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Hold fast, 3:6-14; 4:14; 10:23. Consider Him, 3:1; 12:3. Harden not your hearts, 3:8, 13, 15; 4:7. Hear His voice, 3:7, 15; 4:7. Let us fear, 4:1. Labor to enter in, 4:11. •> Come boldly, 5:16. Draw nigh or near, 7:19; 10:22. Refuse not, 12,25. Despise not, 12:5. Faint not, 12:5. Cast not away, 10:35. Go on to perfection, 6:1. Go forth unto Him. Whose faith follow, 13:7. Etc. There are many more such maxims in this one epistle. Several examples have been already cited and dwelt upon in this and former sections; but we instance some twenty or more from each Testament, culled almost at random, which serve to show how rich the Word of God is in these scattered sayings of wisdom, meant to be maxims and axiom for our guidance. Pound at various points in the inspired Scriptures, they strike the mind at once as marvel- ously comprehensive and sometimes as ex- haustive of ethical and spiritual truth. Be ye holy, for I the Lord your God, am holy. Levit. 19:2. Be sure your sin will find you out. iTum. 32:23. Be strong and of a good courage. Josh. 1:6. The Lord recompense thy work. Ruth 2:12. Thou, Thou only knowest the hearts. I Kings 8:39. Jeroboam sinned and made Israel to sin. I Kings 15:30. They feared Jehovah and served their own gods.' I I Kings 17:33. Look for Him, 9:28. Look unto Him, 12:2. Look diligently, 12:15. Show diligence.
Sometimes from a single book may be culled a whole body of brief and telling maxims. Of all the examples of this, none surpass the book of Daniel in the Old Tes- tament and of Hebrews in the New, ex- cept those which, like the books of Psalms and Proverbs, naturally take the form of maxims, or are professedly collections and arrangements of wise sayings. In Daniel we meet with a series of maxims, espe- cially suitable to young men, for example: " H e proposed in his heart that he would not defile himself." 1:8. ''God revealeth the deep and secret t h i n g s ." 2:22. • " O u r God whom we serve is able to deliver u s . " 3:17. " Th o se that walk in pride He is able to a b a s e ." 4:37. " T h ou art weighed in the balances and found wanting.'' 5:27. " A n excellent spirit was in h i m ." 6:3. " H e believeth in his Go d ." 23. " I kept the matter in my h e a r t ." 7:28. " I had seen the vision and sought for the meaning." 8:15. . " I set my face unto the Lord God to seek by p r a y e r ." 9:3. . " M y comeliness was turned in me into corruption." 10:8. I " T h e people that do know their God shall be strong and do.exploits." 11:32. • " T h e y that be teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament. " ' ' And they that turn many to righteous- ness as the stars forever and e v e r ." 12:3. " S t a n d in thy l o t ." 13. In the Epistle to the Hebrews may be found between thirty and forty maxircs,' of which the following are examples: Take heed, 2:1; 3:12.
Lay aside, 12:1. Lay hold, 6:18.
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