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     121
     Contentment 
    
     - With godliness is great gain
         #PS 37:16; 1TI 6:6
    
     - SAINTS SHOULD EXHIBIT
       . In their respective callings
           #1CO 7:20
    
       . With appointed wages
           #LU 3:14
    
       . With what things they have
           #HEB 13:5
    
       . With food and raiment
           #1TI 6:8
    
     - God's promises should lead to
         #HEB 13:5
    
     - The wicked want
         #ISA 5:8; EC 5:10
    
     - Exemplified
       . Barzillai
           #2SA 19:33-37
    
       . Shunammite
           #2KI 4:13
    
       . David
           #PS 16:6
    
       . Agur
           #PR 30:8,9
    
       . Paul
           #PHP 4:11,12
    
     122
     Conversion 
    
     - By God
         #1KI 18:37; JOH 6:44; AC 21:19
    
     - By Christ
         #AC 3:26; RO 15:18
    
     - By the power of the Holy Spirit
         #PR 1:23
    
     - Is of grace
         #AC 11:21,23
    
     - Follows repentance
         #AC 3:19; 26:20
    
     - Is the result of faith
         #AC 11:21
    
     - THROUGH THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF
       . The scriptures
           #PS 19:7
    
       . Ministers
           #AC 26:18; 1TH 1:9
    
       . Self-examination
           #PS 119:59; LA 3:40
    
       . Affliction
           #PS 78:34
    
     - OF SINNERS, A CAUSE OF JOY
       . To God
           #EZE 18:23; LU 15:32
    
       . To saints
           #AC 15:3; GA 1:23,24
    
     - Is necessary
         #MT 18:3
    
     - Commanded
         #Job 10 36:10
    
     - Exhortations to
         #PR 1:23; ISA 31:6; 55:7; JER 3:7; EZE 33:11
    
     - Promises connected with
         #NE 1:9; ISA 1:27; JER 3:14; EZE 18:27
    
     - Pray for
         #PS 80:7; 85:4; JER 31:18; LA 5:21
    
     - Is accompanied by confession of sin, and prayer
         #1KI 8:35
    
     - Danger of neglecting
         #PS 7:12; JER 44:5,11; EZE 3:19
    
     - Duty of leading sinners to
         #PS 51:13
    
     - Encouragement for leading sinners to
         #DA 12:3; JAS 19 5:19,20
    
     - Of Gentiles, predicted
         #ISA 2:2; 11:10; 60:5; 66:12
    
     - Of Israel, predicted
         #EZE 36:25-27
    
     123
     Counsels and Purposes of God, The 
    
     - Are great
         #JER 32:19
    
     - Are wonderful
         #ISA 28:29
    
     - Are immutable
         #PS 33:11; PR 19:21; JER 4:28; RO 9:11; HEB 6:17
    
     - Are sovereign
         #ISA 40:13,14; DA 4:35
    
     - Are eternal
         #EPH 3:11
    
     - Are faithfulness and truth
         #ISA 25:1
    
     - None can disannul
         #ISA 14:27
    
     - Shall be performed
         #ISA 14:24; 46:11
    
     - The sufferings and death of Christ were according to
         #AC 2:23; 4:28
    
     - Saints called and save according to
         #RO 8:28; 2TI 1:9
    
     - The union of all saints in Christ, is according to
         #EPH 1:9,10
    
     - The works of God according to
         #EPH 1:11
    
     - Should be declared by ministers
         #AC 20:27
    
     - Attend to
         #JER 49:20; 50:45
    
     - Secret not to be searched into
         #DE 29:29; MT 24:36; AC 1:7
    
     - THE WICKED
       . Understand not
           #MIC 4:12
    
       . Despise
           #ISA 5:19
    
       . Reject
           #LU 7:30
    
     124
     Courts of Justice 
    
     - Have authority from God
         #RO 13:1-5
    
     - SUPERIOR COURT
       . Held first by Moses alone in the wilderness
           #EX 18:13-20
    
       . Consisted subsequently of priests and Levites
           #DE 17:9; MAL 2:7
    
       . Presided over by the governor or the high priest
           #DE 17:12; JUD 4:4,5
    
