Transcriber's Note.

Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. The author's use of hyphens has been retained. Scriptural references have been reproduced as printed. The source is not stated but is most probably the King James version.

The work is divided into books, chapters, and sections. Some sections are divided further: most of the headings of these divisions are not listed in the Table of Contents.

A
BIBLE HAND-BOOK,

Theologically Arranged:

DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE FINDING OF

PROOF-TEXTS

ON THE

LEADING DOCTRINES OF THE BIBLE.

BY

REV. F. C. HOLLIDAY, D. D.

CINCINNATI:
HITCHCOCK AND WALDEN.

NEW YORK:
CARLTON AND LANAHAN.

1869.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

HITCHCOCK & WALDEN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio.

PREFACE.

This work has engaged the author's attention, at intervals, for several years; and is the result of the labor of such leisure moments as could be snatched from the more pressing duties of an active pastorate.

It will be found a time saver to all students of the Bible, and a convenient help to young ministers and Sunday-School teachers. Trusting that the Divine blessing will rest upon this humble effort to make the Bible its own expositor on the topics herein presented, the author submits it to the public.

F. C. HOLLIDAY.

Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 1, 1869.

CONTENTS.

page.
BOOK I.
Doctrines Relating to God[21]
CHAPTER I.
1.Existence[26]
2.God Self-Existent[26]
CHAPTER II.
ATTRIBUTES.
1.Unity[27]
2.Spirituality[28]
3.Eternity[28]
4.Immutability[29]
5.Omnipotence[29]
(1.) Shown by the Fact of Creation, [29].(2.) By the Vastness and Variety of His Works, [30].(3.) The Ease with which He is said to Create and Uphold All Things, [30].(4.) Terrible Descriptions of Divine Power, [31].(5.) By the Universality of His Dominion, as well over Intelligent Beings as over the Material Universe, [32].(6.) Direct Scriptures, [33].
6.Omnipresence[34]
7.Omniscience[34]
8.Wisdom[36]
9.Goodness[36]
10.Holiness[38]
11.Justice and Truth[39]
12.Majesty and Glory[40]
CHAPTER III.
PERSONS OF THE GODHEAD.
1.Trinity[44]
2.Three Persons, and three only, are spoken of under Divine Titles[44]
3.Baptism is in the Name of Three Divine Persons[45]
4.The Apostolic Benediction is in the Name of Three Divine Persons[45]
CHAPTER IV.
DIVINITY OF CHRIST PROVEN.
1.By His Pre-Existence[45]
2.He was the Jehovah of the Old Testament[46]
3.Divine Titles ascribed to Christ [48]
(1.) He is called God, [48].(2.) He is called Lord, [48].(3.) He is called the Son of God, [50].(4.) Christ, as the Son of God, calls God Father, [51].(5.) Christ, as the Son of God, is distinguished from Created Beings by the Phrase, "Begotten, Only Begotten," etc.(6.) Christ is One with the Father, [52].(7.) The Same Things are spoken of God the Father and of Christ, [52].(8.) Equal with God, [53].(9.) Styled God's Fellow, [53].(10.) Called Word of God, [53].
4.Divine Attributes Possessed by Him[53]
(1.) Eternity, [53].(2.) Omniscience, [54].(3.) Omnipotence, [54].
5.Divine Acts are attributed to Him[54]
(1.) Creation, [54].(2.) Preservation, [55].(3.) The Final Destruction of the Material Universe is attributed to Christ, [55].(4.) Christ claimed to perform the Works of His Father, and to possess Original Miraculous Power, [55].(5.) He promised to send the Holy Ghost, [56].(6.) He gave the Holy Ghost, [56].(7.) He forgave Sins, [56].
6.Divine Worship paid to Him[57]
(1.) Before His Ascension, [57].(2.) After His Ascension, [57].(3.) Adored by Angels, [58].(4.) Doxologies to Christ, [58].(5.) But to Worship any Being or Thing but God is Idolatry, [58].
CHAPTER V.
THE PERSON OF CHRIST.
1.His Humanity[59]
2.The Union of Two Natures in One Hypostasis[59]
