ii. 11-13: God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this hing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast hou asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine nemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern udgment; Behold, I have done according to thy words.-I have Iso given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches nd honour.

* Deut. xxxiii. 25: As thy days so shall thy strength be. IEB. xiii. 5, 6: Let your conversation be without covetousess; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath aid, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we ay boldly say, The LORD is my helper, and I will not fear what man should do unto me.

CHAP. VII.

1 Christ ending his sermon on the mount, reproveth rash judgment, 6 forbiddeth to cast holy things to dogs, 7 exhorteth to prayer, 13 to enter in at the strait gate, 15 to beware of false prophets, 21 not to be hearers only, but doers of the word: 24 like houses builded on a rock, 26 and not on the sand.

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2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged and with what 'measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

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CHAP. VII.

LUKE, vi. 37: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. ROM. ii. I: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. ROM. XIV. 3,4, 10, 13: Let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him. Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. 1 Cor. iv. 3,5: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment. Judge nothing before the time until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart: and then shall every man have praise of God. JAMES, iv. 11, 12: He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge, There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

b JUDG. i. 7: As I have done, so hath God requited me. MARK, iv. 24: Take heed what you hear with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear, shall more be given. LUKE, vi. 38: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. 2 COR. ix. 6: He that soweth sparingly, shall also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. GAL. vi. 1: Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

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