       . Held at the seat of government
           #DE 17:8
    
       . Decided on all appeals and difficult cases
           #EX 18:26; DE 1:17; 17:8,9
    
       . Decisions of, conclusive
           #DE 17:10,11
    
     - INFERIOR COURT
       . In all cities
           #DE 16:18; 2CH 19:5-7
    
       . Held at the gates
           #GE 34:20; DE 16:18; 21:19; Job 4 5:4
    
       . Judges of, appointed by the governor
           #EX 18:21,25; DE 1:9-15; 2SA 15:3
    
       . All minor cases decided by
           #EX 18:26; 2SA 15:4
    
       . All transfers of property made before
           #GE 23:17-20; RU 4:1,2
    
     - Re-established by Jehoshaphat
         #2CH 19:5-10
    
     - Re-established by Ezra
         #EZR 7:25
    
     - SANHEDRIM OR COURT OF THE SEVENTY
       . Probably derived from the seventy elders appointed by Moses
           #EX 24:9; NU 11:16,17,24-30
    
       . Mentioned in the latter part of sacred history
           #LU 22:66; JOH 11:47; AC 5:27
    
       . Consisted of chief priest, etc.
           #MT 26:57,59
    
       . Presided over by high priest
           #MT 26:62-66
    
       . Sat in high priest's palace
           #MT 26:57,58
    
     - OF THE ROMANS IN JudeA
       . Presided over by the governor or deputy
           #MT 27:2,11; AC 18:12
    
       . Place of, called the hall of judgment
           #JOH 18:28,33; 19:9
    
       . Never interfered in any dispute about minor matters or
         about religion
           #AC 18:14,15
    
       . Could alone award death
           #JOH 18:31
    
       . Never examined their own citizens by torture
           #AC 22:25-29
    
       . Appeals from, made to the emperor
           #AC 25:11; 26:32; 28:19
    
     - Generally held in the morning
         #JER 21:12; MT 27:1; LU 22:66; AC 5:21
    
     - Sometimes held in synagogues
         #MT 10:17; AC 22:19; 26:11; JAS 2:2
    
     - PROVIDED WITH
       . Judges
           #DE 16:18
    
       . Officers
           #DE 16:18; MT 5:25
    
       . Tormentors or executioners
           #MT 18:34
    
     - JUDGES OF
       . Called elders
           #DE 25:7; 1SA 16:4
    
       . Called civil officers
           #LU 12:58
    
       . Rode often on white asses
           #JUD 5:10
    
       . To judge righteously
           #LE 19:15; DE 1:6
    
       . To judge without respect of persons
           #EX 23:3,6; LE 19:15; DE 1:17; PR 22:22
    
       . To investigate every case
           #DE 19:18
    
       . Not to take bribes
           #EX 23:8; DE 16:19
    
       . To judge as for God
           #2CH 19:6,7,9
    
       . To decide according to the law
           #EZE 44:24
    
       . To promote peace
           #Z16 EC 8:16
    
       . Sat on the judgment-seat while hearing causes
           #EX 18:13; JUD 5:10; ISA 28:6; MT 27:19
    
       . Examined the parties
           #AC 24:8
    
       . Conferred together before giving judgment
           #AC 5:34-40; 25:12; 26:30,31
    
       . Pronounced the judgment of the court
           #MT 26:65,66; LU 23:24; AC 5:40
    
     - Both the accusers and accused required to appear before
         #DE 25:1; AC 25:16
    
     - CAUSES IN, WERE OPENED BY
       . The complainant
           #1KI 3:17-21; AC 16:19-21
    
       . An advocate
           #AC 24:1
    
     - THE ACCUSED
       . Stood before the judge
           #NU 35:12; MT 27:11
    
       . Permitted to plead their own cause
           #1KI 3:22; AC 24:10; 26:1
    
       . Might have advocates
           #PR 31:8,9; ISA 1:17
    
       . Exhorted to confess
           #JOS 7:19
    
       . Examined on oath
           #LE 5:1; MT 26:63
    
       . Sometimes examined by torture
           #AC 22:24,29
    
       . Sometimes treated with insult
           #MT 26:67; JOH 18:22,23; AC 23:2,3
    
       . The evidence of two or more witnesses required in
           #DE 17:6; 19:15; JOH 8:17; 2CO 13:1
    
