2-4

turned away, and Thou hast Bless the Lord, O my soul, Ps 102, comforted me. and never forget all He hath Ps 65, 8, 9 O bless our God, ye Gen- done for thee.-Who forgivtiles and make the Voice eth all thy iniquities who of His praise to be heard :- healeth all thy diseases.Who hath set my soul to Who redeemeth thy life from live. destruction: who crowneth Ps 66, 6, 7 Let the people, O God, thee with mercy and comconfess to Thee; let all the passion.

Ps 15,7

people give praise to Thee: I will bless the Lord, Who
The earth hath yielded her hath given me understanding.
fruit.
Thy mercy is better than Ps 62, 4
We give thanks to Thee, life: Thee my lips shall
our God, and we praise Thy praise.
glorious Name.
I will give thanks to Thee Ps 34, 18
Let us come before His in a great Church.
presence with thanksgiving. We give thanks to God.

14.-EFFECTS OF INGRATITUDE.

1 T 1, 2

The hope of the unthank-vain in their thoughts; and ful shall melt away as the their foolish heart was darkwinter's ice, and shall run ened :-For professing themoff as unprofitable water. selves to be wise, they became He that rendereth evil for fools. good, evil shall not depart Know this, that in the last 2 Ti 3, 1, from his house. days, shall come dangerThey are inexcusable-Be-ous times:-Men shall be cause that, when they had lovers of themselves, covetknown God, they have not ous, haughty, proud, blasglorified Him as God, nor phemous, disobedient to gave thanks: but became parents, ungrateful, wicked.

15.-FORGETFULNESS OF GOD'S BENEFITS CONDEMNED.

Ma 1, 6

Dt 32, 6

Is 1, 2, 3

The son honoureth the Lord hath spoken: I have
father, and the servant his brought up children and
master: If then I be a exalted them: but they have
Father, where is My honour ? despised Me.-The ox know-
and if I be a Master, where eth his owner, and the ass
is My fear? saith the Lord his master's crib but Israel
of Hosts.
hath not known Me, and My

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2

Is this the return thou people hath not understood. makest to the Lord, O fool- Thou hast forgotten the Is 51, 13 ish and senseless people? Is Lord thy Maker, who He not thy Father that hath stretched out the heavens and possessed thee, and made founded the earth: and thou thee, and created thee? hast been afraid continually Hear, O ye heavens, and all the day, at the presence give ear. O earth for the of His fury, who afflicted

Ps 77, 42

Ps 105, 21, 22

thee, and had prepared Him- ples: and Juda hath built
self to destroy thee: where many fenced cities: and I
is now the fury of the oppres- will send a fire
sor ?

upon his
cities; and it shall devour
They remembered not His the houses thereof.
hand in the day that He Were there not ten made Lu 17, 17-
redeemed them from the clean? and where are the 18
hand of him that afflicted nine ? - There is no one
found to return, and give

them.

They forgot God, Who glory to God, but this
saved them, Who had done stranger.

great things in Egypt;-Won- Many good works I have Jn 10, 32
drous works in the land of shown to you from My
Cham, terrible things in the Father: for which of those

Red Sea.

Ba 4, 7, 8 You have provoked Him
Who made you, the eternal
God, offering sacrifices to

works do you stone Me?

-My people hath forgotten
Me days without number.

O, My people, what have I Mi 6, 3

devils and not to God.-For done to thee, or in what
you have forgotten God Who have I molested thee? An-
brought you up, and you swer thou Me.

have grieved Jerusalem who They shall say to Him: Za 13, 6
nursed you.
What are these wounds in

1 K 10, 19 You this day have rejected the midst of Thy hands?
God, Who only have saved And He shall say: With
you out of all your evils and these I was wounded in the
your tribulations.
House of them that loved

Je 2, 5

Je 2, 6

What iniquity have your Me. fathers found in Me, that Jerusalem,Jerusalem, thou Mt 23, 37 they are gone far from Me, that killest the prophets, and have walked after and stonest them that are

vain ?

vanity and are become sent unto thee, how often
would I have gathered thy
They have not said: Where children, as the hen doth
is the Lord that made us gather her chickens under
come up out of the land of her wings, and thou wouldest
Egypt?
not!

