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THE

CONTINUITY OF SCRIPTURE

LONDON ; PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW -STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET

THE
Continuity of Scripture
AS DECLARED BY THE TESTIMONY OF
OUR LORD
AND OF THE EVANGELISTS
AND APOSTLES

BY
WILLL\M PAGE LORD HATHERLEY

' Think not that I am cotne to destroy the law or the prophets ; I am not
come to destroy^ htt tofulfiV St. Matt. v. 17

FOURTH EDITION

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1869

7"A* right of translation is reserved

WITH HER

WHO HAS ASSISTED ME

IS THE COMPILATION OF THESE PAGES

1 DEDICATE THEM

TO GOD S HONOUR AND GLORY.

AD VER TI SEME NT.

Those who have read the admirable Sermon of the Rev. C.
Pritchard, preached before the British Association at theit
Meeting of 1866, will perceive that I am much indebted to ii
for the line of tliought which I have pursued. The Association
have again this year had the advantage of Mi. Pritchard' s
guidance. T have great satisfaction in adding that I have been
encouraged to publish these pages by the approbation of the
friend of my life, the Dean of Chichester.

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CONTENTS.

Preface

PAGE
xi — xliii

THE TESTIMONY OF OUR LORD.

I.

To the Old Testament

V.

To the Second Book of

as a whole

I

Kings
12
II.
To the writings of Moses
VI.
To the Second Book of
generally .
2
Chronicles
13
To Genesis .
3
VIL
To the Psalms
'3
To Exodus .
5
VIIL
To Isaiah .
15
To Leviticus
7
IX.
To Jeremiah
18
To Numbers
8
X.
To Daniel .
18
To Deuteronomy
9
XL
XII.
To Hosea .
To Joel
2020
III.
To the First Book of
xin.
To Jonah .
21
Samuel .
II
XIV.
To Micah .
21
IV.
To the First Book of
XV.
To Zechariah
22
Kings .
II
XVL
To Malachl
22
THE TESTIMONY OF THE EVANGELISTS AND APOSTLES.
I.
To the Old Testament
V.
To Numbers
66
as a whole
23
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To Deuteronomy
69
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To Genesis .
29
VIL
To Joshua .
74
in.
To Exodus .
46
VIIL
To Judges .
76
IV.
To Leviticus
60
IX.
To Ruth .
77
Contents.

X. To the First Book of

XVIII.

To Proverbs

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Samuel

79

XIX.

To Isaiah

¦ 97

XI. To the Second Book

XX.

To Jeremiah

. 106

of Samuel

79

XXL

To Ezekiel

. 109

XII. To the First Book of

XXIL

To Daniel

• "3

Kings .

80

XXIIL

To Hosea

. 114

XIII. To the Second Book

XXIV.
To Joel .
• "5
of Kings
82
XXV.
To Amos
. 116
XIV. To the First Book of
XXVI.
To Micah
. 117
Chronicles .
83
XXVIL
To Habakkuk
. 118
XV. To the Second Book
XXVIII.
To Haggai
. 118
of Chronicles
85
XXIX.
To Zechariah
. 118
XVI. To Job .
86
XXX.
To Malachi
. 120
XVIL To the Psalms
86
Addenda . . ^ .
.
.
,
. 123
Postscript ....
.
,
.
• 133
ADVERTISEMENT TO
THE THIRD EDITION.

I HAVE ADDED a further Collection of Texts to this
Edition, and have reason to hope that the omissions
are now but few in number.
I am much indebted to Mr. Turpie's work, ' The
Old Testament in the New,' which he was good
enough to forward to me after the publication of
my First Edition, and to a most valuable collection
of references kindly sent to me by the Rev. T. W.
Brooks, of Great Ponton, Grantham, who had for
some time been engaged upon a similar investiga
tion to my own.
January 1869.

PREFACE.

The OBJECT of this little book is simply devotional.
The compiler of it desires to strengthen others, as he
himself has been strengthened, by the comparison of
Scripture with Scripture. Frequent perusals of the
Old and of the New Testament have satisfied him that
each is an inspired work, such as no wisdom of man
could have framed ; and further, that the earlier
Revelation is as inseparably connected with the later,
as the acorn is connected with the oak which springs
from it
The Volume of God's Word is stamped with the
same continuous unity of purpose, as that which marks
the volume of God's Works. This latter unity has
been well designated ' the Law of Continuity.' Both
volumes contain many things ' hard to be under
stood ' by man's limited faculties, but the great attri
bute of Love is alike predominant in the providential
ordering of Creation and in the merciful dispensation
of Redemption.
The unity of Scripture is manifested in so many
ways that volumes might be written upon the subject.

xiv Preface.
To the Christian, one demonstration of that unity is
sufficient, viz. that our Lord has declared it : ' Search
the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal
life ; and they are they which testify of me ' (John v.
39).* To make this testimony apparent in all its full
ness is the main object of this compilation ; but it may
not be amiss to offer a few prefatory remarks upon
the general internal testimony to the same truth. I
will briefly consider then :
I. The Historical Unity of Subject — the great Epic,
if I may venture reverently so to call it, of the
Creation, Fall, and Restoration of man.
II. The Moral Unity ; or the unity of design with
reference to man's moral preparation for the great
work of Redemption.
III. The Spiritual Unity ; or the uniform declara
tion of the complete Restoration of fallen man to his
Father's love, by the free mercy of God the Father,
through God the Son as a Mediator ; One who, though
man, should be free from man's guilt and willing to
offer up Himself as an Atoning Sacrifice for all man
kind : thereby drawing all men to Him, and purchas
ing for them the gift of God the Holy Ghost, by Whom
their hearts would be renewed to a state of loving
obedience. I. As regards Historical Unity.
The Bible contains the history of man's creation,
* I am aware that some render the word translated ' Search ' in the
indicative instead of the imperative, but the force of the testimony is in
the last clause of the sentence.

Preface. xv
his fall, his miserable degradation consequent on that
fall, and his restoration to favour with his Creator
through a sinless Redeemer. The external world
is never mentioned in Scripture without a direct
reference to man's condition upon earth. The slight
indications given of physical creation are merely
such as to teach him, that an All-wise, and All-
powerful, and All-benevolent Creating Spirit is the
Author of everything that exists, bringing all into
being out of nothing by His simple Word, and
making all ' very good ; ' so that man should have no
excuse for the foolish worship of inanimate objects
however glorious in beauty (as the sun and moon
and host of heaven), but should worship Him only
by Whom both they and he exist. The habitual
tendency of fallen man to believe that the evil which
he sees around him is a Power or the result of a
Power, instead of mere negation, is thus at once
rebuked. There is no true source of power but One,
even the Everlasting God, whose works are all ' very
good.' The first man is stated to have been made
in 'God's likeness;' that is to say, with a mind
capable of thought, with a soul capable of love, with
authority and power over the lower creation, and
with a capacity for communicating, however subordi-
nately, with the Great Creative Spirit. He was en
trusted also with the power of self-determination with
respect to his actions.
The great principle of Faith— that is of trusting
Love — was to be his one Law; Love that would

xvi Preface.
unhesitatingly believe and accept and follow any
intimations of his loving Creator's will. The breach
of that Law was his fall, and from thenceforth (for I
am now dealing with the Historical Unity only) we
have a series of consequences of that fall, with re
peated instances nevertheless of God's gracious pur
pose of Restoration, and of His not having wholly
withdrawn Himself from man.
Sentence of Death is pronounced, but from the
woman is to spring One who shall bruise the head of
the author of all falsehood and consequent evil ; and
the sacrifice of innocent victims is offered, being
typical, even at this earliest period of man's exist
ence, of that shedding of innocent blood, without
which there is no remission of sin.
Next in this sad history we have the fearful fratri
cide, and the gradual demoralisation of the world,
till it is ripe for total destruction. Even then one
righteous family is saved. But again the world falls
away from the worship of the One only God,
and Abraham is 'called' from his idolatrous home.
His descendants are well-nigh overwhelmed by the
tyranny of Egyptian bondage, till they are on the
verge of falling away to the gods of Egypt, sub
siding into contentment with the fleshpots, and the
poor measure of sensual indulgence they there en
joyed — well-nigh sunken in a listless apathy, and
slow to awaken at the cry of their Deliverer, and to
face the difficulties that ever attend the first steps of
a renovated life : nevertheless the Divine purpose of

Preface. xvii
man's Restoration remains unaffected by man's base
ness ; and after the institution of the solemn and per
petual feast of the Passover, the Israelites are led
through the Red Sea to the Land promised long
before to their great ancestor Abraham, in order that
there, separate and apart from the heathen, they may
serve the One true God. Again follow alternations
of weakness and energy ; renewed forgetfulness of
God is mercifully succeeded by chastening punish
ment. At last we are led to the culminating point
of the earthly greatness of the chosen people, and
the fulfilment of the temporal promises made to them.
David, a true and loving believer, though weak and
frail under temptation, sets the people free from ex
ternal foes, and as their 'sweet Psalmist' erects a
spiritual Temple to Him ' Who inhabits the praises
of Israel' — but Solomon builds Him a glorious
material House. Nevertheless he, whose intellectual
wisdom exceeded that of all other men living, falls
into the greatest folly, that of sin ; and the people of
God, again gradually declining from the truth, are
apparently abandoned to hopeless captivity.
Yet, after a while, the return to their own land is
permitted, their Temple is again erected, the One
true God alone is worshipped, and the remnant of the
descendants of Abraham is preserved from inter
mingling with the rest of mankind, till He appears
Who claims to be the Seed of the Woman, the Lamb
of the daily burnt offering, the very Paschal Lamb,
the long-promised Redeemer,

xviil Preface.
Thereupon the whole typical fabric of the Old
Testament is dissolved. ' It is finished.' The veil of
the Temple was then rent in twain, for the Shechinah
had become incarnate in the Man Christ Jesus ; the
material Temple, made with hands, was itself de
stroyed; the wall of separation between Jew and
Gentile was broken down, and all were to know the
Lord, ' from the least to the greatest.' The people,
so long preserved in the midst of the most fiery trials,
were now no longer kept apart as necessary for the
preservation of the truth, but such of them as longed
for their Messiah hailed His approach with joy, and
spread the glad tidings throughout the world ; whilst
they who refused to acknowledge their King have
been compelled yet more wonderfully to testify to
His truth. Their city in ruins is the fulfilment of
His prophetic Word, whilst their indestructible yet
fragmentary existence attests no less the divine char
acter of the prophetic denunciations contained in the
Law under the older dispensation. Of them, how
ever, it is declared by St. Paul that ' the renewing of
them shall be life from the dead' (Rom. xi. 15) ; and
undoubtedly (though the method of fulfilment be not
clear) the Lord will become not only a Light to lighten
the Gentiles, but, at the final sealing of the Tribes, the
' Glory of His people Israel ; ' and the promise to
Abraham will thus continuously be fulfilled from the
first book of Scripture to the last.
, It may safely be said, the Historical events of the
Old Testament, no less than direct prophecy, all bear

Preface. xix
on this one grand conclusion. The Historical pro
phetic annunciations of outward events as distin
guished from their spiritual bearing, the various
' types ' and even the apparently dry genealogies, all
point in the same direction ; but of this I shall say
more under another head. I will only add, that to
any one reading over and over again consecutively
the Word of God, this wonderful Historical Unity
forces itself upon the mind, with increasing conviction
of a preconceived development of the world's history ;
with reference to the final and eternal restoration of
man to his first estate.
II. But now let us consider the Moral Unity of
Scripture, or the unity of design, with reference to
man's moral preparation for a more glorious existence.
One cannot help seeing, from the very opening
down to the last chapter, the watchfulness of the
All-merciful Father over the moral condition of all,
through whom His worship was to be preserved, and
through whom first His scheme of redeeming love
was to be worked out.
Seth is born in order that the evil race of Cain may
not alone represent the race of man.
Noah is rescued from a whole world of wickedness ;
and the family of Ham appears to have been early
separated from those of his brethren, so that the
example of Canaan's shocking irreverence may not
corrupt the children of Shem and Japhet. Abraham,
again, is called, of whom God is declared to have
known 'that he will command his children and his

XX Preface,
household after him; and they shall keep the way
of the Lord to do justice and judgment, that the Lord
may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken
of him ' (Gen. xviii. 19). In hke manner Esau, ' a pro
fane man,' is separated from Jacob. Then the whole
of Jacob's descendants are removed from Egypt to
a separate land, the Law having been first given to
them, which was, as the New Testament assures us,
' a schoolmaster to bring them to Christ' This Law
separated them in every possible way from the
heathen : in their worship, in their social institutions,
particularly that of marriage, and even in their food
and garments. Saul again is rejected for David ; and
when either David or his descendants fall from the
great moral law, stern prophets are sent to rebuke
them; ('I hewed them by my Prophets,' is the ex
pression) till at last the fearful calamity of the Cap
tivity is brought down on the nation by their moral
guilt, no less than by their spiritual apostasy.
' Pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness '
had destroyed their moral energy. But Jeremiah
had been inspired to warn them before this cata
strophe, and Ezekiel and Daniel were commissioned
both to rebuke, and to sustain and comfort them.
Ezra and Nehemiah, by example, and Haggai by
direct exhortation, aroused them, on their return to
their own land, to a recognition of their God, and the
restoration of His worship. We see therefore suc
cessive separations of men, families, and a nation,
from whom there appeared the best hope of moral in-

Preface. xxi
fluence ; a Law laid down ; a succession of teachers ;
chastisements inflicted; mercies still vouchsafed— in
order that men's hearts may be in a state of moral
preparation for their spiritual birth ; and then at last
the voice is heard of one crying in the wilderness (as
had been predicted by the Prophets), ' Prepare ye the
way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a
highway for our God.' The moral tendency of this
preparation is indicated by the figure of the axe
being laid to the root of the tree, so that ' every tree
that bringeth not forth good fruit may be hewn down
and cast into the fire,' and the like moral preparation
appears in the answer given by the Baptist to the
soldiers on their march, to the publicans, and to the
people in general (Luke iii.).
But whilst a moral life was thus insisted upon, and
every circumstance was so ordered as to encourage
its development, it is also plainly enough indicated in
every portion of Scripture, how little man, with all
his own efforts, is able thus to answer the require
ments of Him ' Who is of purer eyes than to behold
iniquity.' And doubtless it is for this reason that the
fearful shortcomings of even the best men (morally
speaking) are laid before us with all the plain sim
plicity of a holy truthfulness.
Noah's shameful drunkenness ; Lot's worldly choice
of an abode ; Abraham's timid deceit with reference
to Sarah ; Isaac's partiality for his profane son Esau ;
Jacob's fraud ; Moses' impatience ; David's crimes ;
Solomon's folly ; Elijah's timidity immediately suc-
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xxii Preface.
ceeding his undaunted denunciation of Ahab and
Jezebel ; Hezekiah's vanity — all show but too plainly
what is in man, and the helplessness of his own efforts
to raise himself if he be left, but for a season, alone. I
am thus gradually led to the third and last of the heads
I have selected as setting forth the Unity of Scripture.
III. The Spiritual Unity is shown by the uniformity
with which the restoration of fallen man is set forth
as wrought out by the free mercy of God the Father
through God the Son ; Who as man should be free
from man's guilt, able and willing to offer up Himself
as an Atoning Sacrifice for the guilt of all mankind,
and should also renew man's heart to a love of God
by the operation of God the Holy Spirit.
This last is doubtless the most striking, as well as
the most deeply interesting instance, of uniformity of
design as carried through the whole Sacred Volume
from Genesis to Revelation.
The ' Jehovah Elohim,' the one yet plural Lord God,
Whose threefold blessing Aaron and his sons are di
rected through Moses to invoke on his people (Numb.
vi. 22-29), to Whom also in prophetic vision the Sera
phim sing ' Holy, Holy, Holy ' (Isai. vi. 3), is the same
as He in Whose name our Lord bade His apostles to
baptise all nations ; the same as He Who at the close
of Revelation is again adored with thrice-repeated
homage. (Rev. iv. 8.)
The promise in Genesis of the seed of the woman
' Who should bruise the serpent's head,' is absolutely
unmeaning except as applied to an external Deliverer,