       . Witnesses sometimes laid their hands on the criminal's head
         before punishment
           #LE 24:14
    
     - False witnesses in to receive the punishment of the accused
         #DE 19:19
    
     - Corruption and bribery often practised in
         #ISA 10:1; AM 5:12; 8:6
    
     - THE JUDGMENT OF
       . Not given till accused was heard
           #JOH 7:51
    
       . Recorded in writing
           #ISA 10:1
    
       . Immediately executed
           #DE 25:2; JOS 7:25; MR 15:15-20
    
       . Witnesses first to execute
           #DE 17:7; AC 7:58
    
       . Allusions to
           #Job 4 5:4; PS 127:5; MT 5:22
    
       . Illustrative of the last judgment
           #MT 19:28; RO 14:10; 1CO 6:2
    
     125
     Covenants 
    
     - Agreements between two parties
         #GE 26:28; DA 11:6
    
     - DESIGNED FOR
       . Establishing friendship
           #1SA 18:3
    
       . Procuring assistance in war
           #1KI 15:18,19
    
       . Mutual protection
           #GE 26:28,29; 31:50-52
    
       . Establishing peace
           #JOS 9:15,16
    
       . Promoting commerce
           #1KI 5:6-11
    
       . Selling land
           #GE 23:14-16
    
     - CONDITIONS OF
       . Clearly specified
           #1SA 11:1,2
    
       . Conformed by oath
           #GE 21:23,31; 26:31
    
       . Witnessed
           #GE 23:17,18; RU 4:9-11
    
       . Written and sealed
           #NE 9:38; 10:1
    
     - God often called to witness
         #GE 31:50,53
    
     - When confirmed, unalterable
         #GA 3:15
    
     - Made by passing between the pieces of the divided sacrifices
         #GE 15:9-17; JER 34:18,19
    
     - Salt a sign of perpetuity in
         #NU 18:19; 2CH 13:5
    
     - Ratified by joining hands
         #PR 11:21; EZE 17:18
    
     - Followed by a feast
         #GE 26:30; 31:54
    
     - Presents given as tokens
         #GE 21:27-30; 1SA 18:3,4
    
     - Pillars raised in token of
         #GE 31:45,46
    
     - Names given to places where made
         #GE 21:31; 31:47-49
    
     - THE JEWS
       . Forbidden to make, with the nations of Canaan
           #EX 23:32; DE 7:2
    
       . Frequently made with other nations
           #1KI 5:12; 2KI 17:4
    
       . Condemned for making, with idolatrous nations
           #ISA 30:2-5; HO 12:1
    
       . Regarded, as sacred
           #JOS 9:16-19; PS 15:4
    
     - Violated by the wicked
         #RO 1:31; 2TI 3:3
    
     - ILLUSTRATIVE
       . Of the contract of marriage
           #MAL 2:14
    
       . Of God's promises to man
           #GE 9:9-11; EPH 2:12
    
       . Of the united determination of a people to serve God
           #2KI 11:17; 2CH 15:12; NE 10:29
    
       . Of good resolutions
           #Job 1 31:1
    
       . (With death and hell,) of carnal security
           #ISA 28:15,18
    
       . (With stones and beasts, of the earth,) of peace and
         prosperity
           #Job 23 5:23; HO 2:18
    
     126
     Covenant, The 
    
     - Christ, the substance of
         #ISA 42:6; 49:8
    
     - Christ, the Mediator of
         #HEB 8:6; 9:15; 12:24
    
     - Christ, the Messenger of
         #MAL 3:1
    
     - MADE WITH
       . Abraham
           #GE 15:7-18; 17:2-14; LU 1:72-75; AC 3:25; GA 3:16
    