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Os, 2, 8, 9 She did not know that I Some of them went to the Jn 11, 46, gave her corn and wine and Pharisees, and told them the oil, and multiplied her silver things that Jesus had done. and gold, which they have From that day, therefore, used in the service of Baal. they devised to put Him to -Therefore will I return death.

Os 8, 14

and take away My corn in You denied the Holy One Ac 3, 14
its season, and My wine in and the Just, and desired a

its season, and I will set at murderer to be granted unto
liberty My wool and My flax, you.
which covered her disgrace.

Because thou didst not Dt 28, 47

Israel hath forgotten his serve the Lord thy God with 48
Maker, and hath built tem- joy and gladness of heart,

Is 30, 16

Is 5, 1, 2

for the abundance of all and picked the stones out of
things:-Thou shalt serve thy it, and planted it with the
enemy whom the Lord will choicest wines, and built a
send upon thee, in hunger, tower in the midst thereof,
and thirst, and nakedness, and set up a winepress there-
and in want of all things: in: and He looked that it
and he shall put an iron yoke should bring forth grapes,
upon thy neck, till he consume and it brought forth wild
thee.
grapes.

[You] have said: No, but You made a ditch between Is 22, 11 we will flee to horses: there- the two walls for the water fore shall you flee. And we of the old pool: and you will mount upon swift ones have not looked up to the therefore shall they be Maker thereof, nor regarded swifter that shall pursue after Him even at a distance, that you. wrought it long ago.

My beloved had a Vine- Why then have my people Je 2, 31 yard on a hill in a fruitful said: We are revolted, we place. And He fenced it in, will come to Thee no more?

16.-EXAMPLES OF INGRATITUDE.

Ex 1, 8-10 There arose a new king He (Ezechias) did not 2 P32,25 over Egypt that knew not render again according to the Joseph. And he said to his benefits he had received: for people: Behold, the people his heart was lifted up and of the children of Israel are wrath was enkindled against numerous and stronger than him, and against Juda and we.-Come, let us wisely Jerusalem. oppress them lest they mul- Many have abused unto Es 16,2-4 tiply, and if any war shall pride, the goodness of arise over against us, join princes, and the honour that with our enemies, and, hav- hath been bestowed upon ing overcome us, depart them.-And not only endeaout of the land.. vour to oppress the king's Ea 32, 1,6 The people, seeing that subjects, but not bearing the Moses delayed to come down glory that is given them, from the mount, gathering take in hand to practise together against Aaron, said: also against them that gave Arise, make us gods that it.-Neither are they conmay go before us; for, as to tent not to return thanks this Moses, the man that for benefits received, and to brought us out of the land violate in themselves the of Egypt, we know not what laws of humanity, but they has befallen him.-And, ris- think they can also escape ing in the morning, they the justice of God, Who offered holocausts and peace- seeth all things. victims and the people sat He falsified all whatsoever 1 M 11, down to eat and drink, and he had said, and alienated they rose up to play. himself from Jonathan, and

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Ga 5, 22

W1, 6

W7, 22

did not reward him accord-received from him, but gave
to the benefits he had him great trouble.

The fruit of the Spirit is make no complaint, and charity, goodness, benignity. when thou givest anything, The spirit of Wisdom is add not grief by an evil benevolent. word. In wisdom is the spirit of Lo, is not a word better Eci 18,17 understanding, sweet, loving than a gift? But both are that which is good, bene- with a justified man.

ficent. Put ye on, as the elect of Cl 3, 12 Eci 18, 16 Shall not the dew assuage God, holy and beloved, the the heat? So also the good bowels of mercy, benignity. word is better than the gift. Be ye kind one to an- Ep 4, 32

Eci 18, 15 My son, in thy good deeds other, merciful.

Ja 3, 2

Eci 14, 1

18.- -THE RIGHT USE OF THE TONGUE.