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Who, being of the race of man, should overcome the
author of evil by whom man had been deceived. The
offering of sacrifice directly after this announcement
which appears for its acceptance to have required the
blood-shedding of an innocent victim, was an indi
cation, though doubtless obscure, of the blood of the
Deliverer being in some way required, and of the
Deliverer Himself being guiltless. The promise is
renewed to Noah, that with him should God's cove
nant be established. A yet clearer revelation is made
to Abraham that ' in his seed should all the nations
of the earth be blessed;' and a wonderful type is
vouchsafed to him of the mode of that deliverance,
by his being required to sacrifice his only son, so that
our Lord says expressly 'Abraham rejoiced to see
My day, and he saw it and was glad.' To Isaac and
to Jacob the promised blessing was renewed. Moses,
the great deliverer of the chosen people from earthly
bondage, is directed to raise up the serpent in the
wilderness, and they who looked on it were recovered
from the deadly poison of the serpent's bite; and
before leaving earth Moses is authorised distinctly to
announce a prophet Who should stand between God
and His people, interceding for them as Moses himself
had done. Balaam's wicked heart is overruled, and his
blinded eyes are opened, that he may speak of Him
Whom ' he would behold but not nigh,' the promised
' Star of Jacob.' The genealogies of the great patri
archs are carefully preserved, as from their seed the
promised Deliverer is to arise. Nay, even the les.<:
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xxiv Preface.
honourable steps in the pedigree of the descendants of
Judah are carefully noted. Tamar and Rahab, and
Ruth the Moabites.s, and she who had been the wife
of Uriah, are specially named ; and in the New Testa
ment they are alone recorded amongst the female
ancestors of our Lord, as though He would acknow
ledge all that was most despised or vile to be capable
of union with Him. As the time draws nearer, though
yet centuries before His advent, the miraculous birth,
the time and place of birth, the healing of the blind, the
lame, the deaf, the dumb, Messiah's sufferings, His death
with sinners, and His burial with the rich, are all fore
told by the heralds of the great Deliverer. But those
outward circumstances are far less striking than the
spiritual development of the great plan of salvation.
It begins to be made known that it is not ' in man
that walketh to direct his steps ; ' that none can ' bring
a clean thing out of an unclean ; ' that a mere man
cannot help us ; that ' it cost more to redeem our
souls, so that we must let that alone for ever.' The
Deliverer was indeed to be man, but not man only.
He was to be 'Wonderful, Councillor, the mighty God ;'
yet He was to die for our transgressions, and 'by His
stripes we were to be healed.' The Lord was ' to lay
upon Him the iniquity of us all.' By degrees the whole
scheme, in all its fullness, is brought out and renders
clearer and clearer ancient prophecy and type. The
bruising of the serpent's head, with the bruising of
the Deliverer's heel, and the fulfilment of the typical
sacrifices, especially that of the Passover, all become

Preface. xxv
plainer and plainer; so that when the dawn approached
and the Sun of Righteousness was about to rise, there
were simple men of low estate like the Shepherds, edu
cated Jews like the faithful Simeon, and devout heathen
like the Wise Men, all prepared to worship Him even
before His bright beams of light were cast broadly
over the land.
The renewal of man's heart by the Holy Spirit is
no less uniformly indicated as a necessary part of the
grand scheme of his restoration from the fall. I have
already noticed the melancholy instances of man's
weakness, as faithfully recorded in the Scripture
history of the greatest saints. It is this weakness
which was felt even by the heathen: they might
' know the best, and yet the worst pursue.' St. Paul
faithfully portrays this wretched condition of man in
the 7th chapter of his Epistle to the Romans. Now
the only hope of man's restoration must rest on the
renewed heart — a heart not only recognising and
admiring but loving righteousness, whilst, by nature,
its sympathies are enlisted on the side of evil. The
fall rendered this holy state of heart hopelessly un
attainable by any effort of man alone. Can any one
doubt this tendency of man to evil, who has watched
the early faults of little children — lying, jealousy,
anger, and the like.? Can any one doubt it who
honestly examines his own heart.' Therefore the
restoration of man by the great principle of faith, or
loving trust, is from the first inculcated. It is for this
loving trust, that Abraham is called 'the friend of

xxvi Preface.
God.' From the same trust, Moses acquired the
privilege of 'talking with God face to face, as a man
talketh with his friend,' until his face beamed with a
brightness not its own, but reflected from the vision
of God. Again the Law is given as an external com
mandment; but two precepts were added on which
hang all the commandments — namely, to ' love the
Lord with all our heart, mind, soul and strength, and
our neighbour as ourselves.' Observe also the care
which is taken, in every part of the Old Testament to
attribute every gracious dispensation to God's free
mercy. The people are told over and over again,
that it is not for their righteousness, but for God's
own glory that they have been separated from the
rest of mankind to be His peculiar people. The heart,
and not mere outward observance, is that which He
requires. ' My son, give me thy heart,' is the constant
voice of Scripture. And as the Israelites increase in
strength and worldly prosperity, how careful is God
to inculcate this lesson more and more upon them.
David is chosen to displace Saul, because Saul
' obeyed not the Lord with all his heart.' How in
tensely (notwithstanding his dreadful fall) David
loved God is shown, not merely by his contributions
to the Book of Psalms, written under the immediate
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but by his life and
actions. All his courage (and it was great) he ascribes
to God. Twice he spared Saul, who sought his life,
because he would not touch 'the Lord's anointed.'
God did not suffer his heinous sins to be unpunished

Preface. xxvii
(indeed, it may be said he never had a year
of earthly comfort after he had so sinned) ; but how
meekly and beautifully did he bear his punishment,
'and what a touching record of his penitence has he left
in the Sist Psalm, recognising, as he does, the great
truth that God's ' free Spirit ' can alone restore him.
The Prophets who succeeded him — Isaiah, Jeremiah,
and Ezekiel — all expressly testify to a new system of
teaching, wherein there should not be merely an ex ¦
ternal law, but an internal teacher of man's heart,
telling him how to walk so as to please God. Thus
in Isaiah the Almighty declares that ' He who in-
habiteth eternity an*d dwells in the high and holy place,'
yet 'dwells also with him that is of a contrite and
humble spirit' Jeremiah (xxxi. 3 1-34) expressly says
that the old external covenant shall be superseded by
one in which God 'will put the law in their hearts.'
In Ezekiel, xi. 19, God promises to 'put a new spirit
within His people,' 'to take the stony heart out of
their flesh, and to give them a heart of flesh.' The
succeeding prophets speak in like manner, and Malachi
announces the sudden coming of the Lord to His
people, even the ' Messenger of the covenant,' ' Who
shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold
and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an
offering in righteousness ' (Mai. iv. 3).
At last in the fullness of time One came, even He
Who was set at nought, despised, and crucified. Who
rose again from the dead, and leading captivity cap
tive, ascended into heaven, and thence to regenerate

xxvlii Preface.
man's heart sent down the gift of the Holy Ghost
that He might abide with him for ever.
Then the great spiritual work was accomplished ; the
good tidings of great joy long foretold, and neither
faintly or dimly announced, resounded aloud through
the world, ' Their words went out into all lands, their
sound unto the ends of the earth ; ' ' Mercy and truth
met together, righteousness and peace kissed each
other.' Fallen man, far gone in wickedness, was thus
restored to the favour of an all-holy and just God,
through Him Who as both God and man could alone
complete the union. Then, too, was shed abroad the
light and warmth of the Holy Spfrit, completing this
restoration, by inspiring man with love for the merciful
God, Who had thus graciously redeemed him.
We have thus contemplated the Continuous Unity
of the Sacred Volume, Historically, Morally, and
Spiritually. But this wonderful work, thus uniform
in its subject and plan, how and by whom is it written }
The Old Testament was written (as regards its
human authors) at intervals, during a period of more
than a thousand years. Its various books were com
posed by the agency of men of almost every character
and position in life. The great legislator Moses,
leaders of armies, judges, kings, are among its authors.
Some of them lived amid the struggles of conflict;
some in the enjoyment of peace and wealth and
splendour. Prophets also were taken from various
ranks of life, from among the priests, from the blood
royal, from herdsmen, or other humble occupations.

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Some of them wrote in times of danger and distress,
others in times of prosperity; some were in high
favour at the courts of kings, and others in deep de
pression and temporal disgrace. Their style is as
varied as their rank, but their subject always one :
they thus unite in composing the one grand Epic of
which I have spoken. Does not this unity in variety
speak of Him Who has harmonised by unity of the
simplest laws the wonderful variety of our external
world .''
Again, consider all this marked history relating to
one small nation, inhabiting one small portion of the
globe — whence arises its deep interest to us .¦' to all
the civilised nations of the earth } Can any one read
the narrative of the various events by which one
people was eliminated from the varied races of man
kind, or observe how this people (few comparatively
in number) alone retained the knowledge of one
single supreme God, ponder over the high-toned
prophecies, not less striking in their poetic beauty
than in their moral tone, and listen to their own
repeated and confident announcement of a greater
time to come ; and then believe that all this really
meant nothing } Observe that from age to age the
Prophets never falter. In the deepest depression their
hope burns most brightly. Daniel in the den of lions
is not more confident of his safety, than as a captive
of the furious Nebuchadnezzar he is confident of the
overthrow of the kingdoms of this world by the ' stone
cut out without hands.' Isaiah is not more bold

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in his prediction of the destruction of Sennacherib
and his host than in that of the reign of Messiah over
Jew and Gentile. And when the Romans destroyed
the Temple of Jerusalem, did this marvellous Book
and all that it contains fade away like the ' baseless
fabric of a vision ' .' Was ever such a phenomenon
witnessed as this persistent, harmonious utterance, for
a thousand years, of futile expectations .''
On the other hand, what if, in the interval between
the closing of the Old Testament and the destruction
of Jerusalem, One appeared in whom centred every
line of history and of prophecy ; what if such an One
led a life, as man, in which the most daring gain-
sayer cannot suggest a flaw; what if He also claimed
to come as fulfilling the older Revelation, and Himself
foretold the downfall of the earthly Jerusalem, since
the purpose of its separation from the world had been
accomplished ; what if He in fact commenced by the
foundation of the Christian Church a new kingdom, in
which the promised King should reign, ' to Whom it
was a light thing that the Jews should be saved,' since
to Him ' all the Gentiles also were to be given ; ' what
if such an One rose from the grave after having to the
letter accomplished, both in life and death, all that
prophecy had foretold of His earthly career, and then
sent down the long-promised gift of the Holy Spirit,
the inward teacher of the heart, the builder of that
spiritual temple which was to supersede the material
edifice on Mount Moriah; and what if such temple
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rising throughout the civilised world, to the honour
and glory of the Triune Jehovah .' surely this con
tinuity of events establishes that the Written Word
has its outward counterpart, that the Old Testament
is but the germ of the New, and the one is connected
to the other as indissolubly, as the Word of God made
flesh is for ever united to the nature of regenerated man.
No other writings claiming a sacred character can
be produced which, written through successive ages,
point ever to one definite end. The only analogy
to be found exists in the Book of God's Works, where
successive forms of vertebrate existence lead up to man.
The compilation which follows this preface was in
fact suggested by the attempts lately made to invali
date the authority of the Old Testament, by some
who assert that a faith in our Lord as God does not
necessarily involve a belief in the authenticity, or even
the truth, of the books of the Old Testament. I
purposely avoid in this publication all critical enquiry.
At some future time, it may possibly be permitted me
to examine the supposed evidence on which are based
some very confident assertions of a self-styled ' high
criticism.' Assuming the learning to be profound and
accurate which has collected the materials for many
such critical performances, the logic by which conclu
sions are deduced from those materials is frequently
grievously at fault, and open to the judgment of all
who may have been accustomed to sift and weigh
evidence. But for the present I assume that I am
addressing believers only. The work of Criticism, and

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that of Faith, or trusting Love, cannot advantageously
be carried on at one and the same time. No one criti
cally enquires into the title of his parents, brothers,
sisters, wife, or children to his affections, though he
may think it right if their character be assailed, to be
prepared to resist any calumnious attack upon them,
and at the proper season to direct his mind to that
unpleasant duty.
Happily most of us, in a Christian country, have
been taught as children to love, that which as men
we believe. We may indeed be called upon to do
battle against gainsayers of all that we most prize,
and we shall be the better prepared for that task
by having been first imbued with a child-like reverent
spirit towards our Heavenly Father, and with that
loving spirit which lives in Him, Who has deigned
to call us brethren, towards all our fellow-men.
I address, then, believers — those who ' love the Lord
Jesus Christ with all sincerity.'
Such may have been, especially of late, perplexed by
the alleged discovery, on the part of men of learning,
that much of the Old Testament has been erroneously
accepted as the authentic writing of the several
authors to whom the books are attributed, or unduly
credited with a prophetical character. He may have
neither time, nor learning, nor judgment, to sift, or to
decide upon, such alleged discoveries ; but if he have
not been shaken in his faith in Christ, he will at once
perceive that if Christ be Very God, His Word must
be conclusive on either the authenticity or the value

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of the writings of the Old Testament ; he must again,
if he believe the books of the New Testament to be
written by men who were themselves taught by
Christ and assisted by the Holy Spirit, Who was to
lead them into all truth, at once conclude that any
opinion of such writers outweighs whole volumes of
controversy. I believe very few persons know how many books
of the Old Testament have been stamped with the
approval of this really ' high criticism.' For instance,
our Lord has not only recognised the whole body of
the Old Testament, included by the Jews in the
threefold division of ' the Law, the Psalms, and the
Prophets,' has not only told us that ' they testify of
Him,' but has cited or directly referred to passages
from every book of the Pentateuch, and has in like
manner borne testimony to the following Books : — the
First of Samuel, the two Books of Kings, the Second
Book of Chronicles, the Psalms, and to the Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Jonah, Micah,
Zechariah, and Malachi. The writers of the New Tes
tament again, as distinguished from our Lord Himself,
will be found to cite or directly to refer to every single
book of the Old Testament with the exception of
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, the Song of
Solomon, Lamentations of Jeremiah, Jonah, Obadiah,
Nahum,* and Zephaniah; but as our Lord refers to
Jonah, and as portions of our Lord's genealogy appear
* The passage in Rom. a. 15 refers to Isa. Iii. 7, and not to the
similar passage in Nahum i. 15.

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to be taken from Ezra and Nehemiah, we have only
seven Books, out of the thirty-nine constituting the
Old Testament, which are not referred to in the
New. But besides this, our Lord and the writers of
the New Testament, over and over again, refer to the
Scriptures as a whole ; and the fact that the Scriptures
of the Old Testament, so referred to, are the same
as those which we now in common with the Jews
recognise, is supported by two weighty considerations :
first, the extreme improbability of the Jews having,
since our Lord's time, allowed any alteration in them ;
secondly, from the existence of the Septuagint trans
lation made before our Lord's time, and from which,
indeed, some of the citations in the New Testament
are taken. I think it unnecessary here to refer to the
discrepancies between the Septuagint and the Hebrew,
again avoiding the thorny paths of criticism.
But this testimony borne by the New Testament to
the Old would be very inadequately stated if I rested
here. No one can read the two without seeing that
neither would have existed without the other — that the
one is the complement of the other. ' I have not
come to destroy the Law or the Prophets, but to fulfil,'
(Matt V. 17), may be taken as the key-note of the
New Dispensation. Accommodation or adoption has
been talked of, as the explanation of our Lord's
citations from the Old Testament. But His citations
emphatically assert the contrary. He distinctly at
tributed to Scripture unerring prophetical import.
' Thus it must be,' is the expression used as applied to
events therein foretold.

