Deliverance prayed for. Gen. xxxii. 11. Jacob said, deliver me I pray thee, from the hand of my brother.

1 Sam. xxiv. 15. David said to Saul, the Lord plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

xxvi. 24. Let the Lord deliver me out of all tribulation.

Ps. vi. 4. Lord deliver my soul.

vii. 1. Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. Ps. cxlii. 1. cxliii. 9.

xvii. 13. Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword. xx. 20. Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog.

xxv. 19. Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with a cruel hatred.

Ver. 20. O keep my soul, and deliver me.

xxvii. 12. Deliver me not over to the will of mine enemies, for

false witnesses are risen up against me. Ps. Ixxiv. 19.

xxxi. 1. Deliver me in thy righteousness.

Ver. 2. Bow down thine ear to me, and deliver me speedily.

Ver. 15. Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from

them that persecute me.

xl. 13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me.

Ver. 17. Let them be ashamed and confounded, that seek after my soul to destroy it.

xliii. 1. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man: Ps. lix. 2.-1xxi. 4.-cxl. 1. cxliv. 2, 7, 11.

xliv. 4. O God command deliverance for Jacob.

Ver. 5. Through thee we will push down our enemies.

Ix. 5. That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand. Ps.cviii. 6.

Ixix. 14. 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. Ver. 18. Deliver me because of mine enemies.

cvii. 6. They cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of all their distresses.

Ver. 20. He delivered them from their destructions.

cix. 20. Let this calamity be the reward of mine adversaries. Ver. 21. Because thy mercy is good, do thou deliver me. cxix. 134. Deliver me from the oppression of man. Ver. 153. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me. Ver. 154, 170. Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil. See Isa. xix. 20. Rom. xv. 31. LXIX. Persons that shall be delivered are, the poor and needy. Job xxxvi. 15. He delivered the poor in his affliction.

Ps. xxxv. 10. Lord, who is like unto thee? which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and needy from him that spoileth him. See Ps. Ixxii. 12.-lxxxii. 4. Isa. xx. 18.

LXX. Prophets and apostles delivered. Jer. i. 8. Be not afraid of their faces, (saith the Lord to his prophet,) for I am with thee, to deliver thee. Ver. 19. Ch. xv. 19, 20, 21. Ch. xxxix. 17.

Acts xxvi. 17. I am Jesus, who have appeared unto thee, delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee.

2 Cor. i. 10. God delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver, in whom we trust, that he will yet deliver us.. Sce 2 Tim, iii. 11. iv. 17, 18.

LXXI. All God's faithful servants shall be delivered. Job xxii. 30. He shall deliver the island of the innocent.

Ps. xxxiii. 19. The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy, to deliver their soul from death. xxxiv. 17. The righteous cry, and the Lord delivereth them out of all their troubles. Ver. 7, 19. Ps. xxxvii. 40. Prov. xi. 8.

xl. 1. He that considereth the poor, the Lord will deliver him. Ver. 2.

1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

xci. 14. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. Ver. 2, 3, 4, 15.

Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely, shall be delivered.

Ezek. xiv. 16. Noah, Daniel and Job, should be delivered in a city devoted to destruction by the Lord.

Dan. iii. 17. Our God whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace.

Ver. 28. God sent his angel, and delivered his servants, that trusted in him.

xii. 1. At that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be delivered. Obad. ver. 17.

LXXII. Deliverance from moral evil, or sin. Ps. xxxix. 8. Deliver me from all my transgressions.

li. 14. Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God of my salvation.

lxxix. 8. O remember not against us former iniquities.

Ver. 9. Deliver us and purge away our sin, for thy name's sake.

cxix. 170. Deliver me according to thy word. Matt. vi. 13. Deliver us from evil.

LXXIII. God delivereth into natural evil, God delivereth the wick

ed into the hands of their enemies.

Gen. xiv. 20. Melchezedek said to Abram, blessed be the most high God, who hath delivered thine enemies into thine hand.

Exod. xxiii. 31. The Lord said, (to his people,) I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into thine hand. Deut. iii. 2.-vii. 2, 3, 16, 23, 24.

Num. xxi. 3. The Lord delivered up the Canaanites, and Israel destroyed them.

Deut. ii. 33. The Lord delivered Sihon, &c. Ver. 36. Judg. xi. 9, 21.

xxviii. 25. If thou rebel, thou shalt be smitten before thine enemies. Ver. 29. See this fulfilled, 2 Chron. xxix. 28. Neh. ix. 26, 27. Ps. lxxviii. 59, 61. Isa. xlii. 24, 25.

Judg. xxiv. 10. David said to Saul, this day the Lord delivered thee into mine hand. See 1 Sam. xvii. 46.

1 Kings xiii. 26. The prophet said, the man of God was disobedient to the word of the Lord, therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion.

2 Chron. xxv. 20. Amaziah would not hearken to advice, for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies.

Isa. xxxiv. 2. The indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies, he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

Ver. 3. Their slain shall be cast out, &c. Ver. 5. Ch. xiii. 3, 4, 5. Hab. i. 12.

Jer. xv. 9. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword, before their enemies, saith the Lord.

Jer. xx. 4. Thus saith the Lord, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and I will give Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. Ver. 5.

xxi. 4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, behold I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon.