       . Isaac
           #GE 17:19,21; 26:3,4
    
       . Jacob
           #GE 28:13,14; 1CH 16:16,17
    
       . Israel
           #EX 6:4; AC 3:25
    
       . David
           #2SA 23:5; PS 89:3,4
    
     - Renewed under the gospel
         #JER 31:31-33; RO 11:27; HEB 8:8-10,13
    
     - Fulfilled in Christ
         #LU 1:68-79
    
     - Confirmed in Christ
         #GA 3:17
    
     - Ratified by the blood of Christ
         #HEB 9:11-14,16-23
    
     - Is a covenant of peace
         #ISA 54:9,10; EZE 34:25; 37:26
    
     - Is unalterable
         #PS 89:34; ISA 54:10; 59:21; GA 3:17
    
     - Is everlasting
         #PS 111:9; ISA 55:3; 61:8; EZE 16:60-63; HEB 13:20
    
     - All saints interested in
         #PS 25:14; 89:29-37; HEB 8:10
    
     - The wicked have no interest in
         #EPH 2:12
    
     - Blessings connected with
         #ISA 56:4-7; HEB 8:10-12
    
     - God is faithful to
         #DE 7:9; 1KI 8:23; NE 1:5; DA 9:4
    
     - God is ever mindful of
         #PS 105:8; 111:5; LU 1:72
    
     - Be mindful of
         #1CH 16:15
    
     - Caution against forgetting
         #DE 4:23
    
     - Plead, in prayer
         #PS 74:20; JER 14:21
    
     - Punishment for despising
         #HEB 10:29,30
    
     127
     Covetousness 
    
     - Comes from the heart
         #MR 7:22,23
    
     - Engrosses the heart
         #EZE 33:31; 2PE 2:14
    
     - Is idolatry
         #EPH 5:5; COL 3:5
    
     - Is the root of all evil
         #1TI 6:10
    
     - Is never satisfied
         #EC 5:10; HAB 2:5
    
     - Is vanity
         #PS 39:6; EC 4:8
    
     - IS INCONSISTENT
       . In saints
           #EPH 5:3; HEB 13:5
    
       . Specially in ministers
           #1TI 3:3
    
     - LEADS TO
       . Injustice and oppression
           #PR 28:20; MIC 2:2
    
       . Foolish and hurtful lusts
           #1TI 6:9
    
       . Departure from the faith
           #1TI 6:10
    
       . Lying
           #2KI 5:22-25
    
       . Murder
           #PR 1:18,19; EZE 22:12
    
       . Theft
           #JOS 7:21
    
       . Poverty
           #PR 28:22
    
       . Misery
           #1TI 6:10
    
       . Domestic affliction
           #PR 15:27
    
     - Abhorred by God
         #PS 10:3
    
     - Forbidden
         #EX 20:17
    
     - A characteristic of the wicked
         #RO 1:29
    
     - A characteristic of the lazy
         #PR 21:26
    
     - Commended by the wicked alone
         #PS 10:3
    
     - Hated by saints
         #EX 18:21; AC 20:33
    
     - To be mortified by saints
         #COL 3:5
    
     - Woe denounced against
         #ISA 5:8; HAB 2:9
    
     - Punishment of
         #Job 15 20:15; ISA 57:17; JER 22:17-19; MIC 2:2,3
    
     - Excludes from heaven
         #1CO 6:10; EPH 5:5
    
     - Beware of
         #LU 12:15
    
     - Avoid those guilty of
         #1CO 5:11
    
     - Pray against
         #PS 119:36
    
     - Reward of those who hate
         #PR 28:16
    
     - Shall abound in the last days
         #2TI 3:2; 2PE 2:1-3
    
     - Exemplified
       . Laban
           #GE 31:41
    
       . Achan
           #JOS 7:21
    
       . Eli's sons
           #1SA 2:12-14
    
       . Samuel's sons
           #1SA 8:3
    
       . Saul
           #1SA 15:9,19
    
       . Ahab
           #1KI 21:2-4
    
       . Gehazi
           #2KI 5:20-24
    
       . Nobles of the Jews
           #NE 5:7; ISA 1:23
    
       . Jewish people
           #ISA 56:11; JER 6:13
    
       . Babylon
           #JER 51:13
    
       . Young man
           #MT 19:22
    
       . Judas
           #MT 26:14,15; JOH 12:6
    
       . Pharisees
           #LU 16:14
    
       . Ananias etc.
           #AC 5:1-10
    
       . Felix
           #AC 24:26
    
       . Balaam
           #2PE 2:15; Jude 11 1:11
    
    
    
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