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After His Resurrection how does He refer to
Scripture t He addressed the two disciples on their
road to Emmaus, saying ' Ought not Christ to have
suffered these things and to enter into His glory .' '
and 'beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He
expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things
concerning Himself And again addressing all the
Apostles, ' He opened their understanding that they
might understand the Scriptures,' and said unto them,
'Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to
suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day ' (Luke
xxiv. 26, 27, 45, 46).
I pass by the offensive suggestion that has been
made in order to obviate the force of our Lord's
testimony to the Old Testament, viz., that ' He
increased in wisdom and stature,' and therefore might
be supposed not to have had an adequate knowledge
at all times of the truth. It will be observed, that
His most complete testimony to the whole body of
the Scriptures of the Old Testament is given just
before His leaving earth.
Why was the Messiah expected, except from the
writings of the Prophets .'' The claim of Jesus to be
that Messiah, to be the Son of Man, who should
come hereafter ' in the clouds of heaven,' rests upon
those Prophets. St. John, who claims to be the
Herald announced by Isaiah to prepare the way of
Jehovah, as such points to Jesus as Him whose
coming he was to announce. No Gentile is chosen

xxxvi Preface.
as an Apostle, but Jews, who, from their study of
Scripture, were led to look for and to find the Messiah.
The Psalms again are (as they have been well
designated) the very Prayer Book of our Lord, and of
all His followers.
After His removal from earth the same constant
reference to the older Scriptures occurs in the life
and conduct of all His disciples. The outpouring of
the Spirit alone leads to the largeness of view that
broke down the wall of separation between Jew and
Gentile, now no longer needed, but the foundation of
the Hebrew Scriptures was to stand.
Peter is first selected to announce this great and
glorious truth to the assembled Jewish Church at
Jerusalem, and then a Jew, of the straitest sect of the
Pharisees, is selected to proclaim it to all nations ; and
as he does so, he refers to this very fact as the fulfil
ment of the prophecies of Hosea and Isaiah (Rom. ix.
25, 33 ; see also Rom. xv.). He reckons it at the
same time to be the chief privilege of the Jews that
to them were committed ' the oracles of God.' The
whole soul of every writer of the New Testament
is, in fact, imbued with the Old, and may be
said in very truth to have assimilated the Old
Testament as a part of itself. No believer is sur
prised that one and the self-same spirit, even the
Spirit of Truth, should exhibit such oneness of
thought and expression. It was left to criticism of
the present day, to discover that in the 53rd chapter
of Isaiah (which Philip the Deacon expounds as re-

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lating to Christ), and in the 22nd Psalm, cited by our
Lord Himself on the Cross, there is no reference to
a Messiah. Neither can it be pretended that those writers of
the New Testament, who thus refer to prophecy, had
themselves contrived its fulfilment. To say nothing
of the absurdity of supposing that men would have
cheerfully laid down their lives, in order to complete
that in which they had no belief, the events themselves
were in many instances utterly beyond the mere human
contrivance of those to whom they occurred.
As man, our Lord was many a time on the point of
being put to death according to Jewish practice — as
by the men of Nazareth who led Him to the brow of
their hill, by the Jews who sought to stone Him at
Jerusalem, — but He is reserved for crucifixion, and that
too by the order of one who was most unwillingly
driven to condemn Him to death, but by whose order
alone such a death could be inflicted. He was crucified
with malefactors, and buried by the rich. No human
contrivance could have brought this about As well
might it be said that the awful close of the Older Dis
pensation, predicted by our Lord Himself — viz. the
destruction of the Temple and the cessation of worship
of God as the God of one favoured nation only — could
be brought about by any direct agency of the writers
of the New Testament.
A few words of detail as to the collation here
made of the Old and New Testament The exami
nation of it will, we think, establish the fact, that
c

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both the Old and New Scriptures are the very Word
of God, dictated by His Spirit, ratified by His
Living Word. It will be found that our Lord thus
stamps as authentic the Book of the Old Testament
as a whole ; He vouches it as testifying of Him ; He
declares His intention to fulfil and complete, and not
to destroy, its authority ; He attributes the infidelity
of the Sadducees to their ignorance of Scripture, and
the perverse hardness of heart and unbelief of the
Pharisees as well as. the Sadducees in regard to His
own Resurrection, to their want of true faith in the
writings of Moses and the Prophets ; He expressly
says that those who will not believe Moses' writings
will not believe His words ; He refers to the history
of man's creation, to the institution of marriage, to the
history of Noah, of Abraham, of Lot, and to the
overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah as described in
Genesis ; He refers to the appearing of God to
Moses in the bush, to the manna given in the wilder
ness, to the ten commandments, to the tribute-money
exacted of every man for the service of God, as
related in Exodus ; to the ceremonial law of purifica
tion for lepers, no less than the great moral law
' Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' both con
tained in Leviticus; to the typical narration of the
brazen serpent as given in Numbers, as well as to the
Law there laid down with regard to formal vows ; and
out of Deuteronomy our Lord selects, as pebbles from
the clear brook. His three conclusive answers to the
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the history of David's flight to Abiathar at Nob as
narrated in the First Book of Samuel ; to the glory of
Solomon, and to the Queen of Sheba's visit to him,
to Elijah's sojourn with the woman of Sarepta as told
in the First Book of Kings ; to the miraculous cure of
Naaman by Elisha as told in the Second Book of
Kings ; to the killing of Zechariah between the Temple
and the altar as narrated in the Second Book of
Chronicles : ample testimony is surely thus given of
our Saviour's recognition of the Pentateuch and His
torical Books of the Old Testament.
By His conduct no less than by His words, did our
Lord bear witness to the Divine sanction of the
Law. He was circumcised. He visited the Temple as
soon as He was of age to visit it and continued to
attend the periodical feasts at which all males were
commanded by the Law to be present He directed
the cleansed lepers to comply with the Mosaic Law.
He ordered all the people to obey those who sat in
Moses' seat.
As regards again the Psalms and Prophetical
Writings, we may say that, if possible, the Divine
authority of our Lord is yet more deeply stamped on
them than on the rest of the Old Testament ' Thy
Law is within my heart ' said the Psalmist, and the
writings of the Psalms and Prophets were graven
deeply in our Lord's human heart. How could it
be otherwise ? The Psalms and Prophets are full of
Him, the real David, the Stone which the builders
refused, but which became the head stone of the

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corner. As King ' He was set upon the holy hill of
Zion.' His teaching came down to us gently ' as the
rain upon a fleece of wool,' but yet to Him ' all
nations shall bow down, all kings shall do service.'
Never did it occur to any of those who were with
Him from the beginning of His teaching, nor afterwards
to him who was chosen from amongst the pupils of
Gamaliel to be Christ's chosen witness to the Gentiles,
that all these varied testimonies of word and deed on
the part of our Lord to the inspired truth and the
prophetic power of the Scriptures meant no more, than
would a citation by St. Paul to Titus, Bishop of Crete,
of one of the Cretan poets.
Assuredly the two Testaments must stand or fall
together ; assuredly if the Old Scriptures be devoid in
any part of truth, our Lord's testimony to them must
(shocking as it is to say so) be untruthful ; and, if so,
then indeed the moral world is again a chaos, and
the Christian's hope a dream. Then indeed we should
be ' of all men most miserable,' as falling from the
highest estate to the most abject poverty. But it is
not so, ' thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.'
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the glorious
company of the Apostles, the noble army of Martyrs,
all speak one heavenly tongue. That which the
Prophets foretold, the Apostles witnessed. ' The
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us ; ' and the
first martyr with his dying breath endeavoured to
lead his hardened persecutors, by the clear and bright

Preface. xli
path of Holy Writ, to the full termination of all, in
the glorious vision with which he himself was blessed,
even ' Jesus standing at the right hand of God.'
The Christian who reads simply his Bible, and es
pecially the New Testament, as the great charter of his
pardon, and of his freedom — who has once experienced
the conviction that his Lord 'spake as never man
spake ' — will find, as in morals so in faith or loving
trust, his feet are planted on the rock. It is in
order to foster this spirit of calm repose that I have
confined myself to the simple task of comparing
Scripture with Scripture. Let me venture with
unfeigned humility to make one suggestion, as to
the mode in which, as it appears to me, it becomes
those, who are assured of the truth of God's Word, to
meet the attacks from time to time made upon all
that they hold most dear. I confess that I cannot
too strongly express my conviction that all irritability,
all scornful reproach, all sarcastic retort, towards
gainsayers, imply rather an unsettled state of mind
than a rooted faith in our own profession. Our only
feelings towards opponents should be that of a real
desire to believe them sincere, though grievously
erroneous, in their opinions, and a consequent hearty
wish for their being rendered capable of the happiness
which we ourselves experience in believing. Every
man who knows ' the plague of his own heart,' may
well feel humbled at the thought, that with all that
has been done for him, his conduct is often so far
behind that of others who appear to be blind to the

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best instruction ; and if he evince any bitterness of
spirit in controversy, he may well feel that he affords
but a sorry inducement to his opponent to range
himself amongst the disciples of Christ.
Those who feel themselves wanting in self-control
had assuredly better avoid all occasions of controversy,
and the reading of controversial works. To those of
a more liberal and candid spirit, or, in other words, to
those more advanced in true Christian doctrine, one
caution on the opposite side may be required. The
effect of Christian teaching has been such, that they
who refuse to acknowledge its divine authority, never
theless have been born, and have lived, in a Christian
atmosphere, and some in reality, others (it may be
feared) from policy, accord to our Lord the tribute
due to Him even as a mere human teacher. As such
He civilised mankind, by laying bare the corrupt
selfishness of the heart, and by inculcating as the
highest of all duties a brotherly love towards our
neighbour. Few now venture to assail the personal
character of our Lord ; they rather presume to
praise him. Yet very dangerous would it be for
any real Christian to accept, for one moment, such
a qualified tribute to His glory as this, for it is
impossible to reconcile any theory of His mere hu
manity with His truth. He claimed to work miracles
with a power equal to that of the Father. He claimed
to be One with the Father. He ordained admission
to His Church by a form of words involving that
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moral perversion to hold up His character to the
admiration of mankind. Nevertheless, where this
admiration of His character is sincere, though on
mistaken grounds, the danger is n6t so great as where
it is simulated by way of policy ; where (as it is to be
feared is sometimes the case) the ' Son of Man is
betrayed with a kiss.' Writings of this character are
far more dangerous to the simple-minded Christian,
than any direct attack on his Master. They are
very shockingly irreverent A patronising tone is
assumed which exhibits the critic as presuming to
judge Him Who we believe will come to be our
Judge. There is always one way of resisting all such
human speculations : ' To the law and to the testi
mony.' I do not mean that it is wise or desirable for
all to take upon themselves to examine each novel
theory by a comparison of its teaching with that of
Scripture; but rather let him who believes make
himself thoroughly master of Scripture ; let him ' in
wardly digest it' till it becomes a part of his own
soul ; let him study it daily, and pray for the Holy
Spirit to guide him into a right comprehension of
what he reads ; and I will venture to affirm that he
will then calmly, without irritation on the one hand,
or fear of his weakness being surprised on the other,
rest in the fixed repose of Eternal Truth. So be it

THE
CONTINUITY OF SCRIPTURE.

THE TESTIMONY OF OUR LORD*
I
TO THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A VSTHGLE.
39 Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think ye have eternal
life : and they are they which testify of me. — .T. John v.
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Pro
phets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled.
.5. Matt. V.
24 And Jesus answering said unto them. Do ye not therefore err,
because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God ?
.S". Mark xii.
16 The Law and the Prophets were until John : since that time
the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the Prophets;
let them hear them.
* In the citations of Our Lord's testimony His actual words only have heen selected.
The yet more direct testimony of His acts will be seen in the passages cited from the
writings of the Evangelists, such as His circumcision, His presentation in the Temple,
His attending the set feasts, &c. B

2 The Testimony of our Lord
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto
them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto them, If they hear not Moses and the Pro
phets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the
dead. — .y. Luke xvi.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are
written may be fulfilled. — ?. Luke xxi.
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe
all that the Prophets have spoken :
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter
into his glory ?
27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, he expounded
unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
44 He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto
you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled,
which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and
in the Psalms, concerning me.
45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might under
stand the Scriptures,
46 And said unto them. Thus it is written, and thus it behoved
Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day.
»?. Luke xxiv.

II
TO THE WRITINGS OF M0SE3
I. GENERALLY.
26 He said unto him, What is written in the Law ? how readest
thou ? — .S". Luke X.
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there is
one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for
he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words ? — .S". John v.

to the Writings of Moses.

19 Did not Moses give you the law, zxAyet none of you keepeth
the law ? Why go ye about to kill me ?
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth
abcut to kill thee ?
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work,
and ye all marvel.
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision;* (not becausei
it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day cir
cumcise a man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the
Law of Moses should not be broken ; are ye angry at me, because
I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day ?
S. John vii
2. TO GENESIS.

14 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. 15 Verily I say unto you. It
shall be more tolerable for the
land of Sodom and Gomorrha in
the day of judgment, than for
that city. — S. Matt. x.
4 And he answered and said
unto them, Have ye not read
that he which made them at the
beginning made them male and
female, 5 And said, For this cause shall
a man leave father and mother,
and shall cleave to his wife : and
they twain shall be one flesh ?
.S". Malt. xix.
[See also i". Mark x. 6, 7, 8.]

Gen. xix.

27 So God created man in his
own image, in the image of God
created he him ; male and female
created he them. — Gen. i.
22 And the rib, which the LORD
God had taken from man, made
he a woman, and brought her
unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is
now bone of my bones, and flesh
of my flesh ; she shall be called
Woman, because she was taken
out of Man.

^ A reference both to Lev- xii. 3 and Gen. xvii. 10.
B 2

The Testimony of our Lord

35 That upon you may come
all the righteous blood shed upon
the earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel unto the blood
of Zacharias son of Barachias,
whom ye slew between the tem
ple and the altar. — S. Matt, xxiii.
[See also S. Luke xi. 51.]
37 But as the days of Noe
were, so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were
before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giv
ing in marriage, until the day
that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the
flood came, and took them aU
away ; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.
S. Matt. xxiv.

24 Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife : and
they shall be one flesh, —Gen. ii.
Gen. iv. 10.

Gen. vii. 23.

28 Likewise also as it was in
the days of Lot ; they did eat,
they drank, they bought, they
sold, they planted, they builded ;
29 But the same day that Lot
went out of Sodom it rained fire
and brimstone from heaven, and
destroyed thetn all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the
day when the Son of man is re
vealed. 31 In that day, he which shall
be upon the housetop, and his

Gen. xix.

to the Writings of Moses.

stuff in the house, let him not
come down to take it away: and
he that is in the field, let him
likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
.S". Luke xvii.

44 Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father
ye will do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own : for he is a liar, and the
father of it. — .S". John viii.
56 Your father Abraham re
joiced to see my day: and he saw
it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto
him, Thou art not yet fifty years
old, and hast thou seen Abra
ham? 58 Jesus said unto them. Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before
Abraham was, I am. S. John viii.

4 And the serpent said unto
the woman. Ye shall not surely
die. — Gen. iii.

Compare Gen. xxii., and espe
cially ver. 18.

3. TO EXODUS.

21 Ye have heard that it was
said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not kill ; and whosoever
shall kill shall be in danger of
the judgment :
27 Ye have heard that it was
said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not commit adultery:
38 Ye have heard that it hath

Exod. XX.

The Testimony of our Lord

been said. An eye for an eye,
and a tooth for a tooth. S. Matt. V.

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
Exod. xxi.

4 For God commanded, say
ing, Honour thy father and
mother: and, He that curseth
father or mother, let him die
the death.— .S". Matt. xv.
18 Jesus said, Thou shalt do
no murder, Thou shalt not com
mit adultery. Thou shalt not
steal, thou shalt not bear false
witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy
mother: and, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
3". Matt. xix.
24 And when they were come
to Capernaum,they that received
tribute money came to Peter,
and said. Doth not your master
pay tribute ?
25 He saith, Yes. And when
he was come into the house,
Jesus prevented him, saying,
What thinkest thou, Simon ? of
whom do the kings of the earth
take custom or tribute ? of their
own children, or of strangers ?
26 Peter saith unto him. Of
strangers. Jesus saith unto him,
Then are the children free.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we
should offend them, go thou to
the sea, and cast an hook, and
take up the fish that first cometh
up ; and when thou hast opened
his mouth, thou shalt find a

Exod. XX. 12.
Exod. xxi. 17 ; also Lev. xx. 9.

Exod. XX.

