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BUT all these things [*123:9] must be confirmed by the faith which is in Christ; for so he himself bespeaks us by the Holy Ghost.
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[*123:10] Come ye children and hearken unto me, and I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is there that desireth life, and loveth to see good days?
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Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile.
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Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and ensue it.
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The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.
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But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
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The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his troubles.
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Many are the troubles of the wicked; but they that trust in the Lord, mercy shall encompass them about.
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Our all-merciful and beneficent Father hath bowels of compassion towards them that fear him; and kindly and lovingly bestows his graces upon all such as come to him with a simple mind.
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Wherefore let us not [*124:1] waver, neither let us have any doubt in our hearts, of his excellent and glorious gifts.
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[*124:2] Let that be far from us which is written, [*124:3] Miserable are the double-minded, and those who are doubtful in their hearts.
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Who say these things have we heard, and our fathers have told us these things. But behold we are grown old, and none of them has happened unto us.
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O ye fools! [*124:4] consider the trees: take the vine for an example. First it sheds its leaves; then it buds; after that it spreads its leaves; then it flowers; then come the sour grapes; and after them follows the ripe fruit. Ye see how in a little time the fruit of the tree comes to maturity.
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Of a truth, yet a little while and his will shall suddenly be accomplished.
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The Holy Scripture itself bearing witness, That [*124:5] He shall quickly come and not tarry, and that the Lord shall suddenly come to his temple, even the [*124:6] holy ones whom ye look for.
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Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord does continually shew us, that there shall be a future resurrection; of which he has made our Lord Jesus Christ the first fruits, raising him from the dead.
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Let us [*124:7] contemplate, beloved, the resurrection that is [*124:8] continually made before our eyes.
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Day and night manifest a resurrection to us. The night lies down, and the day arises: main the day departs, and the night comes on.
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Let us behold the fruits of the earth. Every one sees how the seed is sown. The sower [*124:9] goes forth, and casts it upon the earth; and the seed which when it was sown fell upon the earth dry and naked, in time dissolves.
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And from the dissolution, the great power of the providence of the Lord raises it again; and of one seed many arise, and bring forth fruit.
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Footnotes ^123:9 The faith confirms.
^123:10 Psalm xxiv. 11.
^124:1 Be double-minded.
^124:2 Let the writing be far from us.
^124:3 James i. 8.
^124:4 Compare ourselves unto a tree.
^124:5 Ex. MS. omitted by James, Hab. ii. 3; Malach. iii. 1.
^124:6 Coteler. Aggelos Angel.
^124:7 See.
^124:8 Made every season.
^124:9 Went forth, and so in the rest.
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