69. Then saith the Lord unto Moses, Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, _that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no_. Exodus xvi. 4. 70. When _therefore the Lord knew_ how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John. John iv. 1. 71. Because _the foolishness_ of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1 Corinthians i. 25. 72. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and _a book of remembrance_ was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. Malachi iii. 16. 73. And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein. But have walked after the _imagination_ of their own _heart_, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them. Jeremiah ix. 13, 14. 74. And ye have done worse than your fathers; (for behold ye walk every one after the imagination of his _evil heart_, that ye may not hearken unto me.) Jeremiah xvi. 12. 75. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee, _receive into thine heart_, and hear with thine ears. Ezek. iii. 10. 76. They shall walk after the Lord; he shall _roar like a lion_: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. Hosea xi. 10. 77. The Lord your God, which goeth before you, he shall _fight_ for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes. Deut. i. 30. 78. The great God that formed all things, both _rewardeth the fool_, and rewardeth transgressors. Prov. xx vi. 10. 79. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, behold the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do. Go to, let us go down, and there _confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech_. Genesis xi. 5. 6, 7. Also notes, 63, 121, 144, 147, 152, 153. MUNIFICENCE. He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love. 1. John iv. 8. The Lord is good, a strong-hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Naham i. 7. All the works of the Lord are good; and he will give every needful thing in due season. Eccles. xxxix. 83. 80. For the Lord thy God is _a consuming fire_, even a jealous God. Deut. iv. 24. 81. God is jealous and the Lord _revengeth_; the Lord revengeth and is _furious_; the Lord will take _vengeance_ on his adversaries; and he _reserveth wrath_ for his enemies. Nahum i. 2.. 82. It is a _fearful thing_ to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews x. 31. 83. The Lord is a _man of war_; the Lord is his name. Exodus xv. 3.