14 Every one that passeth a-
mong them that are numbered,
from twenty years old and above,
shall give an offering unto the
Lord.
15 The rich shall not give more,
and the poor shall not give less
than half a shekel, when they
give an offering unto the LORD,
to make an atonement for your
souls. 16 And thou shalt take the
atonement money of the chil
dren of Israel, and shalt appoint
it for the service of the taber
nacle of the congregation; that
it may be' a memorial unto the
children of Israel before the
Lord, to make an atonement
for your souls. — Exod. xxx.

to the Writings of Moses.

piece of money ; that take, and
give unto them for me and thee.
.S". Matt. xvii.
31 But as touching the resur- Exod. iii. 6.
rection of the dead, have ye not
read that which was spoken un
to you by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob .' God is not the
God of the dead, but of the
living. — .y. Matt. xxii.
[See also S. Mark xii. 26, 27,
and 5. Luke xx. 37, 38.]
3 1 Our fathers did eat manna Exod. xvi. 4.
in the desert ; as it is written.
He gave them bread from hea
ven to eat.
32 Then Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Moses gave you not that bread
from heaven ; but my Father
giveth you the true bread from
heaven. — S. John vi.
4. TO LEVITICUS.
2 Behold, there came a leper i And the LORD spake unto
and worshipped him, saying, Moses, saying.
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst 2 This shall be the law of the
make me clean. leper in the day of his cleansing :
3 And Jesus put forth ^« hand. He shall be brought unto the
and touched him, saying, I will ; priest :
be thou clean. And immediately 3 And the priest shall go forth
his leprosy was cleansed. out of the camp ; and the priest
4 And Jesus saith unto him, shall look, and, behold, if the
See thou tell no man ; but go plague of leprosy be healed in
thy way, shew thyself to the the leper ;
priest, and offer the gift that 4 Then shall the priest com-

8

The Testimony of our Lord

Moses commanded, for a testi
mony unto them. — S. Matt. viii.

3 But he said unto them. Have
ye not read what David did,
when he was an hungred, and
they that were with him ;
4 How he entered into the
house of God, and did eat the
shewbread, which was not law
ful for him to eat, neither for
them which were with him, but
only for the priests ?
5 Or have ye not read in the
Law, how that on the sabbath
days the priests in the temple
profane the sabbath, and are
blameless .? — S. Matt. xii.
39 And the second is like unto
it, Thou shalt love thy neigh
bour as thyself — .S". Matt. xxii.
[See also S. Mark xii. 31, and
i'. Luke X. 27.]
49 For every one shall be salted
with fire, and every sacrifice shall
be salted with salt. — 5'. Mark ix.

mand to take for him that is to
be cleansed two birds alive and
clean, and cedar wood, and scar
let, and hyssop. — Lev. xiv.
Lev. xxiv. 5-9.

1 8 Thou shalt not avenge, nor
bear any grudge against the
children of thy people, but thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thy
self : I am the Lord. — Lev. xix.
13 And every oblation of thy
meat offering shalt thou season
with salt ; neither shalt thou suf
fer the salt of the covenant of
thy God to be lacking from thy
meat offering : with all thine of
ferings thou shalt offer salt.
Lev. ii.

5. TO NUMBERS.

33 Again, ye have heard that
it hath been said by them of old
time. Thou shalt not forswear

2 If a man vow a vow unto the
Lord, or swear an oath to bind
his soul with a bond ; he shall

to the Writings of Moses.

thyself, but shalt perfoi-m unto
the Lord thine oaths. S. Matt. V.
14 And as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man
be lifted up. — 3". John iii.

not break his word, he shall do
according to all that proceedeth
out of his mouth. — Num. xxx.
8 And the Lord said unto Mo
ses, Make thee a fiery serpent,
and set it upon a pole : and it
shall come to pass, that every
one that is bitten, when he look-
eth upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent
of brass, and put it upon a pole,
and it came to pass, that if a
serpent had bitten any man,
when he beheld the serpent of
brass, he lived. — Num. xxi.

6. TO DEUTERONOMY.

4 But he answered and said,
It is written, Man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God*

3 And he humbled thee, and
suffered thee to hunger, and fed
thee with manna, which thou
knejwest not, neither did thy
fathers know ; that he might
make thee know that man doth
not live by bread only, but by
every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of the LORD doth
man live. — Deut. viii.

7 Jesus said unto him. It is 16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD
written again. Thou shalt not your God.— Deut. vi.
tempt the Lord thy God.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, 13 Thou shalt fear the LORD
Get thee hence, Satan : for it is thy God, and serve him, and
written, Thou shalt worship th? shalt swear by his name.

* It will be observed, that Satan finding the strength of our Lord's replies to be founded
on Scripture, himself endeavours to pervert Him by citing Scripture, viz., Ps. xci. ii, 12.

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The Testimony of our Lord

Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve. — S. Matt. iv.

14 Ye shall not go after other
gods, of the gods of the people
which are round about you.
Deut. vi.

7 They say unto him. Why did
Moses then command to give a
writing of divorcement, and to
put her away 1
8 He saith unto them, Moses
because of the hardness of your
hearts suffered you to put away
your wives : but from the begin
ning it was not so.
9 And I say unto you, Whoso
ever shall put away his wife, ex
cept it be for fornication, and
shall marry another, committeth
adultery : and whoso marrieth
her which is put away doth
commit adultery. — S. Matt. xix.

I When a man hath taken a
wife, and married her, and it
come to pass that she find no
favour in his eyes, because he
hath found some uncleanness in
her : then let him write her a
bill of divorcement, and give it
in her hand, and send her out of
his house. — Deut. xxiv.

37 Jesus said unto him. Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great
commandment. — 6". Matt. xxii.
[See also .5". Luke x. 27.]

4 Hear, O Israel : The LORD
our God is one Lord :
5 And thou shalt love the LORD
thy God with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all
thy might. — Deut. vi.

17 It is also written in your
law, that the testimony of two
men is true. — .S". John viii.

15 One witness shall not rise
up against a man for any in
iquity, or for any sin, in any sin
that he sinneth : at the mouth of
two witnesses, or at the mouth
of three witnesses, shall the mat
ter be established. — Deut. xix.
[See also Deut. xvii. 6.]

to the First Book of Kings.

II

III
TO THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL.

23 It came to pass, that he
went through the corn fields on
the sabbath day ; and his dis
ciples began, as they went, to
pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto
him. Behold, why do they on the
sabbath day that which is not
lawful ?
25 And he said unto them,
Have ye never read what David
did, when he had need, and was
an hungred, he, and they that
were with him ?
26 How he went into the house
of God in the days of Abiathar
the high priest, and did eat the
shewbread, which is not lawful
to eat but for the priest, and
gave also to them which were
with him ?— 5". Mark ii.
[See also 5. Matt. xii. 1-4 ; and
S. Luke vi. 1-4.]

4 And the priest answered
David, and said. There is no
common bread under mine hand,
but there is hallowed bread ;
6 So the priest gave him hal
lowed bread : for there was no
bread there but the shewbread,
that was taken from before the
Lord, to put hot bread in the
day when it was taken away.
Sam. xxi.

IV
TO THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS.

28 Why take ye thought for
raiment ? Consider the lilies of
the field, how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they spin :
29 And yet I say unto you.
That even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one
of these.— i". Matt. vi.

23 So king Solomon exceeded
all the kings of the earth for riches
and for wisdom. — 1 Kings x.

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The Testimony of our Lord

42 The queen of the south
shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall
condemn it: for she came from
the uttermost parts of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and, behold, a greater than Solo
mon is here. — .S'. Matt. xii.
[See also S. Luke xii. 31.]

25 But I tell you of a truth,
many widows were in Israel in
the days of Elias, when the
heaven was shut up three years
and six months, when great
famine was throughout all the
land ;
26 But unto none of them was
Elias sent, save unto Sarepta,
a city of Sidon, unto a woman
that was a widow. — .S". Luke iv.

I Andwhenthe queen of Sheba
heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the
Lord, she came to prove him
with hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem
with a very great train, with
camels that bare spices, and
very much gold, and precious
stones ; and when she was come
to Solomon, she communed
with him of all that was in her
heart. — i Kings x.
8 And the word of the LORD
came unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath,
which belongeth to Zidon, and
dwell there: behold, I have com
manded a widow woman there
to sustain thee. — i Kings xvii.

TO THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS.

3 Behold, there appeared unto
them Moses and Elias talking
with him. — S. Matt. xvii.
[See also .S". Mark ix. 4.]
27 And many lepers were in Is
rael in the time of Eliseus the
prophet ; and none of them
was cleansed, saving Naaman
the Syrian. — S. Luke iv.

Compare 2 Kings ii. 1 1.

See 2 Kings v.

to the Psalms.

n

VI
TO THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES.

35 That upon you may come
all the righteous blood shed
upon the earth, from the blood
of righteous Abel unto the blood
of Zacharias son of Barachias,
whom ye slew between the temple
and the altar. — S. Matt, xxiii.

29 And the Spirit of God came
upon Zechariah the son of Je-
hoiada the priest, which stood
above the people, and said unto
them, Thus saith God, Why
transgress ye the command
ments of the Lord, that ye
cannot prosper ? because ye have
forsaken the Lord, he hath also
forsaken you.
21 And they conspired against
him, and stoned him with stones
at the commandment of the
king in the court of the house of
the Lord. — 2 Chron. xxiv.

VII
TO THE PSALMS.

34 But I say unto you: Swear
not at all,
35 Neither by Jerusalem ; for
it is the city of the great King.
S. Matt. v.

2 Beautiful for situation, the
joy of the whole earth, is mount
Zion, on the sides of the north,
the city of the great King.
Ps. xlviii.

16 Jesus saith unto them: Yea;
have ye never read, Out of the
mouth of babes and sucklings
thou hast perfected praise ?
S. Matt. xxi.

2 Out of the mouth of babes
and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine ene
mies, that thou mightest still the
enemy and the avenger. Ps. viii.

42 Jesus saith unto them, Did
ye never read in the scriptures.
The stone which the builders

22 The stone which the buil
ders refused is become the head
stone of the corner.

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The Testimony of our Lord

rejected, the same is become the
head of the corner : this is the
Lord's doing, and it is marvel
lous in our eyes ? — .J. Matt. xxi.
43 He saith unto them. How
then doth David in spirit call
him Lord, saying,
44 The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
till I make thine enemies thy
footstool ? — .S". Matt. xxii.

23 This is the Lord's doing;
it is marvellous in our eyes.
Ps. cxviii.

I The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy
footstool. — Ps. ex.

46 And about the ninth hour,
Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabach-
THANi ? that is to say, My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken
me ?— 3". Matt, xxvii.
[See also S. Mark xv. 34.]
46 And when Jesus had cried
with a loud voice, he said, Father,
into thy hands I commend my
spirit: and having said thus, he
gave up the ghost. S. Luke xxiii.
34 Jesus answered them. Is it
not written in your law, I said.
Ye are gods ?
35 If he called them gods, unto
whom the word of God came,
and the scripture cannot be
broken. . . . — S. John x.
18 I speak not of you all: I
know whom I have chosen : but
that the scripture may be ful
filled. He that eateth bread with
me hath lifted up his heel against
me. — 1?. John xiii.

I My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me ? — Ps. xxii.

5 Into thine hand I commit
my spirit : thou hast redeemed
me, O Lord God of truth. Ps. xxxi.

6 I have said. Ye are gods.
Ps. Ixxxii.

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend,
in whom I trusted, which did eat
of my bread, hath lifted up his
heel against me. — Ps. xli.

to Isaiah.

15

25 But this cometh to pass, that
the word might be fulfilled that
is written in their law. They hated
me without a cause. — S. John xv.

4. They that hate me without a
cause are more than the hairs of
mine head. — Ps. Ixix.

VIII
TO ISAIAH.

34 But I say unto you, Sweai-
not at all; neither by heaven;
for it is God's throne :
35 Nor by the earth ; for it is
his footstool. — S. Matt. v.
3 And said unto Him, Art thou
he that should come, or do we
look for another ?
4 Jesus answered and said unto
them. Go and shew John again
those things which ye do hear
and see :
5 The blind receive their sight,
and the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, and the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up, and the
poor have the gospel preached
to them. — S. Matt. xi.

I Thus saith the LORD, The
heaven is my throne, and the
earth is my footstool. — Isai. Ixvi.

4 Say unto them that are of
a fearful heart, Be strong, fear
not : behold, your God will come
with vengeance, even God with
a recompense ; he will come and
save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind
shall be opened, and the ears of
the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man
leap as an hart, and the tongue
of the dumb sing : for in the
wilderness shall waters break
out, and streams in the desert.
Isai. xxxv.

14 And in them is fulfilled the
prophecy of Esaias, which saith,
By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall not understand; and see
ing ye shall see, and shall not
perceive: 15 For this people's heart is
waxed gross, and their ears are
dull of hearing, and their eyes

9 And he said. Go, and tell this
people, Hear ye indeed, but un
derstand not ; and see ye indeed,
but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this
people fat, and make their ears
heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest
they see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and under-

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The Testimony of our Lord

they have closed ; lest at any
time they should see with their
eyes, and hear with their ears,
and should understand with
their heart, and should be con
verted, and I should heal them.
S. Matt. xiii.

stand with their heart, and con
vert, and be healed. — Isai. vi.

7 F^ hypocrites, well did Esaias
prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh
unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips ;
but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain they do worship
me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men.
S. Matt. XV.
[See also S. Mark vii. 6, 7.]
44 And whosoever shall fall on
this stone shall be broken : but
on whomsoever it shall fall, it will
grind him to powder. S. Matt. xxi.

13 Wherefore the Lord said.
Forasmuch as this people draw
near me with their mouth, and
with their lips do honour me,
but have removed their heart
far from me, and their fear to
ward me is taught by the pre
cept of men. — Isai. xxix.

14 And he shall be for a sanc
tuary; but for a stone of stum
bling and for a rock of offence
to both the houses of Israel, for
a gin and for a snare to the in
habitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them
shall stumble, and fall, and be
broken, and be snared, and be
taken. — Isai. viii.

12 And he answered and told
them, Elias verily cometh first,
and restoreth all things; and how
it is written of the Son of man,
that he must suffer many things,
and be set at nought. S. Mark ix.

Compare Isaiah liii.

17 And he taught, saying unto
them, Is it not written. My house
shall be called of all nations the

7 For mine house shall be
called an house of prayer for all
people. — Isai. Ivi.

to Isaiah.

17

house of prayer? but ye have
made it a den of thieves. S. Mark xi.
[See also .S". Matt. xxi. 13 ; .?.
Luke xix. 46.]

17 And there was delivered
unto him the book of the pro
phet Esaias. And when he had
opened the book, he found the
place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he hath an
ointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor ; he hath sent me
to heal the broken-hearted, to
preach deliverance to the cap
tives, and recovering of sight to
the blind, to set at liberty them
that are bruised, ¦
19 To preach the acceptable
year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book,
and he gave it again to the mi
nister, and sat down. And the
eyes of all them that were in the
synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto
them. This day is this scripture
fulfilled in your ears. .y. Luke iv.

I The Spirit of the Lord GOD
is upon me ; because the LORD
hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek ; he hath
sent me to bind up the broken
hearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of
the prison to them that are
bound ;
2 To proclaim the acceptable
year of the LORD, and the day
of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all that mourn. — Isai. Ixi.

37 For I say unto you, that
this that is written must yet be
accomplished in me. And he was
reckoned among the transgres
sors : for the things concerning
me have an end. — .5". Luke xxii.

12 Therefore will I divide him
a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the
strong ; because he hath poured
out his soul unto death : and he
was numbered with the trans
gressors ; and he bare the sin of
many, and made intercession for
the transgressors. — Isai. liii.

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46 And said unto them. Thus
it is written, and thus it behoved
Christ to suffer, and to rise from
the dead the third day :
47 And that repentance and
remission of sins should be
preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
S. Luke xxiv.
45 It is written in the prophets.
And they shall be all taught of
God. — 3". John vi.

3 For out of Zion shall go forth
the law, and the word of the
Lord from Jerusalem.— ^/ja«. ii.

13 All thy children shall be
taught of the LORD. — Isai. liv.

IX

TO JEREMIAH.

13 And said unto them, It is
written, My house shall be called
the house of prayer; but ye have
made it a den of thieves.
.y. Matt xxi.
[See S. Mark xi. 17 ; S. Luke
xix. 46.]

Ills this house, which is called
by my name, become a den of
robbers in your eyes ? — Jer. vii.

X

TO DANIEL.

14 This gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world
for a witness unto all nations ;
and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see
the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet,

13 Then I heard one saint
speaking, and another saint said
unto that certain saint which
spake, How long shall be the
vision concerning the daily sa
crifice, and the transgression of
desolation, to give both the

to Daniel.

stand in the holy place, (whoso
readeth, let him understand.)
S. Matt. xxiv.

19

sanctuary and the host to be
trodden under foot ?
14 And he said unto me. Unto
two thousand and three hundred
days; then shall the sanctuary
be cleansed. — Dan. viii.

24 They shall fall by the edge
of the sword, and shall be led
away captive into all nations :
and Jerusalem shall be trodden
down of the Gentiles, until the
times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
S. Luke xxi.