In many things we all his lips shall fill him.-Death
offend. If any man offend and life are in the power of
not in word, the same is the tongue; they that love
a perfect man. He is able it shall eat the fruits
also with a bridle to turn thereof.
about the whole body.

Behold, how small a fire Ja 3, 5-6
Blessed is the man that kindleth a great wood! And
hath not slipt by a word out the tongue is a fire, a world
of his mouth, and is not of iniquity.-The tongue is
pricked with the remorse of placed among our members,

sin. Eci 19, 17 Who is there that hath not offended with his tongue ? Eci 27, 28 Praise not a man before he speaketh; for this is the trial of men.

Eci 27, 7

which defileth the whole
body, and setteth on fire the
wheel of our nativity, being
set on fire by hell.

Every kind of beast, and Ja 3, 7-8
of birds, and of serpents, and
of the rest is tamed and
hath been tamed by man-

As the dressing of a tree
showeth the fruit thereof, so
a word out of the thought kind.-But the tongue no
of the heart of man.
man can tame : a restless

Mt 12, 34- Out of the abundance of evil, full of poison.

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Pv 18, 2021

the heart, the mouth It is the part of man to Pv 16, 1 speaketh.-A good man, out prepare the soul, and of the

Lord to govern the tongue.

of a good treasure, bringeth
forth good things and an Keep thy tongue from evil. Ps 33, 14
evil man, out of an evil trea- Who is a wise man and Ja 3, 13
sure, bringeth forth evil endued with knowledge
things.
among you? Let him show
Of the fruit of a man's by a good conversation his
mouth shall his belly be work in the meekness of
satisfied, and the offspring of wisdom.

Eci 32, 4

Eci 9, 23

19.-ADVICE TO THOSE WHO SPEAK.

Speak thou that art elder : honesty; nor with the field-
for it becometh thee to speak labourer of every work.-Nor
the first word with careful with an idle servant of much
knowledge.
business. Give not heed to
Let the thought of God be these in any matter of
in thy mind, and all thy dis- counsel.

course on the Command- He that despiseth his Pu 11, 12 ments of the Most High. friend is mean of heart: but Tt2, 1, 8 Speak thou the things the wise man will hold his that become sound doctrine. peace.

Ca 4, 3

-Sound speech, unblame- Speak not in the ears of Pv 23, 9
able, that he who is on the fools: because they will
contrary part may be afraid, despise the instruction of thy
having no evil to say of us. speech.

The lips are as a scarlet

In the midst of the un- Eci 27,13

lace, and thy speech sweet. wise, keep in the word till Eci 37, Treat not with а man it is time; but be con12-14 without religion concerning tinually among men that holiness; nor with an unjust think.

Cl 4, 6

Pv 15, 28

Ca 7, 8-9

man concerning justice; nor Where there is no hearing, Eci 32, 6
with a
woman concerning pour not out words: and be

her of whom she is jealous; not lifted up out of season

nor with a coward concern- with thy wisdom.

ing war; nor with a mer- If thou have understand- Eci 5, 14
chant concerning traffic; nor ing, answer thy neighbour;
with a buyer of selling; nor but, if not, let thy hand be
with an envious man of upon thy mouth, lest thou be
giving thanks.-Nor with surprised in an unskilful
the ungodly of piety; nor word, and be confounded.
with the dishonest of Watch over [thy lips].

20.-OF SPEAKING WITH PRUDENCE, MILDNESS,
MODERATION, AND AT THE RIGHT TIME AND
PLACE.

Eci 1,

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Let your speech be always best wine, worthy for my in grace, seasoned with salt, beloved to drink, and for his that you may know how you lips and his teeth to ruminate. ought to answer any man. Make doors and bars to Eci28,28The mind of the just thy mouth.-Melt down my 30 studieth obedience : the gold and silver, and make a mouth of the wicked over- balance for thy words, and a floweth with evils. just bridle for thy mouth :Thy breasts shall be as the And take heed lest thou slip clusters of the vine: and the with thy tongue and fall in odour of thy mouth like the sight of thy enemies who apples.-Thy throat like the lie in wait for thee, and thy