Part 5
273. And Jesus arose and followed him; so did his disciples. And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, He said unto them, Give place; _for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth_, and they laughed him to scorn. But, when the people were put forth, he went in, _and took her by the hand, and the maid arose_, Matt. ix. 19, 23, 24, 25.
274. And behold, a woman _which was diseased with an issue of blood_ twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. For she said within herself, _If I may but touch his garment I shall be whole_. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her he said, Daughter, be of good comfort: _thy faith hath made thee whole_; and the woman was made whole from that hour. Matt. ix. 20 to 22.
275. And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. _And he that was dead came forth_, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes and his face was bound about with a napkin, Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, _and let him go_, John xi. 43, 44.
276. And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve and said unto him, send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. BUt he said unto them? give ye them to eat, and they said, we have no more _but five loaves and two fishes_; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, make them sit clown by fifties in a company. And they did so, and made them all sit down. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. _And they did eat and were all filled_, and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them _twelve baskets_.
277. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind; and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them _cloven tongues, like as of fire_, and it sat upon each of them. _And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost_, and began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance. Acts ii. 1 to 4.
278. And he (Moses) was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; _he did neither eat bread nor drink water_; and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Exod. xxxiv. 28.
279. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, arise and eat, because thy journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat _forty days and forty nights_, unto Horeb the Mount of God. 1 Kings xix. 7, 8.
280. Moreover he said unto me, son of man, eat that thou findest; _eat this roll_, (of a book) and go Speak unto the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, _and he caused me to eat that roll_. And he said unto me, son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it, _and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness_. Ezek. iii. 1 to 3.
281. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. _And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass_, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times. Num. xxii. 27, 28.
282. And I beheld, and lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, _and spake to her feathers, saying_, watch not all at once; sleep every one in his own place, and watch by course, &c. Then I heard a voice which said unto me, look before thee, and consider the thing that thou seest. And I beheld, and lo, as it were _a roaring lion_ chased out of the wood; and I saw that he _sent out a man's voice_ unto the eagle, and said, Hear thou? I will _talk_ with thee, and the highest shall say unto thee, &c. 2 Esdras xi. 7, 8, and xxxvi. 7, 8.
283. But _let_ man and _beast_ be covered with sackcloth, _and cry mightily unto God_; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Jonah iii. 8.
284. And I took it and drank; and when I had drunk of it, _my heart uttered understanding, and wis-dom grew in my breast_, for my spirit strengthened my memory. 2 Esdras xiv. 40.
285. In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found; but _a rod_ is for the back of him that is void of understanding. Prov. x. 13.
286. Jesus answered and said unto them, verily I say unto you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, _it shall be done_. Matt. xxi. 21.
287. And the Lord' said, if ye had faith _as a grain of mustard seed,_ ye might say unto this sycamine tree be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; _and it should obey you_. Luke xvii. 6.
288. Therefore I say up to you, what things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark xi. 24.
289. _Pray without ceasing_. 1 Thess. v. 17.
290. Who is the _image of the invisible_ God; the first-born of every creature. Coloss. î. 15-.
291. While we _look not_ at things which are seen, but at the things _which are not seen_; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinth, iv. 18.
292. And it came to pass, as he was _alone_ praying, his disciples were _with him_; and he asked them, saying, whom say the people that I am. Luke ix. 18.
293. _I and my Father are one_. John x. 30.
294. For there are three that bare record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these-_three_ are _one_. I John v.. 7.
295.. And David _danced_ before the Lord _with all his might_; and David was girded with a linen, ephod. 2 Samuel vi. M.
296. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved; and _the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll_; and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. Isaiah xxxiv. 4.
297. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth _were passed away, and there was no more sea_. Rev. xxi. 1.
298. Then said 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. And they gathered it every morning, ever man according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot it _melted_. Exod. xvi. 4, 21.
299. And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon that the Lord _cast down great stones from heaven_ upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more which died with hailstones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. Joshua x. 11
300. Then the Lord _rained_ upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, _brimstone and fire_ from the Lord _out of heaven_. Gen. xix. 24.
301. And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, _then let fire come down from heaven_, and consume thee and thy fifty, and there came down _fire from heaven_ and consumed him and his fifty. 2 Kings i. 10.
302. And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he _shut up the heaven that there be no rain_, and that the land yield not her fruit, and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. Dent. xi. 17.
303. _When heaven is shut up and there is no rain_, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them. 1 Kings viii. 35.
304. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell; God knoweth) such an one caught up to the _third heaven_. 2 Corin. xii. 2.
305. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was _silence in heaven_ about the space of _half an hour_. Rev. viii. 1.
306. After this I looked, and behold, _a door was opened in heaven_; and the first voice which I heard was as it were a trumpet talking with me; which said, come up hither, _and, 1 will shew thee things which must be hereafter_. And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper, and a sardine stone; and there was a _rainbow round about the throne_, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, _clothed in white raiment,_ and they had on their heads _crowns of gold_. And out of the throne proceeded _lightnings and thunder-ings_, and voices, and there were _seven lamps of fire_ burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. And before the throne there was _a sea of glass_ like unto the crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne _were four beasts full of eyes before and behind._ And the first beast was like a _lion_, and the second beast like a _calf_ and the third beast _had a face as a man_, and the fourth beast was like a _flying eagle_. And the four beasts had each of them _six wings_ about him, and they were full of eyes within _and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty which was, and is, and is to come_. Rev. iv. 1 to 8.
[This is a very beautiful description of heaven--it almost equals in absurdity and extravagance the wild dreams of Mahomet.]
307. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the _beast_ that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. Rev. xi. 7.
[It appears, then, from this and the preceding note, that there are beasts both in hell and in heaven; whether these angelic creatures have immortal souls or not, the theologians may decide.]
Also Notes 73, 74, and 76.
PASSAGES CONTRADICTORY.
308. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke among people afar off; _and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks_; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more. Micah. iv. 3.
309. _Beat your plough-shares into swords_, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong. Joel iii. 10.
310. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels _and have not charity_, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, _and have no charity_, I am nothing. 1 Cor. xiii. 1, 2.
311. And as we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you, than that ye have received, _let him be accursed._ Gal. i. 9.
312. _Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer;_ and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John iii. 15.
313. If any man come to me, _and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters_, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luke xiv. 26.
314. Then said Jesus unto them, put up again thy sword into his place; _for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword._ Matt. xxvi. 52.
315. Then said he unto them, but now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; _and he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one_. Luke xxii. 38.
316. But I say unto you, _that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also_. Matt. v. 39.
317. _Whoso sheddeth maris blood, by man shall his blood be shed_; for in the image of God made he man. Gen. ix. 6.
318. But I say unto you, love your enemies, _bless them that curse you_, do good to them that hate you, _and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you._ Matt. v. 44.
319. Then said he unto his disciples, it is impossible but that offences will come; _but woe unto him through whom they come_, Luke xvii. 1.
320. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words; when ye depart out of that house or city, _shake off the dust of your feet._ Matt. x. 14.
321. Thou shalt have _no other Gods before me_. Exodus xx. 3.
322. And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen. i. 26.
323. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, _visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me_. Exod. xx. 5.
324. The soul that sinneth it shall die; the son _shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son_; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Ezek. xviii. 20.
325. But the children of the murderers he slew not; according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, _the fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers_; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin, 2 Kings xiv. 6.
326. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it _holy_. Six days shalt thou labor, and do _all_ thy work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it _thou shalt not do any work_, thou nor thy son? nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. Exod. xx. 8, 9, 10.
327. And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; _that they might accuse him_. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, stand forth. And he said unto them. _is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days or to do evil?_ to save life, or to kill? but they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, _stretch forth thine hand;_ and he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark iii. 1 to 5.
328. _Honor thy father and thy mother;_ that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Exod. xx. 12.
329. Thou shalt not kill. Exod. xx. 14.
330. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and _slay them before me_. Luke xix. 27.
331. And he said unto them, thus saith the Lord God of Israel, put every man his sword by his side? and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, _and slay every man his brother_, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. Exod. xxxii. 27.
332. Thou shalt not commit _adultery_. Exodus xx. 14.
333. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: when as his mother Mary was _espoused_ to Joseph, before they came together, _she was found with child of the Holy Ghost_. Matt. i. 18.
Vide Note 141.
334. Thou shalt not _steal_. Exod. xx. 15.
335. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass, that when ye go, _ye shall not go empty_. But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourn-eth in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment; _and ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians_. Exodus iii. 21. 22.
Vide Note 142.
336. The Lord is _good to all_; and his _tender mercies_ are over all his works. Psalms cxlv. 9.
337. Thus saith the Lord of hosts? I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt. Now go, and smite Amalek, _and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass_. 1 Sam. xv. 2, 3.