30 And then shall appear the
signof the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall aU the tribes of
the earth mourn, and they shall
see the Son of man coming in
the clouds of heaven with power
and great glory. — S. Matt. xxiv.

26 And after threescore and
two weeks shall Messiah be cut
off, but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall
come shall destroy the city and
the sanctuary ; and the end
thereof shall be with a flood, and
unto the end of the war desola
tions are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the
covenant with many for one
week : and in the midst of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to cease, and
for the overspreading of abomi
nations he shall make it deso
late, even until the consumma
tion, and that determined shall
be poured upon the desolate. Dan. ix.
1 1 And from the time that the
daily sacrifice shall be taken
away, and the abomination that
maketh desolate set up, there
shall be a thousand two hundred
and ninety days. — Dan. xii.
13 I saw in the night visions,
and, behold, one like the Son of
man came with the clouds of
heaven, and came to the Ancient
of days, and they brought him
near before him.
14 And there was given him

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The Testimony of our Lord

63 But Jesus held his peace.
And the high priest answered
and said unto him, I adjure thee
by the living God, that thou tell
us whether thou be the Christ,
the Son of God.
64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou
hast said : nevertheless I say
unto you, Hereafter shall ye see
the Son of man sitting on the
right hand of power, and coming
in the clouds of heaven.
S. Matt. xxvi.
[Compare S. Mark xiii.14-26.]

dominion, and glory, and a king
dom, that all people, nations,
and languages, should serve him :
his dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass
away, and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed. Dan . vii.

XI
TO HOSEA.

7 But if ye had known what
this meaneth, I will have mercy,
and not sacrifice, ye would not
have condemned the guiltless.
.S". Matt. xii.

6 For I desired mercy, and not
sacrifice ; and the knowledge of
God more than burnt offerings.
Hosea vi.

XII

TO JOEL.

29 Immediately after the tribu
lation of those days shall the sun
be darkened, and the moon shall
not give her light, and the stars
shall fall from heaven, and the
powers of the heavens shall be
shaken. — S. Matt. xxiv.
[See also 5*. Mark xiii. 24 and
,5". Luke xxi. 25.]

10 The earth shall quake be
fore them ; the heavens shall
tremble: the sun and the moon
shall be dark, and the stars shall
withdraw their shining. — Joel ii.

to Micah. 21
49 Behold, r send the promise 28 And it shall come to pass
ofmyFatherupon you: but tarry afterward, /,4a/ I will pour out
ye in the city of Jerusalem, until my spirit upon all flesh.— ^i^^/ ii.
ye be endued with power from [See .^rfj ii. 16, 17.]
on high. — .S". Luke xxiv.

XIII
TO JONAH.
39 But he answered and said
unto them, An evil and adulte
rous generation seeketh after a
sign; and there shall no sign be
given to it, but the sign of the
prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three days See Jonah i. 1 7.
and three nights in the whale's
belly ; so shall the Son of man
be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall See Jonah iii. 5.
rise in judgment with this gene
ration, and shall condemn it :
because they repented at the
preaching of Jonas ; and, be
hold, a greater than Jonas is
here.— 5". Matt. xii.
[See also S, Luke xi. 29, 30.]

XIV
TO MICAH.
35 For I am come to set a man 6 For the son dishonoureth the
at variance against his father, father, the daughter riseth up
and the daughter against her against her mother, the daughter

2 2 The Testimony of our Lord to Malachi.

mother, and the daughter in law
against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be
they of his own household. S. Matt. X.

in law against her mother in law ;
a man's enemies are the men of
his own house. — Micah vii.

XV
TO ZECHARIAH.

31 Then saith Jesus unto them,
All ye shall be offended because
of me this night : for it is written,
I will smite the shepherd, and
the sheep of the flock shall be
scattered abroad. — S. Matt. xxvi.

7 Awake, O sword, against my
shepherd, and against the man
that is my fellow, saith the Lord
of hosts: smite the shepherd, and
the sheep shall be scattered. Zech. xiiL

XVI
TO MALACHI.

10 For this is he, of whom it is
written. Behold, I send my mes
senger before thy face, which
shall prepare thy way before
thee.— 3". Matt. xi.

14 And if ye will receive if, this
is Elias, which was for to come.
5. Matt. xi.
[Compare .S". Matt. xvii. ii-i3-]

I Behold I send my messenger,
and he shall prepare the way
before me: and the Lord, whom
ye seek, shall suddenly come to
his temple, even the messenger
of the covenant, whom ye delight
in: behold, he shall come, saith
the Lord of hosts. — Mai. iii.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah
the prophet before the coming of
the great and dreadful day of the
Lord.— .Afa/. iv.

23

TESTIMONY OF THE EVANGELISTS AND
APOSTLES I
TO THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A WHOLE.
2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ,
he sent two of his disciples.
3 And said unto him. Art thou he that should come, or do we
look for another ? * — 6". Matt xi.
56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the Prophets
might be fulfilled. — S. Matt. xxvi.
70 As he spake by the mouth of his Holy Prophets, which have
been since the world began. — S. Luke i.
32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within
us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us
the Scriptures ?
45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might under
stand the Scriptures. — S. Luke xxiv.
17 For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came
by Jesus Christ.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found
him, of whom Moses in the Law, and the Prophets, did write,
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. — .5". John i.
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution
• Evidently referring to Scripture Prophecy, as is indicated by our Lord's reply.

24 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles
of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his Holy
Prophets since the world began.
[And then, after citing a particular passage from Deuteronomy,
S. Peter proceeds to say:]
24 Yea, and all the Prophets from Samuel and those that follow
after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
Acts iii.
1 1 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that
they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed. — Acts xvii.
24 And a certain Jew named ApoUos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, a«fl? mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.
27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren
wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him : who, when he was
come, helped them much which had believed through grace :
28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shew
ing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ. — Acts xviii.
6 And now I * stand and am judged for the hope of the promise
made of God unto our fathers :
7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God
day and night, hope to come.
22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this
day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things
than those which the Prophets and Moses did say should come :
23 That Christ should suffer, a«</that he should be the first that
should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people,
and to the Gentiles.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the Prophets ? I know that
thou believest. — Acts xxvi.
23 And when they had appointed him \ a day, there came many
to him into his lodging ; to whom he expounded and testified the
kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of
the law of Moses, and out ij/'the Prophets, from morning till even
ing. — Acts xxviii. » S. Paul. t S. Paul.

to the Old Testament as a Whole. 2 5
I Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, sepa
rated unto the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised afore by his Prophets in the Holy
Scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of
the seed of David according to the flesh ;
4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to
the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. — Rom. i.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish
without law : and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged
by the law :
13 For not the hearers of the Law are just before God, but the
doers of the Law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the Law, do by nature
the things contained in the Law, these, having not the Law, are a
law unto themselves :
15 Which shew the work of the Law written in their hearts. Rom. ii.
I What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of
circumcision ?
2 Much every way : chiefly, because that unto them were com
mitted the Oracles of God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be
justified in his sight : for by the Law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the Law is mani
fested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets. — Rom. iii.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh :
4 Who are Israelites ; to -whom. pertaineth the adoption, and the
glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service
of God, and the promises ;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh
Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For
they are not all Israel, which are of Israel. — Rom. ix.
4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for
our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scrip
tures might have hope. — Rom. xv.

26 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my
gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revela
tion of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the Pro
phets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God,
made known to all nations for the obedience of faith :
27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever.
Amen. — Rom. xvi.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures ;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the Scriptures. — I Cor. xv.
14 But their minds were blinded ; for until this day remaineth
the same vail untaken away in the reading of the Old Testament ;
which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon
their heart. — 2 Cor. iii.
19 Wherefore then serveih the Law? It was added because of
transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was
made ; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21 /j the Law then against the promises of God? God forbid :
for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily
righteousness should have been by the Law.
23 But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the pro
mise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the Law, shut up
unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto
Christ, that we might be justified by faith  Gal. iii.
20 And are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Pro
phets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. — Eph. ii.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God. — Eph. vi.
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against

to the Old Testament as a Whole. 27
us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it
to His Cross ;
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers. He made a
shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of
Christ — Col. ii.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and
hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them ;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures,
which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which
is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteous
ness :
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished
unto aU good works. — 2 Tint. iii.
I God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in
time past unto the fathers by the Prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he
hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.
Heb. i.
I Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the
things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them
slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of
reward ;
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ; which
at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
unto us by them that heard Him. — Heb. ii.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need
that one teach you again which be the first principles of the Oracles
of God ; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of
sti'ong meat. — Heb. v.
6 But now hath He obtained a more excellent ministry, by how

28 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles
much also He is the Mediator of a better Covenant, which was es
tablished upon better promises.
7 For if that first Covenant had been faultless, then should no
place have been sought for the second. — Heb. viii.
15 And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament,
that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first Testament, they which are called might
receive.the promise of eternal inheritance. — Heb, ix.
I For the Law having a shadow of good things to come, and
not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices
which they offered year by year continually make the comers there
unto perfect. — Heb. x.
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole Law, and yet offend in
one point, he is guilty of all. — .S'. James ii.
10 Of which salvation the Prophets have inquired and searched
diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
1 1 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but
unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto
you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the
Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; which things the angels
desire to look into. — i 6". Pet. i.
1 1 If any man speak, let him speak as the Oracles of God.
I .5-. Pet. iv.
19 We have also a more sure word of Prophecy ; whereunto ye
do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark
place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts :
20 Knowing this first, that no Prophecy of the Scripture is of any
private interpretation.
21 For the Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:
but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 .y. Pet i.
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before
by the Holy Prophets, and of the commandment of us the Apostles
of the Lord and Saviour. — 2 S. Pet. iii.

to Genesis.

29

II

TO GENESIS.

I The book of the generation
of Jesus Christ, the son of Da
vid, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and
Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob
begat Judas and his brethren ;
3 And Judas begat Phares and
Zara of Thamar; and Phares
begat Esrom ; and Esrom begat
Aram. — 5". Matt. i.

Compare Gen. xxi. and xxxviii.

72 To perform the mercy pro
mised to our fathers, and to re
member his holy covenant ;
73 The oath which he sware to
our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto
us, that we being delivered out
of the hand of our enemies might
serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteous
ness before him, all the days of
our life. — S. Luke i.

59 And it came to pass, that
on the eighth day they came to
circumcise the child [i. e. John
the Baptist]. — S. Luke i.
21 And when eight days were
accomplished for the circumci
sing the child, his name was

16 By myself have I sworn,
saith the Lord, for because thou
hast done this thing, and hast
not withheld thy son, thine only
son :
17 That in blessing I will bless
thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of
the heaven, and as the sand
which is upon the sea shore;
and thy seed shall possess the
gate of his enemies ;
18 And in thy seed shall all
the nations of the earth be bless
ed ; because thou hast obeyed
my voice. — Gen. xxii.
12 And he that is eight days
old shall be circumcised among
you, every man child in your
generations, he that is born in
the house, or bought with money
of any stranger, which is not of
thy seed. — Gen. xvii.

30 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles
called JESUS, which was so
named of the angel before he
was conceived in the womb.
•S". Luke iL
33 Which was the son of Ami- Compare Gen. v. and xxi. and
nadab, which was the son of xxxviii.
Aram, which was the son of Es
rom, which was the son of Pha
res, which was the son of Juda,
34 Which was the j(7«.of Jacob,
which was the son of Isaac, which
was the son of Abraham, which
was the son of Thara, which was
the son of Nachor,
35 Which was the son of Sa-
ruch,whichwas//%«w«of Ragau,
which was the son of Phalec,
which was the son of Heber,
which was the son of Sala,
36 Which was the son of Cai-
nan, which was the son of Ar-
phaxad, which was the son of
Sem, which was the son of Noe,
which was the son of Lamech,
37 Which was the son of Ma-
thusala, which was the son of
Enoch, which was the son of
Jared, which was the son of Ma-
leleel, which was the son of
Cainan, 38 Which was the son of Enos,
which was the son of Seth, which
was the son of Adam, which was
the son of God. — S. Luke iii.
I In the beginning was the i In the beginning God created
Word, and the Word was with the heaven and the earth.
God, and the Word was God. Qen. i.
2 The same was in the begin
ning with God.

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31

3 All things were made by him ;
and without him was not any
thing made that was made.
.$¦. John i.
5 Then cometh he to a city of
Samaria, which is called Sychar,
near to the parcel of ground
that Jacob gave to his son
Joseph. — S. John iv.

2 And he said, Men, brethren,
and fathers, hearken; The God
of glory appeared unto our
father Abraham, when he was
in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt
in Charran,
3 And said unto him. Get thee
out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and come into the land
which I shall shew thee.
4 Then came he out of the land
of the Chaldseans, and dwelt in
Charran : and from thence, when
his father was dead, he removed
him into this land, wherein ye
now dwell.
5 And he gave him none in
heritance in it, no, not so much
as to set his foot on : yet he pro
mised that he would give it to

19 And he bought a parcel of
a field, where he had spread his
tent, at the hand of the children
of Hamor, Shechem's father, for
an hundred pieces of money.
Gen. xxxiii.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph,
Behold, I die : but God shall be
with you, and bring you again
unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to
thee one portion above thy
brethren, which I took out of
the hand of the Amorite with
my sword and with my bow.
Gen. xlviii.

Gen. xii. i.
Gen. xii. 4, 5.

Gen. xii. 7 ; and xiii. 15.

]2 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

him for a possession, and to his
seed after him, when as yet he
had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise. Gen. xv. 1 3.
That his seed should sojourn in
a strange land; and that they
should bring them into bondage,
and entreat them evil four hun
dred years.
7 And the nation to whom they
shall be in bondage will I judge,
said God : and after that shall
they come forth, and serve me in
this place.
8 And he gave him the cove
nant of circumcision : and so
Abraham begat Isaac, and cir
cumcised him the eighth day;
and Isaac begat Jacob; and
Jacob begat the twelve patri
archs. 9 And the patriarchs, moved
with envy, sold Joseph into
Egj'pt : but God was with him,
10 And delivered him out of
all his afflictions, and gave him
favour and wisdom in the sight
of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and
he made him governor over
Egypt and all his house.
II Now there came a dearth
over all the land of Egypt and
Chanaan, and great affliction :
and our fathers found no sus
tenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that Gen. xlii.
there was corn in Egypt, he sent
out our fathers first.
13 And at the second time Gen. xiv.
Joseph was made known to his
brethren ; and Joseph's kindred

Gen. xvii. 9 ; and xxi. 2-4.

Gen. xxix. 31.
Gen. xxxii. 4.
Gen. xxxix. 2.

Gen. xli.

Gen. xli.

to Genesis. 33
was made known unto Pha
raoh. 14 Thensent Joseph, and called Geti. xiv. 9, la
his father Jacob to him, and all
his kindred, threescore and fif
teen souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Gen. xlvi. 6.
Egypt, and died, he, and our Gen. xlix. 33.
fathers, 16 And were carried over into Gen. 1. 13.
Sychem, and laid in the sepul
chre that Abraham bought for a
sum of money of the sons of
Emmor the father of Sychem.
15 Sirs, whydo ye these things? See (?£«. i.
We also are men of like passions
with you and preach unto you
that ye should turn from these
vanities unto the living God,
which made heaven, and eartli,
and the sea, and all things that
are therein. — Acts xiv.
20 But that we write unto them, 4 But flesh with the life thereof,
that they abstain from pollutions which is the blood thereof, shall
of idols, and from fornication, ye not eat. — Gen. ix.
and from things strangled, and
from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath
in every city them that preach
him, being read in the syna
gogues every sabbath day.
Acts XV.
24 God that made the world See Gen. L
and all things therein, seeing
that he is Lord of heaven and
earth, dwelleth not in temples
made with hands ;

34 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

25 Neither is worshipped with
men's hands, as though he
needed anything, seeing he giv
eth to all life, and breath, and
all things ;
26 And hath made of one
blood all nations of men for
to dwell on all the face of the
earth, and hath determined the
times before appointed, and the
bounds of their habitation. Acts xvii.

6 And now I stand and am
judged for the hope of the pro
mise made of God unto our
fathers :
7 Unto which promise our
twelve tribes, instantly serving
God day and night, hope to
come. For which hope's sake,
king Agrippa, I am accused of
the Jews. — Acts xxvi.