CHAPTER VI.
THE HOLY GHOST.
1.Proceeds from the Father and Son[60]
2.His Personality[60]
3.His Deity[62]
(1.) The Subject of Blasphemy, [62].(2.) Divine Titles ascribed to Him, [62].(3.) Possessed of Divine Attributes, [62].a. Eternity, [62].b. Omnipresence, [62].c. Omniscience, [62].d. Holiness—He is styled the Holy Ghost, [63].e. Goodness, [63].f. Grace, [63].g. Truth, [63].
4.He is the Source of Inspiration[63]
5.He is the Source of Life[63]
6.He is the Author of the New Creation—Regeneration[63]
7.He is the Source of Religious Comfort[63]
BOOK II.
DOCTRINES RELATING TO MAN.
CHAPTER I.
MAN'S PRIMEVAL STATE.
1.Made Under Law[71]
2.Created in the Image of God[71]
(1.) Dominion, [71].(2.) Spirituality, [72].(3.) Immortality, [72].(4.) Intellectual Powers—Knowledge, [73].(5.) Moral Image of God—Holiness, [74].
CHAPTER II.
THE FALL OF MAN.
1.The Temptation—The Serpent the Instrument—The Devil the Real Tempter[74]
2.The Transgression[75]
3.The Results of the Fall—Physical Evil[75]
(1.) The Ground Cursed for Man's Sake, [75].(2.) Man Doomed to Labor, [75].(3.) Physical Suffering caused by the Fall, [75].(4.) Temporal Death the Result of Sin, [76].
4.Results of the Fall—Moral Evil[77]
(1.) Spiritual Death—Loss of the Divine Image, [77].
5.Man's Moral Nature Corrupted by the Fall[78]
6.Depravity Hereditary[79]
7.The Extent of Depravity is Total or Universal[80]
(1.) The Will is Depraved, [80].(2.) The Understanding Darkened, [81].(3.) The Affections Corrupt, [82].(4.) The Imagination Vitiated, [82].(5.) Man's Moral Powers Paralyzed, [83].(6.) Man's Utter Helplessness, [83].
BOOK III.
Atonement or Redemption[87]
CHAPTER I.
REDEMPTION.
1.Necessity for an Atonement[90]
2.Redemption by the Death of Christ[92]
3.The Death of Christ a Sufficient Atonement for the Sins of the Whole World[94]
4.The Death of Christ the Procuring Cause of Man's Salvation[95]
5.Benefits of the Death of Christ[96]
(1.) Justification, [96].(2.) Regeneration, [97].(3.) Reconciliation, [98].(4.) Adoption, [98].(5.) Peace, [99].(6.) Witness of the Spirit, [100].(7.) Sanctification, [101].
CHAPTER II.
BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST—CONDITIONS OF SALVATION.
1.Repentance—Faith the Instrumental Cause of Man's Salvation[104]
2.The Holy Spirit the Efficient Cause of Man's Salvation[107]
CHAPTER III.
FURTHER BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
1.The Right to Pray[108]
2.The Power of Prayer[110]
3.Divine Providence—General and Special[112]
4.Victory over Death[113]
5.The Immediate Reception of the Souls of the Pious into a State of Blessedness[114]
6.The Resurrection of the Body[114]
CHAPTER IV.
ELECTION, DECREES, AND FREE-WILL.
1.Election[117]
(1.) The Election of Individuals to perform some Particular Service, [117].(2.) Collective or National Election, [117].(3.) Personal Election, or the Choosing of Individuals to be the Heirs of Eternal Life, [119].
2.Scripture Doctrine of Divine Decrees[120]
3.Freedom of the Human Will[121]
CHAPTER V.
THE DOCTRINE OF A GENERAL JUDGMENT.
1.The Certainty of the Judgment[123]
2.The Judgment Subsequent to Death[124]
3.The Judgment Subsequent to the Resurrection[124]
4.Christ will be the Judge[126]
5.The Decisions of the Judgment will be Final and Equitable[128]
6.The Award to the Righteous[129]
7.The Doom of the Wicked[131]
8.Heaven a Place of Eternal Happiness[133]
9.Hell a Place of Endless Misery[136]
BOOK IV.
THE MORAL LAW.
CHAPTER I.
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.
1.Idolatry Forbidden[146]
2.God to be Worshiped[146]
3.Threatenings against Idolatry[147]
4.The Judgments of God inflicted upon the Violators of this Commandment[147]
5.Instances of God's Judgments upon Particular Transgressors of this Commandment[148]
6.Idolatry Punished with Death[152]
