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detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee, neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity." Ezek. v. 10, 11.

106. So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 1st. Chron. xxi. 14.

107. He that is far off shall die of the pestilence, and he that is near shall fall by the sword, and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine; thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. Ezek. vi. 12.

108. Samaria shall become desolate, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ript up. Hosea xiii. 16.

Also notes 79, 56, 119, 121, 126, 143, 149.

IMPARTIALITY.

Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.

34.

For there is no respect of persons with God. Romans ii. 11.

109. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii. 10.

110. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be a special people unto himself, above all the people that are upon the face of the earth. Deut. vii. 6.

111. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. Exodus xxix. 45.

112. I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people, and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. Joel iii. 2.

113. Behold, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 1 Kings iii. 12.

114. I have loved you, saith the Lord; yet ye say Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith the Lord; yet I loved Jacob. And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste, for the dragons of the wilderness. Malachi i. 2, 3.

115. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Romans ix. 13.

116. Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. Dan. i. 9. 117. For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom. Wisdom of Solomon vii. 28.

118. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 1 Sam. ii. 7.

119. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all. Prov. xxii. 2.

120, For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Romans ix. 15.

Also notes 91 and 132.

IMMUTABILITY.

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi iii. 6.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning. James i. 17.

God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son. of man, that he should repent; hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Numbers xxiii. Î9.

121. And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the air for it repenteth me that I have made them. Genesis vi. 7.

122. And the Lord repented of the evil which he had thought to do unto his people. Exodus xxxii. 14.

123 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments, and it grieved Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all night. 1 Samuel xv. 11.

124. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, it is enough; stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite. 2 Sam. xxiv. 16.

125. If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 8, 10.

126. For thus saith the Lord, like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them the good which I have promised them. Jeremiah xxxii. 42.

127. And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.

128. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did it not. Jonah iii. 10.

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129. Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward; therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. Jeremiah xv. 6.

Also notes 14, 26 and 167.

INCOMPREHENSIBILITY.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature. Coloss. i. 15.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out. Romans xi. 33.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways saith the Lord. Isaiah iv. 8.

130. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. Exodus xxxiii. 11.

131. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. Exodus xxiv. 9. 10.

132. And Jacob called the name of the place, Peniel; for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Genesis xxxii. 30.

133. I saw the Lord standing upon the altar. Amos ix. 1.

134. And Jesus when he was baptised went up straightway out of the water; and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. Mat.

iii. 16.

135 And the Lord appeared unto him (Isaac,) and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. Gen. xxvi. 2.

136. And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. Deut. xxxi. 15.

137. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. Isaiah İv. 6.

138. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Jer. xxix. 13.

139. Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1 John iv. 7.

140. This then is the message which we have heard. of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John i. 5.

Also notes 1, 17, 34, 80, 83.

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