13 And, behold, the LORD
stood above it, and said, I am
the Lord God of Abraham thy
father, and the God of Isaac :
the land whereon thou liest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy
seed ;
14 And thy seed shall be as
the dust of the earth, and thou
shalt spread abroad to the west,
and to the east, and to the north,
and to the south : and in thee
and in thy seed shall all the fa
milies of the earth be blessed.
Gen. xxviii.

3 Forif Abraham were justified
by works, he hath whereof to
glory ; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God, and it
was counted unto him for right
eousness. — Rom. iv.

6 And he believed in the Lord;
and he counted it to him for
righteousness. — Gen. xv.

1 1 And he received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the right
eousness of the faith which ne
had yet being uncircumcised :

See Gen. xvii.

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35

that he might be the father of
all them that believe, though
they be not circumcised; that
righteousness might be imputed
unto them also :
12 And the father of circum
cision to them who are not of
the circumcision only, but who
also walk in the steps of that
faith of our father Abraham,
which he had being yet uncir
cumcised. 13 For the promise, that he
should be the heir of the world,
was not to Abraham, or to his
seed, through thelaw,but through
the righteousness of faith. Rom. V.

7 Neither, because they are the
seed of Abraham, are they all
children : but. In Isaac shall thy
seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the
children of the flesh, these are
not the children of God: but
the children of the promise are
counted for the seed.
9 For this is the word of pro
mise. At this time will I come,
and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only this ; but
when Rebecca also had con
ceived by one, even by our father
Isaac ;
1 1 (For the children being not
yet born, neither having done
any good or evil, that the pur
pose of God according to elec
tion might stand, not of works,
but of him that calleth ;)

12 In Isaac shall thy seed be
called. — Gen. xxi.
10 And he said, I will certainly
return unto thee according to
the time of life ; and, lo, Sarah
thy wife shall have a son.
Gen. xviii.
21 And Isaac intreated the
Lord for his wife, because she
was barren : and the LoRD was
intreated of him, and Rebekah
his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled
together within her; and she
said. If it be so, why am I thus ?
And she went to inquire of the
Lord. 23 And the Lord said unto
her. Two nations are in thy
womb, and two manner of peo
ple shall be separated from thy
bowels ; and the one people shall

36 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

12 It was said unto her, The
elder shall serve the younger. Rom. ix.

be stronger than the other peo
ple; and the elder shall serve
the younger. — Gen. xxv.

7 For a man indeed ought not
to cover his head, forasmuch as
he is the image and glory of
God: but the woman is the glory
of the man.
8 For the man is not of the
woman ; but the woman of the
man. 9 Neither was the man created
for the woman ; but the woman
for the man. — i Cor. xi.

26 Let us make man
image. — Gen. ii.

See Gen. ii. 18-24.

in our

22 For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be
made alive.
45 And so it is written. The
first man Adam was made a liv
ing soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first
which is spiritual, but that which
is natural; and afterward that
which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven. — i Cor. xv.

7 And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life ; and man be
came a living soul. — Gen. ii.

6 For God, who commanded
the light to shine out of dark
ness, hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the know
ledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. iv.

3 Let there be light. — Gen. i.

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37

6 Even as Abraham believed
God, and it was accounted to
him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they
which are of faith, the same are
the children of Abraham.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing
that God would justify the hea
then through faith, preached be
fore the gospel unto Abraham,
saying. In thee shall all nations
be blessed  Gal. iii.

See above, Rom. iv. 2, 3.

22 For it is written, that Abra
ham had two sons, the one by a
bondmaid, the other by a free-
woman. 23 But he who was of the
bondwoman was born after the
flesh ; but he of the freewoman
was by promise.
29 But as then he that was born
after the flesh persecuted him
that was born after the Spirit,
even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the
Scripture ? Cast out the bond
woman and her son : for the son
of the bondwoman shall not be
heir with the son of the free-
woman. — Gal. iv.

9 And Sarah saw the son of
Hagar the Egyptian, which she
had born unto Abraham, mock
ing. 10 Wherefore she said unto
Abraham, Cast out this bond
woman and her son : for the son
of this bondwoman shall not be
heir with my son, even with
Isaac. II And the thing was very
grievous in Abraham's sight be
cause of his son.
12 And God said unto Abra
ham, Let it not be grievous in
thy sight because of the lad, and
because of thy bondwoman ; in
all that Sarah hath said unto
thee, hearken unto her voice :
for in Isaac shall thy seed be
called. — Gen. xix.

3 1 For this cause shall a man
leave his father and mother, and
shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one flesh.
Eph. V.

See Gen. ii. 24.

38 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

5 Circumcised the eighth day,
of the stock of Israel, ^the tribe
of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the
Hebrews ; as touching the law,
a Pharisee. — Phil. iii.
13 For Adam was first formed,
then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived,
but the woman being deceived
was in the transgression.
13 Notwithstanding she shall
be saved in childbearing, if they
continue in faith and charity
and holiness with sobriety. I Tim. ii.

12 He that is eight days old
shall be circumcised. — Gen. xvii.

9 And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food,
and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to
make one wise, she took of the
fruit thereof, and did eat, and
gave also unto her husband with
her ; and he did eat.
16 Unto the woman he said, I
will greatly multiply thy sorrow
and thy conception; in sorrow
thou shalt bring forth children.
Cen. iii.

4 For he spake in a certain
place of the seventh day on this
wise. And God did rest the
seventh day from all his works.
Heb. iv.

2 And on the seventh day God
ended his work which he had
made ; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work
which he had made. — Gen. ii.

I For this Melchisedec, king of
Salem, priest of the most high
God, who met Abraham return
ing from the slaughter of the
kings, and blessed him ;
2 To whom also Abraham gave
a tenth part of all ; first being by
interpretation King of righteous
ness, and after that also King
of Salem, which is, King of
peace ;
3 Without father, without mo
ther, without descent, having
neither beginning of days, nor
end of life ; but made like unto

17 The king of Sodom went
out to meet him after his return
from the slaughter of Chedorla-
omer, and the kings that were
with him, at the valley of Shaveh,
which is the king's dale.
18 And Melchizedek king of
Salem brought forth bread and
wine : and he was the priest of
the most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and
said. Blessed be Abram of the
most high God, possessor of
heaven and earth :
20 And blessed be the most

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the Son of God; abideth a priest
continually. 4 Now consider how great this
man was, unto whom even the
patriarch Abraham gave the
tenth of the spoils.
5 And verily they that are of
the sons of Levi, who receive the
office of the priesthood, have a
commandment to take tithes of
the people according to the law,
that is, of their brethren, though
they come out of the loins of
Abraham. 6 But he whose descent is not
counted from them received
tithes of Abraham, and blessed
him that had the promises. Heb. viL

high God, which hath delivered
thine enemies into thine hand.
And he gave him tithes of all.
Gen. xiv.

I Now faith is the substance
of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained
a good report.
3 Through faith we understand
that the worlds were framed by
the word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made of
things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto
God a more excellent sacrifice
than Cain, by which he obtained
witness that he was righteous,
God testifying of his gifts : and
by it he being dead yet speaketh.

5 By faith Enoch was transla
ted that he should not see death;
and was not found, because God

Gen. i.

4 And Abel, he also brought
of the firstlings of his flock and
of the fat thereof. And the
Lord had respect unto Abel
and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his of
fering he had not respect. Gen. iv.
24 And Enoch walked with
God: and he was not, for God
took him. — Gen. v.

40 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

had translated him: for before
his translation he had this tes
timony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is im
possible to please him : for he
that cometh to God must believe
that he is, and that he is a re-
warder of them that diligently
seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned
of God of things not seen as yet,
moved with fear, prepared an
ark to the saving of his house;
by the which he condemned the
world, and became heir of the
righteousness which is by faith.

S By faith Abraham, when he
was called to go out into a place
which he should after receive for
an inheritance, obeyed ; and he
went out, not knowing whither
he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the
land of promise, as in a strange
country, dwelling in tabernacles
with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs
with him of the same promise:
lo For he looked for a city
which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
1 1 Through faith also Sara her
self received strength to conceive

9 Noah was a just man and
perfect in his generations, and
Noah walked with God. Gen. vi.
13 And God said unto Noah,
The end of all flesh is come be
fore me ; for the earth is filled
with violence through them ;
and, behold, I will destroy them
with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher
wood ;
22 Thus did Noah ; according
to all that God commanded him
so did he. — Gen. vi.
I Now the Lord had said
unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred,
and from thy father's house,
unto a land that I will shew
thee. — Gen. xii.
4 So Abram departed, as the
Lord had spoken unto him.
3 And he went on his jour
neys from the south even to
Beth-el, unto the place where
his tent had been at the begin
ning, between Beth-el and Hai.
Gen. xiii.
[See also Gen. xviii. i, 2.]
I And the Lord visited Sarah
as he had said, and the LORD

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seed, and was delivered of a child
when she was past age, because
she judged him faithful who had
promised. 1 2 Therefore sprang there even
of one, and him as good as dead,
so many as the stars of the sky
in multitude, and as the sand
which is by the sea shore innu
merable. 13 These all died in faith, not
having received the promises,
but having seen them afar off,
and were persuaded of them, and
embraced thetn, and confessed
that they were strangers and pil
grims on the earth.
14 For they that say such
things declare plainly that they
seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been
mindful of that country from
whence they came out, they
might have had opportunity to
have returned.
16 But now they desire a bet
ter country, that is, an heavenly :
wherefore God is not ashamed
to be called their God : for he
hath prepared for them a city.
17 By faith Abraham, when he
was tried, offered up Isaac : and
he that had received the pro
mises offered up his only begot
ten son,
18 Of whom it was said. That
in Isaac shall thy seed be called :
19 Accounting that God was
able to raise him up, even from
the dead ; from whence also he
received him in a figure.

did unto Sarah as he had spo
ken. 2 For Sarah conceived and
bare Abraham a son in his old
age, at the set time of which God
had spoken to him. — Gen. xxi.
4 And, behold, the woid of the
Lord came unto him, saying.
This shall not be thine heir ; but
he that shall come forth out of
thine own bowels shall be thine
heir. 5 And he brought him forth
abroad, and said. Look now to
ward heaven, and tell the stars,
if thou be able to number them :
and he said unto him. So shall
thy seed be. — Gen. xv.

2 And he said. Take now thy
son, thine only son Isaac, whons
thou lovest, and get thee into
the land of Moriah ; and offer
him there for a burnt offering
upon one of the mountains which
I will tell thee of
10 And Abraham stretched
forth his hand, and took the
knife to slay his son.
Gen. xxii. to 13.

4 2 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

20 By faith Isaac blessed Ja
cob and Esau concerning things
to come.
2 1 By faith Jacob, when he was
a dying, blessed both the sons of
Joseph ; and worshipped, lean
ing upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he
died, made mention of the de
parting of the children of Israel;
and gave commandment con
cerning his bones. — Heb. xi.

Gen. xxvii.

20 And he blessed them that
day, saying. In thee shall Israel
bless, saying, God make thee as
Ephraim and as Manasseh. Gen. xlviii.
24 And Joseph said unto his
brethren, I die: and God will
surely visit you, and bring you
out of this land unto the land
which he sware to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.
25 And Joseph took an oath of
the children of Israel, saying,
God will surely visit you, and
ye shall carry up my bones from
hence. — Gen. \.

24 And to Jesus the mediator
of the new covenant, and to the
blood of sprinkling, that speak
eth better. things than that of
Abel. — Heb. xii.

10 And he said. What hast
thou done ? the voice of thy
brother's blood crieth unto me
from the ground. — Gen. iv.

2 Be not forgetful to entertain
strangers : for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares. Heb. xiii.

See Gen. xviii., xix.

21 Was not Abraham our father
justified by works, when he had
offered Isaac his son upon the
altar ?
22 Seestthouhowfaithwrought
with his works, and by works
was faith made perfect ?
23 And the scripture was ful
filled which saith, Abraham be
lieved God, and it was imputed

See Cen. xxiL

6 And he believed in the Lord ;
and he counted it to him for
righteousness. — Gen. xv.

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unto him for righteousness: and
he was called the Friend of God.
S. James ii.
8 But the tongue can no man
tame ; it is an unruly evil, full
of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even
the Father; and therewith curse
we men, which are made after
the similitude of God.
.S". James iii.
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abra
ham, calling him lord. I 6". Pet iii.

27 So God created man in his
own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and fe
male created he them. — Gen. i

See Gen. xviii. 12.

19 By which also he went and See Gen. vi.
preached unto the spirits in
prison ;
20 Which sometime were dis
obedient, when once the long-
suffering of God waited in the
days of Noah, while the ark was
a preparing, wherein few, that
is, eight souls were saved by
water. — i .5". Pet. iii.
5 And spared not the old world. See Gen. vi.
but saved Noah the eighth per
son, a preacher of righteousness,
bringing in the flood upon the
world of the ungodly ;
6 And turning the cities of
Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes
condemned them with an over
throw, making them an ensample
unto those that after should live
ungodly ;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed See Gen. xix.
with the filthy conversation of
the wicked :

44 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles
8 (For that righteous man dwell
ing among them, in seeing and
hearing, vexed his righteous soul
from day to day with their un
lawful deeds.) — 2 S. Pet. ii.
5 For this they willingly are See Gen. i. and vi.
ignorant of, that by the word of
God the heavens were of old,
and the earth standing out of the
water and in the water :
6 Whereby the world that then
was, being overflowed with water,
perished. — 2 .S". Pet. iii.
12 Not as Cain, who was of See Gen. iv. 4, 5, 8.
that wicked one, and slew his
brother. And wherefore slew he
him ? Because his own works
were evil, and his brother's
righteous. — I S. John iii.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomor- See Gen. xix.
rha, and the cities about them
in like manner, giving themselves
over to fornication, and going
after strange flesh, are set forth
for an example, suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire. S. Jude.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh See Gen. v. 18.
from Adam, prophesied. S. Jude.
7 He that hath an ear, let him See Gen. iii. 24.
hear what the Spirit saith unto
the churches; To him that over-
cometh will I give to eat of the
tree of life, which is in the midst
of the paradise of God. — Rev. ii.

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4 And I heard the number of
them which were sealed : and
there were sealed an hundred
and forty and four thousand of
all the tribes of the children of
Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Reuben were sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe
of Gad were sealed twelve thou
sand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Nepthalim were sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe
of Manasses were sealed twelve
thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Levi were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Issa-
char were sealed twelve thou
sand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Joseph were sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe
of Benjamin were sealed twelve
thousand. — Rev. vii.

See Gen. xxix. and xxx.

9 And the great dragon was
cast out, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world : he
was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with
him. — Rev. xii.

I Now the serpent was more
subtil than any beast of the field
which the LORD God had made.
And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
eat of every tree of the garden ?
4 And the serpent said unto
the woman, Ye shall not surely
die. — Gen. iii.

46 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

17 And the dragon was wroth
with the woman, and went to
make war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the com
mandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev. xii.

15 And I will put enmity be
tween thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed ;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel. — Gen. iii.

Ill
TO EXODUS.

I At that time Jesus went on
the sabbath day through the
corn ; and his disciples were an
hungred, and began to pluck the
ears of corn, and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw
it, they said unto him, Behold,
thy disciples do that which is
not lawful to do on the sabbath
day. — S. Matt. xii.
[See also 5'. Mark ii. 24 ; and
S. Luke vi. 2.]
17 Now the first day of the
feast of unleavened bread the
disciples came to Jesus, saying
unto him, Where wilt thou that
we prepare for thee to eat the
passover ? — ^. Matt. xxvi.
[See also .S". Mark xiv. 1.]
9 According to the custom of
the priest's office, his lot was to
burn incense when he went into
the temple of the Lord.
II And there appeared unto
him an angel of the Lord stand-

See Exod. XX. 10.

See Exod. xii.

I And thou shalt make an al
tar to burn incense upon :
7 And Aaron shall burn there
on sweet incense every morning :
when he di-esseth the lamps, he
shall burn incense upon it.

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ing on the right side of the altar
of incense. — 3". Luke i.

23 As it is written in the law
of the Lord, Every male that
openeth the womb shall be called
holy to the Lord.— .S". Luke ii.

41 Now his parents went to
Jerusalem every year at the feast
of the passover. — S. Luke ii.

18 No man hath seen God at
anytime ; the only begotten Son,
which is in the bosom of the
Father, he hath declared him .
S. John i,
29 The next day John seeth
Jesus coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of
the world.— 3". John i.