7.Idols are but Vanity[153]
8.Against Inquiring Concerning Future Events of FalseGods and of those professing to have Familiar Spirits[153]
9.This Command requires us to have a God, and is thereforeagainst Atheism[154]
10.This Command requires Supreme Love to God[155]
CHAPTER II.
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT.
1.The Use of Images is Forbidden[156]
2.Images are not Representations of God[157]
3.The Judgments of God upon the Violators of this Command[157]
4.Images used by Apostates as Outward Symbols in the Worshipof the True God[159]
5.Images not to be Worshiped, though enjoined by HumanAuthority[160]
6.Threatenings against Idolatry[160]
7.The Following Crimes, as partaking of the Nature of Idolatry,are Prohibited[161]
(1.) Magic, [161].(2.) Sorcery, [163].(3.) Enchantments, [164].(4.) Soothsaying, [164].(5.) Observing of Times, [164].(6.) Witchcraft, [164].(7.) Divination, [166].(8.) Consulting Familiar Spirits, [166].
8.Idolatry is Debasing[167]
CHAPTER III.
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT.
1.Profane Swearing is Forbidden[168]
2.False Swearing is Forbidden[169]
3.Swearing by Creatures is Forbidden[171]
4.Instances of Swearing to commit Sin or to encourage it[172]
5.Civil Oaths Lawful[173]
6.Articles of Peace and Private Contracts ratified by an Oath[174]
CHAPTER IV.
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
1.The Sabbath must be observed as a Day of Rest from Secular Work[178]
2.The Sabbath a Day for Religious Worship[181]
3.Works of Necessity and Mercy may be done on the Sabbath Day[182]
4.The First Day of the Week is the Christian Sabbath[183]
CHAPTER V.
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT.
1.This Command requires Reverence and Obedience on thePart of Children[185]
2.It requires Reverence to the Aged, whether they are ourParents or not[186]
3.God's Judgments against Disobedient Children[186]
4.It requires Reverence and Submission to Civil Rulers[187]
CHAPTER VI.
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT.
1.Murder is Prohibited[188]
2.Threatenings against Murderers[189]
3.Cases where Killing a Man is not to be punished withDeath[190]
4.Human Life authorized to be taken by the Civil Government[190]
5.Hatred Forbidden[191]
6.Malice Forbidden[191]
7.Anger Forbidden[191]
8.Wrath Forbidden[192]
9.Contention Forbidden[192]
CHAPTER VII.
THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.
1.Statement of the Law[193]
2.Threatenings against Fornication and Adultery[193]
3.Impure Thoughts Condemned[197]
4.Polygamy Forbidden[197]
5.Against Divorce[198]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT.
1.Theft Forbidden[199]
2.Threatenings against Theft[199]
3.Threatenings against Robbery[200]
4.Fraud and Cheating Forbidden[200]
5.Precepts Concerning Landed Property[201]
6.Precepts Concerning Things Found, Loaned, or Intrusted toOthers[201]
7.Restitution to be made to the Injured[202]
8.Threatenings against Oppressors[202]
CHAPTER IX.
THE NINTH COMMANDMENT.
1. False Swearing is Condemned[203]
2.Lying is Forbidden[204]
3.Evil Speaking is Condemned[205]
4.Slander is Condemned[206]
5.Tale-Bearing and Backbiting are Condemned[206]
6.Reviling and Railing Condemned[206]
7.Unprofitable Conversation Forbidden[207]
8.Flattery Forbidden[207]
CHAPTER X.
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT.
1.Covetousness Condemned[208]
2.Unjust Means of Acquiring Property Condemned[209]
3.The Folly of Trusting in Riches[210]
BOOK V.
INSTITUTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER I.
THE CHURCH.
1.The Church a Divine Institution[217]
2.The Unity of the Church under all Dispensations[218]
3.God's Dwelling-Place the Church[220]
4.The Stability of the Church[220]
5.The Church's Prosperity Dependent upon the Divine Blessing[221]