Ver. 5. And I will deliver Zedekiah, &c. into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. Ch. xxiv. 8, 9, 10. Ch. xxix. 17, 21.

xliii. 10. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant,

Ver. 11. And he shall deliver such as are for death, to death, &c.. Ch. xlvi. 26.

Ezek. xi. 8. I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord.

Ver. 9. I will deliver you into the hands of strangers. Ver. 10. xvi. 27. For thy wickedness I have diminished thy ordinary food, and have delivered thee into the hand of them that hate thee. Mic. vi. 14. 5.

xxi. 31. I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy. Ver. 32. Ch. xxiii. 28. xxv. 7. xxxi. 10, 11.

Amos iii. 6. Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

Heathens delivered into the hands of Israel were, Og, Deut. iii. 2. Amorites, Jos. x. 12. Ch. xi. 6. Many kings, Ch. xxi. 44. All their enemies, Judg. iv. 1. The Canaanites, Ch. iv. 7. Sisera, Ch. vii. 7. Midianites, Ch. viii. 7. Zeba and Zulmunna, Ch. xi. 32. Children of Ammon, Ch. xviii. 15. Philistines, 1 Sam. xxiii. 4. Moabites, 2 Kings iii. 18.

THE LORD DOTH ΚΕΕΡ HIS PEOPLE..

LXXIV. God doth keep his servants from evil. Gen. xxviii. 15. The Lord said to Jacob, behold I am with thee, and will keep thee, in all places, whither thou goest, and I will not leave thee. Ver. 20, 21. Exod. xxiii. 20. The Lord said, behold I send an angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place, which I have prepared.

Numb. vi. 23. On this wise Aaron and his sons shall bless the children of Israel, saying,

Numb. vi. 24. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. Ver. 25. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee.

Ver. 26. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Deut. xxxii. 10. The Lord kept Jacob, as the apple of his eye.
Jos. xiv. 10. Moses said, the Lord hath kept me alive, &c.

1 Sam. ii. 9. The Lord will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, for by strength shall no man prevail.

xxv. 34. David said, blessed be the Lord, that hath kept his servant from doing evil. Ver. 39.

1 Chron. iv. 10. Jabez called on God, and said, O that thou wouldst bless me, and keep me from evil.

Job xxxiii. 18. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Ps. xii. 7. Thou wilt keep them, O Lord, and shalt preserve them from this generation. Ps. xxxi. 20.

xvii. 8. Keep me as the apple of thine eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.

xix. 13. Keep back thy servant, from presumptuous sins.

xxv. 20. O keep my soul and deliver me, let me not be ashamed, for I trust in thee.

xxx. 3. O Lord thou hast brought up my soul from the grave, thou hast kept me alive.

xxxiii. 19. The eye of the Lord is on them that fear him, to keep them alive in famine.

xxxiv. 20. The Lord keepeth all his bones, not one of them is

broken.

xci. 11. He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

cxxi. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Ver. 5. The Lord is thy keeper.

cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord keep the city, the watch-men watch but in vain.

cxl. 4. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked.
cxli. 3. O Lord, keep the door of my lips.

Ver. 9. Keep me from the snare laid for me.

Prov. iii. 26. The Lord shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose heart is

stayed on thee.

xxvii. 3. The Lord will keep the vine-yard, he will water it, he will keep it night and day.

xlii. 6. I will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people. Jer. xxxi. 10. He will gather Israel, and will keep him as a shep

herd doth his flock.

John xvii. 11. Jesus prayed thus, holy Father, keep through thine own name, those whom thou hast given me.

Ver. 15. I pray that thou shouldst keep them from the evil that is in the world.

2 Thess. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who will stablish you, and keep you from evil.

2 Tim. i. 12. The Lord whom I have believed, is able to keep that which I have committed unto him.

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation.

iv. 19. Let them that suffer, according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls unto him, in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Jude ver. 2 Unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory, with exceeding joy.

Ver. 25. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.

Rev. iii. 10. I will keep thee from the hour of temptation.

GOD PRESERVETH.

LXXV. God preserveth his people. Gen. xlv. 8. Joseph said, God sent me hither, to preserve you, a posterity in the earth.

Deut. vi. 24. God commanded us, to do these statutes, and to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive as at this day.

Jos. xxiv. 17. God preserved us in all the way wherein we went, arnong all people, through whom we passed.

2 Sam. viii. 6. The Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. 1 Sam. xxx. 23.

Neh. ix. 6. Lord, thou hast made all things, and thou preservest them all.

Job vii. 20. I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men.

x. 12. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation preserveth my spirit.

xxix. 2. O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me.

Ps. xvi. 1. Preserve me, O Lord, for in thee do I put my trust. xxxi. 23. The Lord preserveth the faithful.

xxxii. 7. Thou art my hiding-place, thou shalt preserve me from

trouble.

xxxvi. 6. O Lord thou preservest man and beast.

xxxvii. 28. The Lord forsaketh not his saints, they are preserved for ever.

xli. 2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed that considereth the poor.

Ixiv. 1. O my God, preserve my life from fear of the enemy. lxxix. 11. Preserve thou those that are appointed to die.

lxxxvi. 2. Preserve my soul, O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

xcvii. 10. The Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. Ps. cxl. 1.

cxvi. 6. The Lord preserveth the simple.

cxxi. 7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil, he shall preserve thy soul.

Ver. 8. He shall preserve thy going out, and coming in. cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth all those that love him.