31 Our fathers did eat manna
in the desert; as it is written,

8 And when Aaron lighteth
the lamps at even, he shall burn
incense upon it, a perpetual in
cense before the Lord through
out your generations. Exod. XXX.
12 That thou shalt set apart
unto the Lord all that openeth
the matrix, and every firstling
that cometh of a beast which
thou hast; the males shall be
the Lord's. — Exod. xiii.
14 Three times thou shalt keep
a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast
of unleavened bread.
17 Three times in the year all
thy males shall appear before
the Lord God. — Exod. xxiii.
20 And he said. Thou canst
not see my face : for there shall
no man see me, and live.
Exod. xxx.
3 Speak ye unto all the con
gregation of Israel, saying. In
the tenth day of this month they
shall take to them every man a
lamb, according to the house of
their fathers, a lamb for an
house. 5 Your lamb shall be without
blemish, a male of the first year:
ye shall take it out from the
sheep, or from the goats. Exod. xii.
15 And when the children of
Israel saw it, they said one to

48 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

He gave them bread from hea
ven to eat. — S. John vi.

36 For these things were done,
that the scriptures should be ful
filled, A bone of him shall not
be broken. — S. John xix.

17 But when the time of the
promise drew nigh, which God
had sworn to Abraham, the
people grew and multiplied in
Egypt, 18 Till another king arose,
which knew not Joseph.
1 9 The same dealt subtilly with
our kindred, and evil entreated
our fathers, so that they cast out
their young children, to the end
they might not live.

20 In which time Moses was
born, and was exceeding fair, and

another. It is manna : for they
wist not Avhat it was. And
Moses said unto them. This is
the bread which the Lord hath
given you to eat. — Exod. xvi.
46 In one house shall it be
eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth
ought of the flesh abroad out of
the house ; neither shall ye break
a bone thereof — Exod. xii.
7 And the children of Israel
were fruitful, and increased
abundant, and multiplied, and
waxed exceeding mighty ; and
the land was filled with them.
8 Nowtherearoseupanewking
over Egypt, which knew not
Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people,
Behold, the people of the chil
dren of Israel are more and
mightier than we :
10 Come on, let us deal wisely
with them ; lest they midtiply,
and it come to pass, that, when
there falleth out any war, they
join also unto our enemies, and
fight against us, and so get them
up out of the land.
22 And Pharaoh charged all
his people, saying. Every son
that is born ye shall cast into
the river, and every daughter ye
shall save alive  Exod. i.
I And there went a man of the
house of Levi, and took to wife
a daughter of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived,
and bare a son : and when she

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49

nourished up in his father's house
three months:
21 And when he was cast out,
Pharaoh's daughter took him up,
and nourished him for her own
son. 22 And Moses was learned in
all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
and was mighty in words and in
deeds.

saw him that he was a goodly
child, she hid him three
months. 3 And when she could not
longer hide him, she took for
him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with slime and with
pitch, and put the child therein;
and she laid it in the flags by
the river's brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off,
to wit what would be done to
him. 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh
came down to wash herself at
the river ; and her maidens
walked along by the river's
side ; and when she saw the
ark among the flags, she sent
her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it,
she saw the child: and, behold,
the babe wept. And she had
compassion on him, and said,
This is one of the Hebrews'
children. 7 Then said his sister to Pha
raoh's daughter, Shall I go and
call to thee a nurse of the He
brew women, that she may nurse
the child for thee ?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said
to her. Go. And the maid went
and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said
unto her. Take this child away,
and nurse it for me, and I will
give thee thy wages. And the
woman took the child, and
nursed it.
lo And the child grew, and

50 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

23 And when he was full forty
years old, it came into his heart
to visit his brethren the children
of Israel.
24 And seeing one of them suf
fer wrong, he defended him, and
avenged him that was oppressed,
and smote the Egyptian :
25 For he supposed his breth
ren would have understood how
that God by his hand would de
liver them; but they understood
not. 26 And the next day he shewed
himself unto them as they strove,
and would have set them at one
again, saying. Sirs, ye are breth
ren ; why do ye wrong one to
another ?
27 But he that did his neigh
bour wrong thrust him away,
saying. Who made thee a ruler
and a judge over us ?
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou
diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then fled Moses at this
saying, and was a stranger in
the land of Madian, where he
begat two sons.

she brought him unto Pharaoh's
daughter, and he became her
son. And she called his name
Moses : and she said. Because
I drew him out of the water.
II And it came to pass in
those days, when Moses was
grown, that he went out unto his
brethren, and looked on their
burdens : and he spied an Egyp
tian smiting an Hebrew, one of
his brethren.
1 2 And he looked this way and
that way, and when he saw that
there was no man, he slew the
Egyptian, and hid him in the
sand. 13 And when he went out the
second day, behold, two men of
the Hebrews strove together :
and he said to him that did the
wrong. Wherefore smitest thou
thy fellow ?
14 And he said, Who made
thee a prince and a judge over
us ? intendest thou to kill me,
as thou killedst the Egyptian ?
And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard
this thing, he sought to slay
Moses. But Moses fled from
the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt
in the land of Midian : and he
sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian
had seven daughters.
21 And Moses was content to
dwell with the man : and he gave
Moses Zipporah his daughter.
22 And she bare him a son,

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30 And when forty years were
expired there appeared unto him
in the wilderness of mount Sina
an angel of the Lord in a flame
of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he
wondered at the sight : and as
he drew near to behold it, the
voice of the Lord came unto
him, 32 Saying, I am the God of
thy fathers, the God of Abra
ham, and the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob. Then Moses
tremoled, and durst not behold.
33 Then said the Lord to him,
Put off thy shoes from thy feet:
for the place where thou stand-
est is holy ground.
34 I have seen, I have seen the
affliction of my people which is
in Egypt, and I have heard their
groaning, and am come down
to deliver them. And now come,
J will send thee into Egypt.
35 This Moses, whom they re-

and he called his name Gershom :
for he said, I have been a
stranger in a strange land.
Exod. ii.
4 And the name of the other
was Eliezer ; for the God of my
father, said he, was mine help,
and delivered me from the sword
of Pharaoh. — Exod. xviii.
I Now Moses kept the flock
of Jethro his father in law, the
priest of Midian : and he led the
flock to the backside of the de
sert, and came to the mountain
of God, even to Horeb.
2 And the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a flame cf
fire out of the midst of a bush :
and he looked, and, behold, the
bush burned with fire, and the
bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now
turn aside, and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the Lord saw that
he turned aside to see, God called
unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses.
And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh
hither: put off thy shoes from off
thy feet, for the place whereon
thou standest is holy ground.
6 Moreover he said, I am the
God of thy father, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob. And Moses
hid his face; for he was afraid
to look upon God.
7 And the LORD said, I have
surely seen the affliction of my

52 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

fused, saying. Who made thee a
ruler and a judge ? the same did
God send to be a ruler and a de
liverer by the hand of the angel
which, appeared to him in the
bush. 36 He brought them out, after
that he had shewed wonders and
signs in the land of Egypt, and
in the Red Sea, and in the wil
derness forty years.
38 This is he, that was in the
church in the wilderness with the
angel which spake to him in the
mount Sina, and with our fa
thers: who received the lively
oracles to give unto us :
39 To whom our fathers would
not obey, but thrust him from
them, and in their hearts turned
back again into Egypt,

40 Saying unto Aaron, Make
us gods to go before us : for as
for this Moses, which brought
us out of the land of Egypt, we
wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in

people which are in Egypt, and
have heard their cry by rea
son of their taskmasters; for I
know their sorrows.
10 Come now therefore, and I
will send thee unto Pharaoh,
that thou mayest bring forth
my people the children of Is
rael out of Egypt  Exod. iii.
[See Exod. vii. xi. xiv.]
16 And the glory of the LORD
abode upon mount Sinai, and
the cloud covered it six days:
and the seventh day he called
unto Moses out of the midst of
the cloud.
1 7 And the sight of the glory
of the Lord was like devouring
fire on the top of the mount in
the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 And Moses went into the
midst of the cloud, and gat him
up into the mount : and Moses
was in the mount forty days and
forty nights. — Exod. jfxiv.
I And the Lord spake unto
Moses. — Exod. xxv.
18 And he gave unto Moses,
when he had made an end of
communing with him upon
mount Sinai, two tables of tes
timony, tables of stone, written
with the finger of God. Exod. xxxi.
I And when the people saw
that Moses delayed to come
down out of the mount, the peo- .
pie gathered themselves together
unto Aaron, and said unto him,
Up, make us gods, which shall

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53

those days, and offered sacrifice
unto the idol, and rejoiced in the
works of their own hands.

44 Our fathers had the taber
nacle of witness in the wilder
ness, as he had appointed, speak
ing unto Moses, that he should
make it according to the fashion
that he had seen. — Acts vii.

go before us ; for as for this
Moses, the man that brought us
up out of the land of Egypt, we
wot not what is become of him.
2 And Aaron said unto them,
Break off the golden earrings,
which are in the ears of your
wives, of your sons, and of your
daughters, and bring them unto
me. 3 And all the people brake off
the golden earrings which were
in their ears, and brought them
unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their
hand, and fashioned it with a
graving tool, after he had made
it a molten calf : and they said,
These be thy gods, O Israel,
which brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he
built an altar before it ; and
Aaron made proclamation, and
said. To morrow is a feast to the
Lord. 6 And they rose up early on
the morrow, and offered burnt
offerings, and brought peace
offerings; and the people sat
down to eat and to drink, and
rose up to play. — Exod. xxxii.
30 And thou shalt rear up the
tabernacle according to the fa
shion thereof which was shewed
thee in the mount. — Exod. xxvi.

17 The God of this people of See Exod. xiv. 30, 31.

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Israel chose our fathers, and ex
alted the people when they dwelt
as strangers in theland of Egypt,
and with an high arm brought
he them out of it. — Acts xiii.

5 Then said Paul, I wist not,
brethren, that he was the high
priest : for it is written. Thou
shalt not speak evil of the ruler
of thy people. — Acts xxiii.
7 What shall we say then ? Is
the Law sin ? God forbid. Nay,
I had not known sin, but by the
Law : for I had not known lust,
except the Law had said. Thou
shalt not covet. — Rom. vii.

28 Thou shalt not revile the
gods, nor curse the ruler of thy
people. — Exod. xxii.

See Exod. xx. 17.

4 Who are Israelites ; to whom
pertaineth the adoption, and the
glory, and the Covenants, and
the giving of the Law, and the
service of God, and the promises.
Rom. ix.
9 For this. Thou shalt not com
mit adultery, Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt
not bear false witness. Thou
shalt not covet; and if there be
any other commandment, it is
briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely. Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself Rom. xiii.

See Exodus.

See Exod. xx.

7 Purge out therefore the old
leaven, that ye may be a new
lump, as ye are unleavened.
For even Christ our passover is
sacrificed for us:

15 Seven days shall ye eat un
leavened bread; even the first
day ye shall put away leaven out
of your houses : for whosoever
eateth leavened bread from the

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55

8 Therefore let us keep the
feast, not with old leaven, neither
with the leaven of malice and
wickedness; but with the un
leavened bread of sincerity and
truth. — I Cor. v.

first day until the seventh day,
that soul shall be cut off from
\%ta.A.^Exod. xii.

I Moreover, brethren, I would
not that ye should be ignorant,
how that aU our fathers were
under the cloud, and all passed
through the sea ;
2 And were all baptized unto
Moses in the cloud and in the
sea; 3 And did all eat the same spi
ritual meat ;
4 And did all drink the same
spiritual drink : for they drank
of that spiritual Rock that fol
lowed them : and that Rock was
Christ. 5 But with many of them God
was not well pleased: for they
were overthrown in the wilder
ness. 6 Now these things were our
examples, to the intent we
should not lust after evil things,
as they also lusted.

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as

19 And the Angel of God,
which went before the camp of
Israel, removed and went behind
them; and the pillar of thfe cloud
went from before their face, ar.d
stood behind them :
22 And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground: and
the waters were a wall unto
them on their right hand, and
on their left. — Exod. xiv.
15 And when the children of
Israel saw //, they said one to
another. It is manna : for they
wist not what it was. And
Moses said unto them. This is
the bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.
35 And the children of Israel
did eat manna forty years, until
they came to a land inhabited ;
they did eat manna, until they
came unto the borders of the
land of Canaan. — Exod. xvi.
6 Behold, I will stand before
thee there upon the rock in
Horeb; and thou shalt smite
the rock, and there shall come
water out of it, that the people
may drink. And Moses did so
in the sight of the elders of
Israel. — Exod. xvii.
6 And they rose up early on

56 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

were some of them; as it is
written. The people sat down to
eat and drink, and rose up to
play. — I Cor. x.

7 But if the ministration of
death, written and engraven in
stones, was glorious, so that the
children of Israel could not sted-
fastly behold the face of Moses
for the glory of his countenance;
which glory was to be done
away. — 2 Cor. iii.

the morrow, and offered burnt
offerings, and brought peace
offerings ; and the people sat
down to eat and to drink, and
rose up to play. — Exod. xxxii.
I And the LORD said unto
Moses, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first : and I
will write upon these tables the
words that were in the first
tables, which thou brakest.
35 And the children of Israel
saw the face of Moses, that the
skin of Moses' face shone: and
Moses put the vail upon his face
again, until he went in to speak
with him. — Exod. xxxiv.

16 And what agreement hath
the temple of God with idols?
for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said,
I will dwell in them and walk in
them ; and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
2 Cor. vi.

4,5 And I will dwell among the
children of Israel, and will be
their God. — Exod. xxix.

15 As it is written, He that
had gathered much had nothing
over ; and he that had gathered
little had no lack. — 2 Cor. viii.

19 Wherefore then serveth the
Law? It was added because
of transgressions, till the seed
should come to whom the pro
mise was made ; and it was or-

18 And when they did mete
it with an omer, he that gathered
much had nothing over, and
he that gathered little had no
lack; they gathered every man
according to his eating. Exod. xvi.
19 And they said unto Moses,
Speak thou with us, and we will
hear : but let not God speak
with us, lest we die. — Exod. xx.

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dained by angels in the hand of
a Mediator. — Gal. iii.
15 Having abolished in his
flesh the enmity, even the Law
of commandments contained in
ordinances. — Eph. ii.
2 Honour thy father and thy
mother ; (which is the first com
mandment with promise.) Eph. vi.
16 Who only hath immortality,
dwelling in the light which no
man can approach unto ; whom
no man hath seen, nor can see.
I Tim. vi.
4 And no man taketh this
honour unto himself, but he that
is called of God, as was Aaron.
Heb. v.

See Exod. xx.

See Exod. xx. 1 2.

20 Thou canstnot see my face :
for there shall no man see me,
and live. — Exod. xxxiii.

I And take thou unto thee
Aaron thy brother, and his sons
with him, from among the chil
dren of Israel, that he may
minister unto me in the priest's
office. — Exod. xxviii.

5 Who serve unto the example
and shadow of heavenly things,
as Moses was admonished of
God when he was about to make
the tabernacle : for, See, saith
he, that thou make all things
according to the pattern shewed
to thee in the mount. — Heb. viii.
19 For when Moses had spoken
every precept to all the people
according to the law, he took
the blood of calves and of goats,
with water, and scarlet wool,
and hyssop, and sprinkled both
the book, and all the people,

40 And look that thou make
them after their pattern, which
was shewed thee in the mount.
Exod. xxv.

6 And Moses took half of the
blood, and put // in basons ; and
half of the blood he sprinkled on
the altar.
7 And he took the book of the
covenant, and read in the au
dience of the people : and they

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20 Saying, This is the blood
of the testament which God hath
enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with
blood both the tabernacle, and
all the vessels of the ministry. Heb. ix.

said. All that the Lord hath
said will we do, and be obedient.
8 And Moses took the blood,
and sprinkled it on the people,
and said, Behold the blood of
the covenant, which the Lord
hath made with you concerning
all these words. — Exod. xxiv.

23 By faith Moses, when he
was born, was hid three months
of his parents, because they saw
he was a proper child; and they
were not afraid of the king's
commandment. 24 By faith Moses, when he
was come to years, refused to
be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter ;
25 Choosing rather to suffer
affliction with the people of God,
than to enjoy the pleasures of
sin for a season ;
26 Esteeming the reproach of
Christ greater riches than the
treasures in Egypt : for he had
respect unto the recompence of
the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt,
not fearing the wrath of the
king : for he endured, as seeing
him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the
passover, and the sprinkling of
blood, lest he that destroy eth the
firstborn should touch them.
29 Byfaith they passed through
the Red sea as by dry land:
which the Egyptians assaying
to do were drowned. — Heb. xi.

