Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy
hath rebuked,

and how the foolish people hath blasphemed Thy Name.

The presumption of them that hate Thee
increaseth ever more and more.

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say,
For mischief did He bring them out,
to slay them in the mountains, and to consume
them from the face of the earth?

The Canaanites shall say,

He was not able to bring them into the land which He sware unto them;

therefore He slew them in the wilderness.

VI.. As respects the Good which will arise from our Salvation.

I. THE GLORY OF GOD'S NAME.

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ELIVER us, O Lord, for the glory of
Thy Name:

so we that are Thy people, and the sheep
of Thy pasture,

shall give Thee thanks for ever; and will alway be shewing forth Thy praise from generation to generation.

2. THE CONVERSION OF OTHERS.

Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the wicked; and sinners shall be converted unto Thee.

For this cause I obtained mercy,

that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering,

for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe in Him

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to life everlasting.

THE SAKE OF GOD HIMSELF.

I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy
transgressions for Mine own sake.
O Lord, hearken and do;

defer not for Thine own sake.

For His sake Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation.

Look upon the face of Thine Anointed. Turn not away the presence of Thine Anointed.

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THE DESCENT OF THE SAVIOUR. Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David; David said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die; and the king sware unto him.

I came to call sinners.

God sent His Son, that the world through Him should be saved.

6. THE OFFICE OF THE SAVIOUR.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
because He hath anointed Me.

He hath sent Me to preach the Gospel

unto the poor, to bind up the broken-hearted.

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AN ACT OF THANKSGIVING.

I. THE EXCELLENCE OF GOD'S MAJESTY.

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LORIFY Thou Me, O Father,
with Thine own self,

with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.

Melchizedek was Priest of the Most High God.

2. HIS EXALTEDNESS.

He that is higher than the highest regardeth.

3. HIS ETERNITY.

The Lord, the everlasting God.

4. HIS OMNIPRESENCE.

Do I not fill Heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

5. HIS OMNISCIENCE.

Whither shall I go then from Thy Spirit?
or whither shall I go from Thy Presence?

If I climb up into Heaven, Thou art there; if I go down into Hell, Thou art there also. Thou knowest all things.

For Thou only knowest the hearts of the
children of men.

6. HIS OMNIPOTENCE.

With God nothing shall be impossible.
I am the Almighty God.

7. THE HEIGHT OF HIS WISDOM. O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God;

how unsearchable are His judgments!
and His ways past finding out!

8. HIS UNSHAKEN TRUTH.

The truth of the Lord endureth for ever,
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but My words shall not pass away.

9. HIS EXQUISITE JUSTICE.
His Justice endureth for ever.

10. THE FOUNTAIN, OCEAN, ABYSS OF HIS MERCY. Deep calleth unto deep.

II. HE IS MERCIFUL IN PASSING BY AND
OVERLOOKING SIN.

I beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ.

I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
He passeth by transgressions.
The times of ignorance God winked at.

12. HE IS PATIENT, LONG-SUFFERING. Or despisest Thou the riches of His forbearance, and long-suffering?

13. PITIFUL.

But He was so merciful, that He forgave
their misdeeds,

and destroyed them not.

14. HE PUNIsheth UnwilLINGLY.

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee?
O Judah, what shall I do unto thee?
Yet many years didst Thou forbear them;
for Thy great mercies' sake

Thou didst not utterly consume them,
nor forsake them.

He doth not deal with us after our sins,

neither rewardeth us according to our iniquities. She hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

Like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear Him.

15. COMPASSIONATE.

He repenteth Him of the evil.

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