serve

My sonnes, bee not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serue him, and that you should minister vnto him, and burne incense.

1611 marginal noteOr, be not now deceiued.

1611 marginal noteOr, offer sacrifice.

1611 marginal noteNum.8.14 and 18.2,6.

Now be yee not stiffe-necked as your fathers were, but yeeld your selues vnto the LORD, and enter into his Sanctuarie, which he hath sanctified for euer: and serue the LORD your God, that the fiercenesse of his wrath may turne away from you.

1611 marginal noteHarden not your neckes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. giue the hand.

And hee repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings, and thanke offerings, and commaunded Iudah to serue the LORD God of Israel.

And Iosiah tooke away all the abominations out of all the countreys that perteined to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serue, euen to serue the LORD their God. And all his dayes they departed not from folowing the LORD the God of their fathers.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from after.

And said vnto the Leuites, that taught all Israel, which were holy vnto the LORD, Put the holy Arke in the house, which Solomon the sonne of Dauid king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden vpon your shoulders: serue now the LORD your God, and his people Israel.

What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?

If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures.

1611 marginal noteIob 21.13.

Will the Unicorne be willing to serue thee? or abide by thy cribbe?

Serue the LORD with feare, and reioyce with trembling.

Thou hast deliuered me from the striuings of the people, and thou hast made mee the head of the heathen: a people whom I haue not knowen, shall serue me.