with my voice, and he heard me trouble, and I delivered thee; I out of his holy hill. Selab. Ps. vi, 8-10. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. The LORD bath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamel suddenly. Ps. xxi, 2. Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. Ps. xclx, 6. Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name: they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. Ps. cvi, 44. Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry. Ps. cvil, 13. Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. Ps. xxii, 4, 5, 24, 25. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and Ps. cxviii, 5. I called upon the thou didst deliver them. They LORD in distress: the LORD cried unto thee, and were deliver-swered me, and set me in a large ed: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. For he hath not place. an P3. cxx, 1. In my distress I man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. PRAYERS NOT HEARD. Job xiii, 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Job xxx, 20, 21. I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me; Í stand up, and thou regardest me not. Thou art become cruel to me; with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. despised nor abhored the affliction cried unto the LORD, and he heard art thou so far from helping me, me. Ps. cxxiii, 2. . . . . So our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, uutil that he have mercy upon us. of the afflicted; neither hath he Ps. xxxi, 22-24. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my suppli cations when I cried unto thee. O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Ps. xxxiv, 4-7, 15-17. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were Dot ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, his and saved him out of all troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD hear. eth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. Ps. xl, 1. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Ps. Ixvi, 19. But verily God hath neard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Ps. xxvii, 1. I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. Ps. lxxxi, 7. Thou calledst in Ps. cxlii, 2. I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. Lam. iii, 56, 57. Thou hast heard my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near' in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. Dan. ix, 3, 4. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the cove him, and to them that keep his nant and mercy to them that love commandments. Amos vil, 2-6. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. Jonah ii, 7. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. James v, 17, 18. Elias was a P3. xxii, 1, 2. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? tchy and from the words of my roar ing? O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and in the night-season, and am not silent. Ps. Ixix, 3. I am weary of my crying, my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. Ps. lxxiv, 1. O Gop, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? Ps. lxxx, 4. O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? Ps. lxxxv, 4-6. Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine Will anger toward us to cease, thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? Ps. lxxxix, 46. How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for evert shall thy wrath burn like fire? Lam. iii, 8, 44. Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. Thou hast covered thy. self with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. Hab. i, 2. O LORD, how long shan I cry, and thou wilt not hear! and thou wilt not save! even cry out unto thee of violence, Deut. i, 45, 46. And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode in Ka lesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. 2 Sam. xxii, 42. They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD but he answered them not. Job xxvil, 9. Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? Job xxx, 24. Howbeit, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. Ps. xviii, 41. They cried, but there was none to save them; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. me early, but they shall not find Isa. 1, 15. And when ye spread Cant. v, 6. I opened to my Isa. lix, 2. But your iniquities beloved; but my beloved had have separated between you and withdrawn himself, and was gone: your God, and your sins have hid my soul failed when he spake: Ihis face from you, that he will not sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. Jer. xi, 11. Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. Jer. xv, 1. Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. Hosea v, 6. They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them. THE REASONS. Deut. lil, 25, 26. I pray thee, let me go over and see the gobd land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me. Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Judges x, 12. 13. The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. Job xxxv, 12, 13. There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. Ps. Ixvi, 18. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the LORD will not hear me. Prov. i, 24-28. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh. When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek hear. Micah iii, 4. Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide bis face from them at that time as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. Zech. vii, 13. Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear, so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts. John ix, 31. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Most 2 Cor. xii, 8-10. For this thing Job xli, 8. Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering, and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. Ps. xx, 9. Save, LORD: let the King hear us when we call. Ps. Ixix, 6. Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GoD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake; let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Ps. lxxx, 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. Ps. lxxxiv, 9. Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. Ps. cxxxii, 10. For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. James iv, 3. Ye ask, and receive PRAYER FOR SPECIAL not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. MEDIATION. Exod. xxxii, 13, 30. Remember Deut. ix, 27 2 Chron. vi, 42. O LORD God, BLESSINGS. BLESSINGS GENERALLY AND Gen. xxiv, 12. And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abrahani. 1 Chron. iv. 10. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand night be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. thee, let now thine ear be attentive P3. xc, 13--15. 17. Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O Batisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Ps. cxviii, 25. Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. PRAYER IN AFFLICTION. Ps. vi, 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. xiii, 3, 4. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say. I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. P3. xxii, 11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help. Ps. xxv, 16, 17. Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged! O bring thou me out of my distresses. Ps. xxxi, 9. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, mane eye is consumed with grief; yea, my soul and my belly. Ps. xxxviii, 1, 2. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine arrows stick last in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. P's. xxxix, 10, 12, 13. Remove thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for 1 am a stranger with thee, and a Sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spue me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be u more. Ps. vii, 1. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. Ps. Ixix, 17, 18, 29, 30. And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; deliver me because of mine enemies. But I am poor and sorrowiul: let thy salvation. O God, set me up on high. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Ps. ixxvii, 2. In the day of my trouble I sought the LORD; my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. Ps. lxxxvi, 1. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me, for I am poor and needy. Ps. lxxxviii, 2 3, 14-17. Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. Ps. cxix, 25, 28, 29, 107, 153. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. from me the way of lying; and grant me thy law graciously. I Remove am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy Consider mine afiliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. word. Ps. cxliii. 11, 12 Quicken me. O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. And of thy mercy ei oll mine enemies, and destroy all them that alllict my soul: for I am thy servant. Jer. x, 23, 24. O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. xvii, 14. Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise PRAYER IN GREAT SORROW AND DANGER. Ps. xxii, 19. But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. Ps. xxx, 10. Hear. O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. Pз. xxxi, 16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy inercies' sake. Ps. xxxviii, 21, 22. Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation, Ps. xl, 17. But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. Ps. xliv, 23. Awake, why sleepest thou, O LORD? arise, cast us not off for ever. Ps. Ixix, 1, 2. 14, 15. Save me, O Go!; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 1 sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: come into deep waters, I am where the floods overflow me Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. F9. lxxi, 12. O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. Ps. lxxx, 7, 19. Turn ns again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Ps. lxxxvi, 4. Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Ps. cil, 1, 2. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in troubie; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call, answer speedily. me Ps. cxix, 123, 135, 173. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. Make thy face to shine upon thy and servant; teach me thy statutes. Let thine hand help ine; for I have chosen thy precepts. Ps. cxxx, 1, 2. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. LORD, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. Ps. cxliii, 6, 7. I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Hear me speedily, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Ps. cxliv, 7, 8. Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver hand of strange children; Whose me out of great waters, from the month speaketh vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. Lam. v, 20, 21. Wherefore dost thon forget us for ever, and torsake us so long time? Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. Ps. xxxix, 4. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Ps. Ixxl, 9. Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. SOCIAL PRAYER. Zech. viii, 20-22. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Matth. xviii, 19, 20. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Acts i, 14. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren, Job xiii, 23. How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. Ps. iv, 1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Ps. xxv, 7, 11, 18. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins. P8. xxvi, 11. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. Ps. xxvii, 7. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. Ps. xxxix, 7-9. And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the I was reproach of the foolish. dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. Ps. li, 1, 2, 9, 14. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me my sins and blot out all mine from my sin. Hide thy face from iniquities. Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteous ness. P3. lxxxv, 7. Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. Ps. lxxxvi, 16, 17. O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Ps. cxix, 76, 77. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. Ps. cxxxix, 23, 24. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Hab. iii, 2. O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: 0 LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. FOR DIVINE LIGHT. Exod. xxxiii, 12, 13. And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people; and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me: yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight; and consider that this nation is thy people. thee, and I will speak: I will deJob xlii, 4. Hear, I beseech mand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Ps. v, 8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. Ps. xxv, 4, 5. Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Ps. xxvii, 11. Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Ps. cxix, 26, 27, 33 34. 64, 66 68, teach me thy statutes. Make me 73, 74, 108, 124, 125. I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: to understand the way of thy predrous works. Teach me, O LORD, cepts: so shall I talk of thy wonthe way of thy statutes, and I The shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed Thou art thy commandments. good, and doest good: teach me Thy hands have thy statutes. made me, and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. Accept, I beseech mouth, O LORD, and teach me the thee, the free-will-offerings of my judgments. Deal with thy ser vant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. Ps. cxliii, 9, 10. Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. EXAMPLES. THE DIVINE BEING CONSULTED ON TEMPORAL THINGS. 1 Sam. ix, 19, 20. And Samuel eat answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall with me to-day; and to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them, for they are found. 1 Kings xiv, 1-4. At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. And Jeroboam said to his known to be the wife of Jerowife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not boam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Alijah. But Abijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. 2 Kings viii, 14. So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he an swered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. ON SPIRITUAL THINGS. 2 Kings xxii, 12, 13. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michalsh, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. Jer. xxiii, 35-37. Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken? And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more; for every man's word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? up for us against the Canaanites | Then said David, O LORD God of Judges xviii, 3-6. When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. And the before the LORD is your way priest said unto them, Go in peace: wherein ye go. sake. Will the men of Keilal deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and weut whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilab; and he forbare to go forth. after this, that David enquired of 2 Sam. ii, 1. And it came to pass into any of the cities of Judah? the LORD, saying, Shall I go up And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 2 Sam. v, 19, 22-25. And David enquired of the LORD saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine Judges xx, 18, 23, 24, 26-28. And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judali shall go up first. (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against them.) hand? And the LORD said unto And the children of Israel camé David, Go up; for I will doubtless near against the children of Ben-deliver the Philistines into thine jamin the second day. Then all hand. And the Philistines came the children of Israel, and all the up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept and And when David enquired of the sat there before the LORD and LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go fasted that day until even, and up; but fetch a compass behind offered burnt-offerings and peace- them, and come upon them over offerings before the LORD. And against the mulberry-trees. And the children of Israel enquired of let it be, when thou hearest the the LORD, (for the ark of the cove sound of a going in the tops of Jer. xlii, 1-3. Then all the cap-nant of God was there in those the mulberry-trees, that then thou tains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezanial the son of Hoshalah, and all the people, from the least even unto the greatest, came Dear, And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us;) That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. Zech. vii, 3. And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth mouth, separat ing myself, as I have done these so many years? ON THE EVENTS OF WAR. Judges i, 1. Now, after the death of Joshua, it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go days; And Phinehas the son of before it in those days,) saying, shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. 1 Chron. xiv, 10, 11. And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I 1 Sam. xxiii, 1--4, 10-13. Then go up against the Philistines? and they told David, saying, Behold, wilt thou deliver them into mine the Philistines fight against hand? And the LORD said unto Keilah, and they rob the thresh-him, Go up; for I will deliver them ing-floors. Therefore David eninto thine hand. So they cane to quired of the LORD, saying. Shall Baal-perazim; and David smote Then David said, go and smite these Philistines? them there. ALd the LORD said unto David, God hath broken in upon mine Go and smite the Philistines, and enemies by mine hand like the save Keilah. And David's men breaking forth of waters: theresaid unto him, Behold, we be afraid fore they called the name of that here in Judah: how much more place Baal perazim. then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 2 Chron. xviti, 4-7, 14. And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee at the word of the LORD to-day. There fore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets tour hundred men, and said unto them, |