338. The Lord is gracious, _and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy_. Psalm cxlv. 8.
339. And he smote the men of Beth-Shemeth, _because they had looked into the ark of the Lord_, even he smote of the people, _fifty thousand and three score and ten men_: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 1 Samuel vi. 19.
340. Who is a God like unto thee, _that pardoneth iniquity_, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, _because he delighteth in mercy_. Micah. vii. 18.
341. And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, _thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them_; thou shalt make no covenant with them, _nor shew mercy unto them_. Deut. vii. 2.
342. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, _and will not at all acquit the wicked_; the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum i. 3.
343. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. _And shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth._ Matthew xiii. 49, 50.
344. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: _for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more_. Jer. xxxi. 34.
345. Behold all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine; _the soul that sinneth it shall die_. Ezek. xviii. 4.
346. And rend your heart and not your garments, _and turn unto the Lord your God_; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, _and of great kindness_, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
347. And I will bring _distress_ upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; _and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung_. Zeph, i. 17.
348. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, (as some men count slackness,) but is long suffering to usward, _not willing that amy should perish_, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter iii, 9.
349. The Lord hath made all things for himself; yea, _even the wicked for the day of evil_. Prov. xvi. 4.
350. _For thou lovest all things that are and abhorrest nothing_ which thou hast made; for never wouldst thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it, Wis. of Sol. xi. 24.
351. For God loveth _none but him that dwelleth with wisdom_. Wis. of Sol. vii. 28,.
352. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, _and to come unto the knowledge of the truth_. 1 Tim, ii. 3, 4.
353. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, _that they should believe a LIE_. 2 Thes, ii. 11.
354. Yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lord is not equal, O, house of Israel, _are not my ways equal?_ are not your ways unequal? Ezekiel xviii. 29.
355. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God _hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth_. Dent, vii. 6.
356. _Lying lips are abomination to the Lord_; but they that deal truly are his delight. Prov. xii. 22.
357. Now therefore behold, _the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets_, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee, 1 Kings xxii. 22.
358. For God sent not his son into the world, to condemn the world; _but that the world through him might be saved_. John iii. 17.
359. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; _I came not to send peace but a sword_. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34; 5.
Also Notes 186 and 187.
360. _Wisdom is the principal thing_; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, _get understanding_. Prov. iv. 7.
361. _For in much wisdom is much grief_; and he that _increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow_. Eccles. i. 18.
362. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; _be ye therefore wise as serpents_, and harmless as doves. Matt. x. 16.
363. For it is written, _I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,_ and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1 Cor. i. 19.
364. _The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree_; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Psalms xcii. 12.
365. _The righteous perisheth_, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. Isaiah lvii. 1.
366. As it is written, _There is none righteous, nay not ONE_. Romans iii. 10.
367. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a _righteous man_ availeth much. James v. 16.
368. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thes. v. 17.
369. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; _yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear_; your hands are full of blood. Isaiah i. 15.
370. Therefore we conclude, _that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law_, Romans iii. 28.
371. Ye see then _how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only_. James ii. 24.
372. _For by grace are ye saved through faith_, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephes, ii. 8.
373. But wilt thou know, O vain man, _that faith without works is dead?_ James ii. 20.
374. As the cloud is consumed, and vanisheth away; _so he that goeth down to the grave, shall come up no more_. Job vii. 9.
375. And the graves were opened; _and many bodies of saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection_ and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matt, xxvii. 52, 53.
Also Notes 254, 255, 256 and 257.
376. In the beginning God _created_ the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.
377. And the earth was _without form and void_, Gen. i. 2.
378. And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided _the light from the darkness_. Gen i. 4, [This was on the first day.]
379. _And God made two great lights; the greater light_ to rule the day, and the _lesser light_ to rule the night, he made the stars also. Gen. i. 16. [This was on the _fourth_ day.]
380. And God saw every thing that he had made and behold, _it was very good_, and the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Gen. i. 31.
381. _The earth was also corrupt before God_; and the earth was filled with violence. Gen. vi. 11.
382. Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints. _yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight_. Job xv. 15.
383. All _things were made by him_; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John i. 3.
384. _For by him were all things created that are in heaven, or that are in earth, visible and invisible_, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for him. Coloss. i. 16.
385. For God _made not death_; neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living. Wis. of Sol. i. 13.
386. For God _is not the author of confusion_, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1 Cor. xiv. 33.
387. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; _but the earth abideth forever_. Eccles. i. 4.