6.The Ultimate Universal Triumph of the Church[221]
7.The Blessedness of Church Fellowship[223]
8.The Duty of Christians toward Each Other[225]
9.The Duty of Union with the Church[226]
10.Heretics and Disorderly Persons to be Excluded[227]
11.Prayers for the Church's Prosperity[228]
12.Limits of Christian Fellowship[229]
13.The Church Missionary in its Constitution[230]
CHAPTER II.
THE MINISTRY.
1.Ministers are called of God[231]
2.The Preaching of the Gospel the Great Instrument of HumanSalvation[233]
3.Ministers to be Supported[236]
4.Different Orders in the Ministry[237]
5.Ministers to be Examples to the Church[238]
CHAPTER III.
CHRISTIAN BAPTISM.
1.Baptism a Christian Duty[243]
2.The Design of Baptism[244]
3.Examples of Baptism[244]
4.Baptism of Households[245]
5.The Spiritual Import and Scriptural Mode of Baptism[246]
CHAPTER IV.
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
1.Its Institution[250]
2.The Obligation upon Christians to Observe It[251]
3.The Elements to be Used[252]
BOOK VI.
CHRISTIAN DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES.
CHAPTER I.
PRAYER.
1.Prayer a Duty[255]
2.Vocal and Audible[256]
3.With Faith and Submission to the Will of God[257]
4.With the Spirit of Forgiveness[258]
5.Should be Importunate[258]
6.Should be in the Name of Christ[259]
7.The Posture of the Body in Prayer[260]
8.Secret Prayer[260]
9.Public and Social Prayer[261]
10.Prayer for Temporal Blessings[262]
11.Examples of Answers to Prayer[263]
CHAPTER II.
PRAISE TO GOD.
1.Praise is a Christian Duty[265]
2.Praise should be Earnest[266]
CHAPTER III.
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
1.Love[267]
(1.) Love to God, [267].(2.) The Love of God, [268].(3.) Love to the Brethren, [270].(4.) Love to all Men, [271].
2.Joy[272]
(1.) Rejoice in God, [272].(2.) Rejoice Always, [274].
3.Peace[275]
(1.) Peace with God, [275].(2.) Peace of Mind—Tranquillity, [277].(3.) Disposed to Promote Peace, [278].
4.Long-Suffering[279]
(1.) Patience under Provocation, [279].(2.) Submission to the Will of God, [280].
5.Gentleness[282]
(1.) Must be Kind, [282].(2.) Not Contentious, [283].(3.) Should Help the Feeble, [284].
6.Goodness[285]
(1.) The Right State of the Heart—Be Good, [285].(2.) Doing Good—Beneficence, [286].
7.Meekness[289]
(1.) Christian Lowliness, [289].(2.) Humility, [290].
8.Temperance[291]
(1.) Self-Denial, [291].(2.) Christian Moderation, [292].(3.) Self-Government, [294].
9.Faith[294]
(1.) Belief in God's Word, [294].(2.) Trust in God, [296].(3.) Faith Exemplified, [298].
CHAPTER IV.
RELATIVE DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD EACH OTHER.
1.To Love One Another[302]
2.To Live in Peace[303]
3.Christian Forbearance[303]
4.Duty to Forgive One Another[304]
5.True Friendship[304]
6.To be Benevolent[305]
7.Liberality Rewarded[305]
8.Encouragements to Liberality[307]
CHAPTER V.
DOMESTIC DUTIES.
1.The Marriage Relation Instituted and Recommended[308]
2.Cautions against Improper Marriages[308]
3.Mutual Duties of Husbands and Wives[308]
4.Duty of Parents to their Children[309]
(1.) To Provide for them, [309].(2.) To Administer Needful Correction, [309].(3.) Encouragements to Parental Faithfulness, [309].
5.Duty of Children to their Parents[310]
6.Disobedient Children Punished[310]
7.Divorce[310]
8.Polygamy[311]
BOOK VII.
Christian Experience[315]
CHAPTER I.
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
1.Conviction for Sin[317]
2.Sinners called upon to Repent[318]
3.God Expostulates[320]
4.Repentance Demanded[321]
5.Repentance includes Sorrow for Sin and Confession[321]
6.Genuine Repentance Acceptable to God[323]
7.Repentance includes Reformation[324]
8.Conversion, including Pardon and Regeneration[325]
CHAPTER II.
1.Evidences of Regeneration[327]
2.Christian Holiness[329]

BOOK I.
DOCTRINES RELATING TO GOD.

EXISTENCE OF GOD.

The plain argument for the existence of the Deity, obvious to all, and carrying irresistible conviction with it, is the evident contrivance and fitness of things for each other which we meet with throughout all parts of the universe. There is no need of subtile reasonings in this matter. A manifest contrivance immediately suggests a contriver. It strikes us like a sensation, and artful reasonings against it may puzzle us, but they do not shake our belief. No person who knows the principles of optics and the structure of the eye believes that it was formed without a knowledge of that science, or that the ear was formed without a knowledge of sounds, or that male and female in animals were not formed for each other and for continuing the species. All accounts of nature are full of instances of this kind. The admirable and beautiful structure of things for final causes exalts our idea of the contriver, and the unity of design shows him to be one. The great motions in the systems, performed with the same facility as the least, suggests his almighty power, which gave motion to the earth and the celestial bodies with equal ease as to the minutest particles. The subtility of the motions and actions in the internal parts of bodies shows that his influence penetrates the inmost recesses of things, and that he is equally active and present every-where. The simplicity of the laws that prevail in the world, and the excellent disposition of things in order to obtain the best ends, and the beauty which adorns the works of nature, far surpassing any thing in art, suggests his consummate wisdom. The usefulness of the whole scheme, so well contrived for the intelligent beings who enjoy it, with the internal dispositions and moral structure of those beings themselves, shows his unbounded goodness. These are arguments which are sufficiently open to the views and capacities of the unlearned, while at the same time they acquire new strength and luster from the discoveries of the learned.

The existence of God is the basis of religion. This truth will be evident if we remember that the word religion always denotes either a system of truths of which God is the great subject, or a system of affections and conduct of which he is the supreme object. Were there no such being, there could be no such relations and duties. Were the existence of such being incapable of proof, the existence of the relations and duties would be equally incapable of being proved. But God has not left himself without ample witness.

Because something exists, something must have existed always. The mind can not realize the fact that existence or change can take place without a cause. If nothing had originally existed, we can not possibly conceive that any thing could ever have existed. Causes absolutely the same must, in the same circumstances, produce absolutely the same effects. This, I think, is self-evident, and admitted as such. An absolute want of cause involves an absolute sameness of an opposite kind, and must, with nearly the same evidence, continue forever. The necessity of causes to all the changes of being is universally admitted. No absurdity can be greater than to argue with a man who denies the connection between cause and effect. He himself, in speaking, admits himself to be the cause of the words he utters, and of the opinions he communicates, and the act of arguing admits you to be a similar cause. If his body be not a cause, and your eyes another cause, you can not see him. If his voice and your ears be not causes, you can not hear him. If your mind and his be not causes, you can not understand him.

Mr. Locke presents the argument substantially as follows: Every man knows with absolute certainty that he himself exists. He knows, also, that he did not always exist, but began to be. It is clearly certain to him that his existence is caused, and not casual, and was produced by a cause adequate to the production. By an adequate cause is invariably intended a cause possessing and exerting an efficacy to bring any effect to pass. In the present case an adequate cause is one possessing and exerting all the understanding necessary to contrive and the power necessary to create such a being as the man in question. This cause is what we are accustomed to call God.

The understanding necessary to conceive and the power necessary to create a being compounded of the human soul and body admit of no limits. He who can contrive and create such a being can contrive and create any thing. He who actually contrived and created man certainly contrived and created all things. This argument is conclusive. It has not been nor will it ever be answered except with sophistry or sneers. I do not affirm that every step of it is attended with what logicians call intuitive evidence, nor that it amounts to what is, in the logical sense, an absolute demonstration. But it is in every step attended with such evidence as excludes all rational doubt, and approaches so near the character of a demonstration as to leave the mind completely satisfied. At the same time it is opposed to no counter evidence.

The state of existing things completely proves the being of a God. The argument derived from this source is presented by Bishop Berkley in a clear and forcible manner, and is substantially as follows:

We acknowledge the existence of each other to be unquestionable, and when called upon for evidence on which this acknowledgment is founded allege that of our senses; yet it can by no means be affirmed with truth that our senses discern immediately any man. We see, indeed, a form, and we hear a voice communicating to us the thoughts, emotions, and volitions of an intelligent being. Yet it is intuitively certain that neither the form, the motions, the actions, the voice, the thoughts, nor the volitions are that intelligent being, or the living, acting, thinking thing which we call man. On the contrary, they are merely effects of which that living, active, acting thing denominated by the word man is the cause. The existence of the cause, or, in other language, of the man, we conclude from the effects which he thus produces. In the same manner, and with the like certainty, we discover the existence of God.

In the universe without us, and in the little world within us, we perceive a great variety of effects produced by some cause adequate to their production. Thus the motions of the heart, arteries, veins, and other vessels; of the blood and other juices; of the tongue, the hands, and other members; the perceptions of the senses and the actions of the mind; the storm, the lightning, the volcano, and the earthquake; the reviviscence and growth of the vegetable world; the diffusion of light and the motions of the planetary system—are all effects, and effects of a cause adequate to their production. This cause is God, or a being possessed of intelligence and power sufficient to contrive and bring them to pass. He, with evidence from reason equally clear with the testimony of the Scriptures, thundereth marvelously with his voice, holdeth the winds in his fists, sendeth lightnings with rain, looketh on the earth and it trembleth, toucheth the hills and they smoke, melteth the mountains like wax at his presence, causeth the outgoings of the morning and the evening to rejoice, and maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good. Him also we are bound to praise, because we are fearfully and wonderfully made by him. Our substance was not hid from him when we were made in secret. His eyes saw our substance, yet being imperfect, and in his book all our members were written, which in continuance were fashioned by him, when as yet there was none of them. He also breathed into our nostrils the breath of life, and the inspiration of the Almighty hath given us understanding. Should it be said that these are the natural and necessary results of certain inherent powers of matter and mind, and therefore demand no extrinsic agency, I answer that this objection affects the conclusion only by removing it one step further back in the course of reasoning. That matter should have possessed these powers eternally without exerting them is impossible, and that it should have exerted them from eternity is equally impossible. It then follows that the properties and exertions of matter are derived from an extrinsic cause, and that that cause is possessed of intelligence and power to which no bounds can be assigned. The same argument may be stated in a more general and popular manner. The agency of God is clearly and certainly seen in the preservation and government of all things. The existence of all the forms and states of being which we behold in the universe is plainly derived, because it is a change in the former state of things, communicating, continuing, and terminating, and, as it is impossible that any thing should commence its own existence, derived certainly from an extrinsic and adequate cause. This cause can be none other than God.

CHAPTER I.

1. Existence.

Every Scripture that speaks of God implies his existence. The common interpretation makes "Lord"—Heb., Yehovah—mean the Existing One; as,

Exodus III, 14. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

2. God Self-Existent.

John V, 26. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.

John VI, 57. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

Jer. X, 10. But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king; at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

Acts XVII, 24. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

25. Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things.

1 Tim. VI, 15. Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

16. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

CHAPTER II.
ATTRIBUTES.

1. Unity.

Deut. VI, 4. Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.

Deut. XXXII, 39. See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

Deut. IV, 35. Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

Mark XII, 32. And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God: and there is none other but he.

Eph. IV, 5. One Lord, one faith, one baptism;

6. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

1 Cor. VIII, 4. As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

Isaiah XLIII, 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

11. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior.

12. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange God among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.

13. Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it.

Psalm LXXXVI, 10. For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

2 Kings XIX, 15. And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

Neh. IX, 6. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshipeth thee.

Isaiah XLIV, 6. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Isaiah XLV, 5. I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me.

John X, 30. I and my Father are one.

John XVII, 3. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

1 Cor. VIII, 6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Gal. III, 20. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

1 Tim. I, 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

James II, 19. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well; the devils also believe, and tremble.

2. Spirituality.

John IV, 24. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Col. I, 14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

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

1 Tim. I, 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Heb. XI, 27. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

3. Eternity.

Psalm XC, 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

3. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Psalm XCIII, 2. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

Isaiah LXIII, 16. Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

Deut. XXXIII, 27. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

Rom. I, 20. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.

1 Tim. I, 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Tim. VI, 15. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

16. Howbeit 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 on him to life everlasting.

Isaiah LVII, 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Psalm CII, 27. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

Isaiah XLIV, 6. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Hab. I, 12. Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

Rev. I, 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

2 Cor. IV, 18. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Isaiah XL, 28. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Dan. IV, 3. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

Lam. V, 19. Thou, O Lord, remainest forever; thy throne from generation to generation.

Psalm IX, 7. But the Lord shall endure forever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

4. Immutability.

Psalm CII, 25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

26. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

27. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

Psalm XXXIII, 11. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

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

James I, 17. 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.

Num. XXIII, 19. 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?

1 Sam. XV, 29. And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

Job XXIII, 13. But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Heb. XIII, 8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.

5. Omnipotence.

(1.) Shown by the Fact of Creation.

Gen. I, 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Isaiah XL, 28. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Isaiah XLII, 5. Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.

Rev. IV, 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Heb. III, 4. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

John I, 3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Neh. IX, 6. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshipeth thee.

Psalm XXXVI, 6. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

Col. I, 16. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

(2.) By the Vastness and Variety of his Works.

Gen. II, 1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Psalm XCII, 5. O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

Psalm III, 2. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

Rev. XV, 3. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Job IX, 8. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

10. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Job XXXVII, 14. Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

15. Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

16. Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

Psalm XL, 5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they can not be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Gen. I, 14. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.

18. And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Jer. XXXI, 35. Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name.

(3.) The Ease with which he is said to Create and Uphold all Things.

Isaiah XL, 12. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

13. Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counselor hath taught him?

14. With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

15. Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

Job XXXVIII, 8. Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

9. When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

10. And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

11. And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Job XXVIII, 24. For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

25. To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

26. When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder.

Job XXVI, 10. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Psalm XXXIII, 6. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Psalm CIV, 2. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

3. Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

4. Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

5. Who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be removed forever.

Job XXXVII, 14. Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

15. Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

16. Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

17. How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

18. Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking-glass?

Jer. X, 13. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

(4.) Terrible Descriptions of Divine Power.

1 Chron. XXIX, 11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Job XXVI, 6. He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

7. He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them forever, and they are exalted.

8. And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

9. Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

10. He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

12. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

13. But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

14. They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Job IX, 5. Which removeth the mountains, and they know not; which overturneth them in his anger;

6. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

7. Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars;

8. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

10. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

12. Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

Psalm LXXVII, 16. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

17. The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

18. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Psalm CXIV, 3. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

4. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

5. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6. Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.

Job XI, 7. Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

8. It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

9. The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Job XXXVII, 22. Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

23. Touching the Almighty, we can not find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Isaiah XLIII, 16. Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17. Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

Isaiah L, 2. Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can not redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

3. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

(5.) By the Universality of His Dominion, as well over Intelligent Beings as over the Material Universe.

Isaiah XL, 22. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

23. That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

Psalm LXXV, 7. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Psalm XXII, 28. For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations.

2 Peter II, 4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

5. And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6. And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly.

Dan. IV, 34. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

35. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Isaiah XL, 26. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

Isaiah XLVIII, 13. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

(6.) Direct Scriptures.

Gen. XVII, 1. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Job IX, 12. Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

Isaiah XLIII, 13. Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Jer. XXXII, 17. Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.

Matt. XIX, 26. But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Rev. I, 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Rev. XI, 17. Saying, we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

Rev. XIX, 6. And I heard as it were the voices of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluiah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Psalm XCIII, 1. The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it can not be moved.

Psalm LXII, 11. God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

Psalm LXXXIX, 13. Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

Ex. VI, 3. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty; but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

Gen. VII, 1. And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Jer. XXXII, 18. Thou shewest loving kindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: The Great, The Mighty God, The Lord of hosts, is his name.

Jer. X, 6. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

Deut. III, 24. O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

1 Chron. XXIX, 11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Isaiah XXVI, 4. I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

1 Chron. I, 25. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

6. Omnipresence.

Jer. XXIII, 23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

24. Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

Isaiah LXVI, 1. Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me, and where is the place of my rest?

1 Kings VIII, 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Amos IX, 2. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

3. And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

Psalm CXXXIX, 7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Acts XVII, 28. For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Matt. XVIII, 20. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Eph. I, 22. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23. Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.

7. Omniscience.

Acts XV, 18. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Psalm CXXXIX, 1. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off.

3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, and I can not attain unto it.

7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

15. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Heb. IV, 13. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Psalm XXXIII, 13. The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

14. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

1 Chron. XXVIII, 9. And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy Father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

Prov. XV, 3. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Psalm XCIV, 8. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

9. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

10. He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Psalm CXLVII, 5. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

1 Sam. II, 3. Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Job XXXVII, 16. Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

Isaiah XL, 28. Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Rom. II, 33. 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!

Dan. II, 22. He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

1 John III, 20. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

1 Kings VIII, 39. Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest: (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men.)

Job XXIV, 1. Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Psalm XLIV, 21. Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Prov. V, 21. For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

Jer. XXIII, 23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

Ezek. XI, 5. And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.

Acts I, 24. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen.

8. Wisdom.

Psalm CIV, 24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

1 Tim. I, 17. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Jude 25. To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Rom. XVI, 27. To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.

1 Cor. I, 25. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Eph. I, 8. Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence.

Eph. III, 9. And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

10. To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God.

Col. II, 3. In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

9. Goodness.

Love—Kindness—Long-Suffering—Mercy—Compassion—Forgiveness, etc.