X. Plenty and Riches.

Deut. xi. 14. I will give you the rain of your land in his due season: the first rain and the latter rain; that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. Ver. 15. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

Deut. xxviii. 12. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give thee rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand; and thou shalt lend unto my nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Deut. xxx. 9. And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of the land for good-for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers. Deut. xxviii. 11.

Job, xxii. 24. Thou shalt lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Ver. 25. And shalt have plenty of silver.

Ps. cvii. 88. He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Ps. cxii. 3. Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness endureth for ever.

Prov. iii. 16. In her [i. e. Wisdom's] left hand are riches and honour.

Prov. viii. 18. Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Ver. 19. My fruit is better than gold, and my revenue than choice silver.

Prov. xv. 6. In the house of the righteous is much treasure.

Isa. xxx. 23. Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pas

tures.

XI. Of Children.

Deut. vii. 13. He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb.

Deut. xxx. 9. And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous, in the fruit of thy body. Job, v. 25. Thou shalt know that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Ps. cxxvii. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Ver. 4. As arrows in the hands of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Ver. 5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Ps. cxvi. 14. The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

XII. A Blessing upon all the Good Professions of Man.

Ex. xxiii. 25. And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread and thy water.

Deut. xxvi. 11. And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing, which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house.

Deut. xxiii. 3. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Ver. 4. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle; the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Ver. 5. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Ver. 6. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. Ver. 8. The Lord shall command a blessing upon thee in thy store-houses, and in all that thou settest thy hand unto: and he shall bless thee in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Ps. xxxvii. 16. A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked.

Prov. x. 22. The blessings of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Prov. xv. 16. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Eccl. ii. 26. God doth give to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge,

and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.

Eccl. iii. 13. Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of his labour, it is the gift of God.

Eccl. v. 19. Every man, to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. Ver. 20. For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

XIII. A Blessing upon the Children of the Pious.

Deut. iv. 46. Thou shalt keep the statutes, that it may go well with thee, and thy children after thee. Deut. v. 29.

Prov. xiii. 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance unto his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Prov, xiv. 26. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Prov. xi. 21. The seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Prov. xx.. The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. Ps. cii. 28. The children of thy servants

shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

Ps. cxii. 2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Ps. xxv. 13. His seed shall inherit the earth. Ps. xxxvii. 25. I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous. forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Ver. 26. He is ever merciful and lendeth: and his seed is blessed.

Ps. cxlvii. 13. He hath blessed thy children within thee.

Jer. xxxii. 39. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their chil dren after them.

XIV. A Blessing upon the Families of Piety.

Job, v. 24. Thou shalt know also that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin.

Job, viii. 6. If thou wert pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Ver. 7. Though thy beginning were small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Ps. cxxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Ver. 4. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed