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Pf. cxlix. 5. Let the Saints be joyful in Glory, let them fing aloud upon their Beds.

Ver. 6. Let the high Praises of God be in their Mouth.

Ifa. xii 5. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent Things. xxiv. 14. They fhall fing for the Majefty of the Lord.

xxvi. 19. Awake and fing, ye that dwell in the Duft, for thy Dew is as the Dew of Herbs.

xxxv. 6. The Tongue of the Dumb fhall fing.

Ver. 10. The ranfomed of the Lord fhall return and come to Zion with Songs, and everlafting Joy fhall be upon their Heads, Ch. 51. 11. xlii. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new Song, and his Praise from the End of the Earth.

Ver. 12. Let them give Glory to the Lord, and declare his Praise in the Islands.

xlviii. 20. Go forth with the Voice of finging, the Lord hath redeemed his Servant Jacob.

Ifa. xlix. 13. Sing, O Heavens, and be joyful, O Earth, for the Lord hath comforted his People, Ch. 14. 23.52. 9.-55. 12. Pf. 126. i, 2.

Acts xvi. 25. At Midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and fung Praises to God in the Prison.

James v. 13. Is any merry? let him fing Pfalms.

215. The Subjects of Praife and Thanks to God are so many and various, that they cannot be enumerated. Let therefore a brief View of the Principal of them fuffice under the following Heads, viz.

God's Goodness and Mercy, and Acts thereof towards Mankind. Pl. xvi. 7. I will blefs the Lord who hath given me Counsel.

Pf. xxviii. 7. The Lord is my Strength and my Shield, my Heart trufted in him and I am helped, therefore my Heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my Song will I praife him.

xxxiii. 2. Praise the Lord, Ver. 5. the Earth is full of his Goodnefs.

xlii. 5. I fhall yet praise him for the Help of his Countenance.

Ivii. 9. I will praife thee, O Lord, Ver. 10. for thy Mercy is great unto the Heavens, and thy Truth reacheth unto the Clouds, Pf. 108. 3, 4:

Ixiii. 3. Because thy Loving-kindness is better than Life my Lips fhall praife thee, Ver. 5. 138. 1, 2.

lxvii. 1. God be merciful unto us, and blefs us, and caufe thy Face to shine upon us, Ver. 3. And let the People praise thee, O God.

Ixviii. 19. Bleffed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with his Benefits, even the God of our Salvation.

Ver. 35. The God of Ifrael is he, that giveth Strength and Power to his People, bleffed be God.

Ixxi. 6. By thee have I been holden up from the Womb, thou art he that took me out of my Mother's Bowels.

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Ver. 8. My Praise fhall be continually of thee.

Ver. 14. I will hope continually and praife thee more and more,

Ver. 23.

lxxxvi. 12. I will praise thee, O Lord my God with all my Heart, and I will glorify thy Name for evermore :

Pf. lxxxvi. 13. For great is thy Mercy toward me, and thou haft delivered my Soul from the lowest Hell.

lxxxix. 1. I will fing of the Mercies of the Lord for ever, Ver. 2.
c. 4. Be thankful unto him, and blefs his Name.

Ver. 5. For the Lord is good, his Mercy is everlasting, and his Truth to all Generations, Pf. 117. 1, 2.

ciii. 2. Bless the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not all his Benefits. Ver- 3. Who forgiveth all thine Iniquities, who healeth all thy Difcafes.

cvi. 1. Praise ye the Lord, O give Thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his Mercy endureth for ever, Pf. 47. 48.—107. 1. 8. 15. 21. 31.

Ifa. xii. 2. The Lord Jehovah is my Strength and my Song, he also is become my Salvation.

Ver. 4. Praise the Lord, declare his Doings among the People, make Mention that his Name is exalted.

Ver. 5. Sing unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent Things. lxiii. 7. I will mention the loving Kindness of the Lord, &c. See alfo Pf. 112. 1. 4.—115. 12. 18.—118. 19. 21. 28, 29.-134. 1, 2, 3.-135. 2, 3. 14. 19-138. 2. 4.-145. 1. 8. 9.-146. 1. 8. 10.-148. 1. 7. 14. Jer. 33. 11.

216. For Chrift. Luke i. 68. Bleffed be the God of Ifrael, for he hath vifited and redeemed his People.

Ver. 69. He hath raised up an Horn of Salvation for us.

Ver. 70. As he fpake by the Mouth of his holy Prophets.

ii. 10. The Angel faid, behold I bring you glad Tidings of great Joy.

Ver. 11. Unto you is born a Saviour, which is Chrift the Lord, Ifa. 9 6.

Ver. 13. And fuddenly there was with the Angel a Multitude of the heavenly Hoft praifing God and faying,

Ver. 14. Glory to God in the Higheft, Peace and good Will toward Men.

Ver. 28. Simeon (at seeing Chrift) blessed God.

Ver. 29. And faid, now letteft thou thy Servant depart in Peace.
Ver. 30. For mine Eyes have seen thy Salvation.

Ver. 31. Which thou haft prepared before the Face of all People. Ver. 32. A Light to lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory of thy People Ifrael, Luke 2. 38.-24. 52, 53.

2 Cor. ix. 15. Thanks to Ged for his unfpeakable Gift.

217. For Bleffings from God by and through Chrift. 1 Cor. i 4. I thank my God always on your Behalf, for the Grace of God which is given you by Jefus Chrift.

Ver. 5. That in every Thing ye are enriched in him, fo that ye come behind in no Gift.

xv. 57 Thanks to God who giveth us the Victory, through our Lord Jefus Christ.

2 Cor. ii. 14. Thanks to God who always causeth us to triumph in Chrift:

Eph. i. 3. Bleffed be the God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who hath bleffed us with all fpiritual Bleffings in Heavenly Places in Chrift.

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Eph. i. 4. According as he hath chofen us in him before the Foundation of the World.

Ver. vi. And hath made us accepted in the Beloved.

1 Pet. i. 3. Bleffed be the God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who according to his abundant Mercy, hath begotten us again, to a lively Hope by the Resurrection of Jefus Chrift from the Dead.

Ver. 4 To an Inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, referved in Heaven for you, Rom. 1. 8.3.—7. 25..

218. For God's Will revealed. Matt. xi. 25. Jefus faid, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, because thou haft hid these Things from the Wise and Prudent, and haft revealed them unto Babes.

219. For the Obedience and Faith of Chriftians, as owing to God. Rom. vi, 17. God be thanked ye have obeyed from the Heart, that Form of Doctrine which was delivered unto you.

2 Cor. viii. 16. Thanks be to God, which put the same earnest Care into the Heart of Titus for you.

Eph. i. 15. After I heard of your Faith in the Lord Jefus Christ, and Love to all the Saints.

Ver. 16. I ceafed not to give Thanks for you, making Mention of you in my Prayers.

Phil. i. 3. I thank God upon every Remembrance of you, I Cor.

1. 4.

Col. i. 3. We give Thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift,

Ver. 4. Since we heard of your Faith in Chrift Jefus and of the Love which ye have to all the Saints.

1 Theff. ii. 13. We thank God without ceafing, because when ye received the Word of God, ye received it not as the Word of Men, but (as it is in Truth) the Word of God.

iii. 9. What Thanks can we render to God for you, for the Joy wherewith we joy for your Sakes before God.

2 Theff. i. 3. We are bound to thank God always for you Brethren, because that your Faith groweth exceedingly, and the Charity of every one of you toward each other aboundeth.

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jefus our Lord who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the Ministry.

2 Tim. 3. I thank God whom I ferve with a pure Confcience, that without ceafing, I have Remembrance of you in my Prayers.

2 Cor. ix. 11. God thanked for charitable Contributions of Saints to others in Distress.

220. For God's Care of his Church. Pf. ix. 11. Sing Praises to the Lord which dwelleth in Zion.

Ver. 15. The Heathen are funk down in the Pit that they made. Ixix. 30. I will praife the Name of God with a Song, and will magnify him with Thanksgiving, Ver. 35. for God will fave Zion. cii. 16. When the Lord fhall build Zion he thall appear in his Glory.

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Ver. 18. And the People that fhall be created fhall praise the Lord. cxlvii. 1, 2. Praise the Lord-The Lord doth build up Jerufalem, Ver. 12. Praise the Lord, O Jerufalem, praise thy God, O Zion.

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Pf. cxlvii. 13. For he hath ftrenghtened the Bars of thy Gates, he hath bleffed thy Children within thee.

Ver.14. He maketh Peace in thy Borders,and filleth thee with the finest of the Wheat. Pf. 149. 1 to 6. See 41. 9, 10.-146. 1. 7, 8, 9, 10. Ifa. 12. 1. 2.-51. 3.-60. 6. 8, 9.-63. 7, 8, 9.-Jer. 30. 18, 19.

Acts 2. 47.

221. For God's great and marvellous Works. Pf. xxvi. 7. That I may publish with the Voice of Thanksgiving, and tell all thy wondrous Works, M. 145. 4. 10.

Ixvi. Make a joyful Noife unto God all ye Lands.

Ver. 2. Sing forth the Honour of his Name, and make his Praie glorious.

Ver. 3. Say unto him, how terrible art thou in thy Works.

Ixxv. 1. Unto thee, O God, we do give Thanks, for that thy Name is near, thy wondrous Works declare.

civ. 1. Bless the Lord, O my Soul, O Lord my God, thou art very great, thou art cloathed with Honour and Majesty.

Ver. 24. How manifold art thy Works! in Witdom thoụ haft made them all.

cvii. 22. Let them facrifice the Sacrifices of Thanksgiving and declare his Works with rejoicing, Ver. 8.

cxi. 1, I will praife the Lord with my whole Heart, the Works of the Lord are great.

Ver. 2. His Work is moft Honourable and Pure, Ver. 3.

cxxxix. 14. I will praife thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, marvellous are thy Works, Rev. 15. 3.

Pf. cl. i. Praife the Lord, Ver. 2. Praife him for his mighty Acts, praife him according to his excellent Greatness.

Ver.6. Let every Thing that hath Breath praise the Lord.

cxlviii. 5. Praife the Name of the Lord for he commanded, and they were created.

Ifa. xlii. 12. Let him give Glory to the Lord, and declare his Praise in the lands. See Pl. 91-40. 5.-68. 4. 26. 33.—73. 28.— 8.486. 8.-92, 5-105.5.

222. For God's marvellous Acts upon the Bodies and Minds of Men,

Dan. iv. 34. 37. Nebuchadnazzer praised God for being restored to the Ufe of Reason

Jonah ii. 8, 9. Jonah for his being delivered from the Fish.

Luke 1. 64. Zacharias for his being reftored to the ufe of his Speechxviii. 43. The Blind, for being reftored to the ufe of Sight. Acts iii. 8. The Lame for being healed.

Ifa. xxxvii. 20. Hezekiah praised God for his Recovery from Sicknefs. See Pf. 118. 19. 21.

223. For daily Bread. Deut. viii. 10. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou fhalt blefs the Lord thy God.

Ifa. Ixii. 8. They that have gathered in the Corn and Wine, fhali eat and praife the Lord.

Joel ii. 26. Ye fhall eat in Plenty, and be fatisfied, and praise the Name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you. Mark viii. 6. Jefus took the feven Loaves and gave Thanks, John

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Acts xxvii. 35. Paul took Bread and

gave Thanks.

Rom. xiv. 6. He that eateth to the Lord, giveth God Thanks. 1 Tim. iv. 3. Meats God hath created to be received with Thanksgiving of them that know the Truth.

Ver. 4. Every Creature of God is good, if it be received with Thanksgiving. See I Cor. 10. 30. 31.

224. From Deliverance from Trouble and Afliction. Pf. xxii. 23. Ye that fear the Lord, praife him, all ye Seed of Jacob glorify him, and fear him all ye Seed of Ifrael.

Ver. 24. For he hath not defpifed the Affliction of the afflicted, neither hath he hid his Face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heared.

XXX. 11. Thou haft turned for me my Mourning into Dancing, thou haft put off my Sackcloth and girded me with Gladness.

Ver. 12. O Lord my God, I will give Thanks to thee for ever.

xxxiv. 1. I will blefs the Lord at all Times, his Praises fhall be continually in my Mouth.

Ver. 4. He delivered me from all my Fears.

xlii. . I fhall praife him, who is the Health of my Countenance and my God, Pf. 40. 2.

liv. 6. I will praife the Lord for it is good.

Ver. 7. For he hath delivered me out of all Trouble.

lvi. 12. I will render Praife unto thee, for thou haft delivered my Soul from Death, Pf. 116. 8.

Ixvi. 8. O biefs our God, ye People, make the Voice of his Praise to be heard.

Ver. 9. Who holdeth our Souls in Life, and fuffereth not our Feet to be moved.

xcii. 1. It is a good Thing to give Thanks unto the Lord, and to fing praife unto the Name of the most high, Ver. 2. 3.

Ver. 4. For thou Lord haft made me glad through thy Work. See Pf. 26. 12.—31. 7. 21.—142. 7.——————144. 7. 9;

225. For Deliverance from Enemies. Gen. xiv. 20. Melchifedeck faid to Abram bleffed be the most high God, that hath delivered thine Enemies into thy Hand.

Exod. xviii. 10. Jethro faid, bleffed be the Lord who hath deliver. ed you out of the Hand of the Egyptians. See Exod. 15. 1. to 22. Pf. 78. 4, 12.

Deut. x. 21. The Lord, he is thy Praife, he is thy God, which hath done for thee,, thefe great and terrible Things, which thine Eyes have feen.

2 Sam. xxii. 2. The Lord is my Rock, and my Fortrefs, and my Deliverance, Pf. 18. 3.

Ver. 47. Bleffed be my Rock, and exalted be the God of my Sal

vation.

1 Chron. xvi. 34. O give Thanks, unto the Lord for he is good, Pf. 107. 1. 118. 1.-1 136. 1.

I Chron. xvi. 35. Say ye fave us, O God, of our Salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the Heathen, that we may give Thanks to thy holy Name, and glory in thy Praife.

Ver. 36. The People faid Amen, praifed be the Lord.