See Exod. ii., x., xii., xiv.

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59

1 8 For ye are not come into the
mount that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, nor
unto blackness, darkness, and
tempest. 19 And the sound of a trumpet,
and the voice of words : which
voice they that heard intreated
that the word should not be
spoken to them any more.
20 (For they could not endure
that which was commanded,
And if so much as a beast touch
the mountain, it shall be stoned,
or thrust through with a dart :
21 And so terrible was the
sight, that Moses said, I exceed
ingly fear and quake.) Heb. xii.

II And be ready against thi
third day : for the third day the
Lord will come down in the
sight of all the people upon
mount Sinai.
1 2 And thou shalt set bounds
unto the people round about,
saying. Take heed to yourselves,
that ye go not up into the mount,
or touch the border of it : who
soever toucheth the mount shall
be surely put to death :
13 There shall not an hand
touch it, but he shall surely be
stoned, or shot through; whether
it be beast or man, it shall not
live : when the trumpet sound-
eth long, they shall come up to
the mount  Exod. xix.

10 And hast made us unto our
God kings and priests : and we
shall reign on the earth. Rev. V.

6 And ye shall be unto me a
kingdom of priests, and an holy
nation. — Exod. xix.

3 And another angel came
and stood at the altar, having a
golden censer ; and there was
given unto him much incense,
that he should offer it with the
prayers of all saints upon the
golden altar which was before
the 'Ccaon.t.—Rev. viii.

I And thou shalt make an altar
to burn incense upon : ^shittim
wood shalt thou make it.
3 And thou shalt overlay it
with pure gold, the top thereof,
and the sides thereof round
about, and the horns thereof,
and thou shalt make unto it a
crown of gold round about.
9 Ye shall offer no strange in
cense thereon, nor burnt sacri
fice, nor meat offering ; neither
shall ye pour drink offering
thereon. — Exod. xxx.

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6 And have power over waters
to turn them to blood, and to
smite the earth with all plagues,
as often as they will. — Rev. xi.

See Exod. vii., viii., ix., x.

IV
TO LEVITICUS.

1 8 For John had said unto He
rod, It is not lawful for thee to
have thy brother's wife.
S. Mark vi.

See Lev. xviii. i6, xx. 21.

9 According to the custom of
the priest's office, his lot was to
bum incense when he went into
the temple of the Lord.
10 And the whole multitude of
the people were praying with
out at the time of incense. .S". Luke i.

59 And it came to pass, that
on the eighth day they came to
circumcise the child; and they
called him Zacharias, after the
name of his father.
60 And his mother answered
and said. Not so ; but he shall
be called John. — .S". Luke i.

13 And he shall put the incense
upon the fire before the Lord,
that the cloud of the incense
may cover the mercy seat that
is upon the testimony, that he
die not ;
17 And there shall be no man
in the tabernacle of the congre
gation when he goeth in to make
an atonement in the \ifAy place,
until he come out, and have made
an atonement for himself, and
for his household, and for all the
congregation of Israel. — Lev. xvi.
3 And in the eighth day the
flesh of his foreskin shall be cir
cumcised. — Lev. xii.

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61

21 And when eight days were
accomplished for the circumci
sing of the child, his name was
called Jesus. — .S. Luke ii.
22 i*nd when the days of her
purification according to the law
of Moses were accomplished,
they brought him to Jerusalem,
to present him to the Lord:
24 And to offer a sacrifice ac
cording to that which is said
in the law of the Lord, A pair
of turtledoves, or two young
pigeons. — S. Luke ii.

27 And he [i. e. the lawyer]
answering said. Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy strength, and with
all thy mind ; and thy neighbour
as thyself — S. Luke x.
12 And as he entered into a
certain village, there met him
ten men that were lepers, which
stood afar off:
13 And they lifted up their
voices, and said, Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he
said unto them. Go show your
selves unto the priests. S. Luke xvii.

6 And when the days of her
purifying are fulfilled, for a son,
or for a daughter, she shall
bring a lamb of the first year for
a burnt offering, and a young
pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin
offering, unto the door of the
tabemacle of the congregation,
unto the priest :
8 And if she be not able to
bring a lamb, then she shall
bring two turtles, or two young
pigeons; the one for the burnt
offering, and the other for a sin
offering : and the priest shall
make an atonement for her, and
she shall be clean. — Lev. xii.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor
bear any grudge against the chil
dren of thy people, but thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself: I
am the Lord. — Lev. xix.

2 When a man shall have in
the skin of his flesh a rising, a
scab, or bright spot, and it be in
the skin of his flesh like the
plague of leprosy ; then he shall
be brought unto Aaron the priest,
or unto one of his sons the
priests: 45 And the leper in whom the
plague is, his clothes shall be
rent, and his head bare, and he

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shall put a covering upon his
upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean,
unclean. 46 All the days wherein the
plague shall be in him he shall
be defiled ; he is unclean : he
shall dwell alone ; without the
camp shall his habitation be.
Lev. xiii.

5 Now Moses in the law com
manded us, that such should be
stoned. — S. John viii.

10 And the man that commit
teth adultery with another m&n's
wife, even he that committeth
adultery with his neighbour's
wife, the adulterer and the adul
teress shall surely be put to
death. — Lev. xx.

7 The Jews answered him, We
have a law, and by our law he
ought to die, because he made
himself the Son of God.
S. John xix.

16 And he that blasphemeth
the name of the Lord, he shall
surely be put to death, and all
the congregation shall certainly
stone him : as well the stranger,
as he that is bom in the land,
when he blasphemeth the name
of the LORD, shall be put to
death. — Lev. xxiv.
[See i". John x. 31-36.]

1 And when the day of Pente
cost was fully come, they were
all with one accord in one place.
Acts ii.

15 And ye shall count unto you
from the morrow after the sab
bath, from the day that ye
brought the sheaf of the wave
offering; seven sabbaths shall
be complete. — Lev. xxiii.

14 But Peter said, Not so.
Lord; for I have never eaten
anything that is common or un
clean. — Acts X.

See Lev. xi.

to Leviticus.

20 But that we write unto them,
that they abstain from pollutions
of idols, and from fornication,
and from things strangled, and
from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath
in every city them that preach
him, being read in the syna
gogues every sabbath day.
Acts XV.

17 It shall be a perpetual sta-
tuteforyour generations through
out all your dwellings, that ye
eat neither fat nor blood. Lev. iii.

5 For Moses describeth the
righteousness which is of the
law, That the man which doeth
those things shall live by them.
Rom. X.

S Ye shall therefore keep my
statutes, and my judgments :
which if a man do, he shall live
in them : I am the Lord. Lev. xviii.

16 For if the firstfruit be holy,
the lump is also holy: and if the
root be holy, so are the branches.
Rom. xi.

10 Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them. When
ye be come into the land which I
give unto you, and shall reap
the harvest thereof, then ye shall
bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of
your harvest unto the priest :
14 And ye shall eat neither
bread, nor parched corn, nor
green ears, until the selfsame
day that ye have brought an
offering unto your God. Lev. xxiii.

13 Do ye not know that they
which minister about holy things
live of the things of the temple ?
and they which wait at the altar
are partakers with the altar ?
I Cor. ix.

14 And this is the law of the
meatoffering: the sons of Aaron
shall offer it before the LORD,
before the altar.
15 And he shall take of it his
handful, of the flour of the meat
offering, and of the oil thereof,
and of the frankincense which is
upon the meat offering, and shall

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14 For all the law is fulfilled
in one word, even in this; Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thy
self — Gal. V.

burn it upon the altar/(?/- a sweet
savour, even the memorial of it,
unto the LORD.
16 And the remainder thereof
shall Aaron and his sons eat:
with unleavened bread shall it
be eaten in the holy place; in
the court of the tabernacle of the
congregation they shall eat it.
Lev. vi.
See Lev. xix. 18.

18 For the scripture saith. The
labourer is worthy of his reward.
I Tim. V.

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy
neighbour, neither rob him: the
wages of him that is hired shall
not abide with thee all night
until the morning. — Lev. xix.

3 And by reason hereof he
ought, as for the people, so also
for himself, to offer for sins.
4 And no man taketh this ho
nour unto himself, but he that is
called of God, as was Aaron. Heb. V.

3 If the priest that is anointed
do sin according to the sin of
the people; then let him bring
for his sin, which he hath sinned,
a young bullock without blemish
untQ the Lord for a sin offering.
Lev. iv.
[See also Lev. ix.]

19 Which hope we have as an
anchor of the soul, both sure
and stedfast, and which enter-
eth into that within the veil ;
20 Whither the forerunner is
for us entered, even Jesus, made
an high priest for ever after the
order of Melchisedec. — Heb. vi.

15 Then shall he kill the goal
of the sin offering, that is foi
the people, and bring his blood
within the vail, and do with that
blood as he did with the blood
of the bullock, and sprinkle it
upon the mercy seat, and before
the mercy seat. — Lev. xvi.

27 Who needeth not daily, as
those high priests, to offer up

7 And Moses said unto Aaron,
Go unto the altar, and offer thy

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sacrifice, first for his own sins,
and then for the people's. Heb. vii.

7 But into the second went the
high priest alone once every
year, not without blood, which
he offered for himself, and for
the errors of the people. Heb. ix.

sin offering, and thy burnt offer
ing, and make an atonement for
thyself, and for the people : and
offer the offering of the people,
and make an atonement for
them; as the Lord commanded. Lev. ix.
See Lev. xvi. 2-30,

1 9 For when Moses had spoken
every precept to all the people
according to the law, he took
the blood of calves and of goats,
with water, and scarlet wool, and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the
book, and all the people. Heb. ix.

See Lev. xvi. 14-18.

II For the bodies of those
beasts, whose blood is brought
into the sanctuary by the high
priest for sin, are burned with
out the camp. — Heb. xiii.

1 1 And the skin of the bullock,
and all his flesh, with his head,
and with his legs, and his in
wards, and his dung,
12 Even the whole bullock
shall he carry forth without the
camp unto a clean place, where
the ashes are poured out, and
bum him on the wood with fire:
where the ashes are poured out
shall he be burnt. — Lev. iv.

16 Because it is written. Be ye
holy; for I am holy. — i S.Pet.x.

45 For I am the Lord that
bringeth you up out of the land
of Egypt, to be your God : ye
shall therefore be holy, for I am
holy. — Lev. xi.

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TO NUMBERS.

15 For he shall be great in the
sight of the Lord, and shall
drink neither wine nor strong
drink ; and he shall be filled
with the Holy Ghost, even from
his mother's womb. — .S". Luke i.

2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them. When
either man or woman shall sepa
rate themselves to vow a vow of
a Nazarite, to separate them
selves unto the Lord :
3 He shall separate himself
from wine and strong drink, and
shall drink no vinegar of wine,
or vinegar of strong drink, nei
ther shall he drink any liquor of
grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or
dried. — Num. vi.

36 For these things were done,
that the scripture should be ful
filled, A bone of him shall not
be broken  5". John xix.

18 And about the time of forty
years suffered he their manners
in the wilderness. — Acts xiii.

18 Having shorn his head in
Cenchrea : for he had a vow.
Acts xviii.
23 Do therefore this that we
say to thee : We have four men
which have a vow on them ;

12 They shall leave none of it
unto the morning, nor break any
bone of it : according to aU the
ordinances of the passover they
shall keep it. — Num. ix.
32 But as for you, your car
cases, they shall fall in this wil
derness. 33 And your children shall
wander in the wildemess forty
years. — Num. xiv.
See Num. vi. 2.

18. And the Nazarite shall
shave the head of his separation,
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24 Them take, and purify thy
self with them, and be at charges
with them, that they may shave
their heads : and all may know
that those things, whereof they
were informed concerning thee,
are nothing ; but that thou thy
self also walkest orderly, and
keepest the law. — Acts xxi.
I In the mouth of two or three
witnesses shall every word be
established. — 2 Cor. xiii.

the congregation, and shall take
the hair of the head of his sepa
ration and put it in the fire which
is under the sacrifice of the peace-
offerings. — Num. vi.

30 Whoso killeth any person,
the murderer shall be put to
death by the mouth of witnesses :
but one witness shall not testify
against any person to cause him
to die. — Num. xxxv.

5 And verily they that are of
the sons of Levi, who receive the
office of the priesthood, have a
commandment to take tithes of
the people according to the law.
Heb. vii.

21 And, behold, I have given
the children of Levi all the tenth
in Israel for an inheritance, for
their service which they serve,
even the service of the taber
nacle of the congregation. Num. xviii.

4 And the ark of the covenant
overlaid round about with gold,
wherein was the golden pot that
had manna, and Aaron's rod
that budded, and the tables of
the covenant. — Heb. ix.

13 For if the blood of bulls
and of goats, and the ashes of
an heifer sprinkling the unclean,

8 And it came to pass, that on
the morrow Moses went into the
tabernacle of witness ; and, be
hold, the rod of Aaron for the
house of Levi was budded, and
brought forth buds, and bloomed
blossoms, and yielded almonds.
10 And the Lord said unto
Moses, bring Aaron's rod again
before the testimony, to be kept
for a token against the rebels.
Num. xvii.
See Num. xix.

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sanctifieth to the purifying of
the flesh :
14 How much more shall the
blood of Christ t—Heb. ix.
28 He that despised Moses' See Num. xxxv.
law died without mercy under
two or three witnesses  Heb. x.
15 Which have forsaken the See Num. xxii.
right way, and are gone astray,
following the way of Balaam the
son of Bosor, who loved the
wages of unrighteousness ;
16 But was rebuked for his
iniquity : the dumb ass speaking
with man's voice forbad the
madness of the prophet. 2 Pet. ii.
1 1 Woe unto them ! for they See Num. xvi.
have gone in the way of Cain,
and ran greedily after the error
of Balaam for reward, and
perished in the gainsaying of
Core. — Jude.
14 But I have a few things See Num. xxiL
against thee, because thou hast
there them that hold the doc
trine of Balaam, who taught
Balac to cast a stumblingblock
before the children of Israel. Rev. ii.

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VI

TO DEUTERONOMY.

4 And they said, Moses suf
fered to write a bill of divorce
ment, and to put her away.
S. Mark X.

I When a man hath taken a
wife, and married her, and it
come to pass that she find no
favour in his eyes, because he
hath found some uncleanness in
her : then let him write her a
bill of divorcement, and give it
in her hand, and send her out
of his house. — Deut. xxiv.

19 Master, Moses wrote unto
us, If a man's brother die, and
leave his wife behind him, and
leave no children, that his bro
ther should take his wife, and
raise up seed unto his brother.
.S". Mark xii.
[See S. Luke xx. 28.]

5 If brethren dwell together,
and one of them die, and have
no child, the wife of the dead
shall not marry without unto a
stranger : her husband's brother
shall go in unto her, and take
her to him to wife, and perform
the duty of an husband's brother
unto her. — Deut. xxv.

41 Now his parents went to
Jerusalem every year at the feast
of the Passover. — ?. Luke ii.
[See also .S". John v. i.]

27 And he answering said,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind.
S. Luke X.

16 Three times in a year shall
all thy males appear before the
Lord thy God in the place
which he shall choose ; in the
feast of unleavened bread, and
in the feast of weeks, and in the
¦feast of tabernacles : and they
shall not appear before the Lord
empty. — Deut. xvi.
5 And thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy might. — Deut. vi.

70 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles
20 Our fathers worshipped in 5 But unto the place which the
this mountain ; and ye say, that LORD your God shall choose
in Jerusalem is the place where out of all your tribes to put his
men ought to worship. name there, even unto his habi-
S. John iv. tation shall ye seek, and thither
thou shalt come. — Deut. xii.

14 Then those men, when they
had seen the miracle that Jesus
did, said. This is of a truth that
Prophet that should come into
the world. — .S". John vi.

See Deut. xviii. 15.

51 Doth our Law judge any
man, before it hear him, and
know what he doeth ?
S. John vii.

15 One witness shall not rise
up against a man for any iniquity,
or for any sin, in any sin that he
sinneth : at the mouth of two
witnesses, or at the mouth of
three witnesses, shall the matter
be established. — Deut. xix.

5 Now Moses in the Law com
manded us, that such should be
stoned : but what sayest thou ?
S. John viii.

22 If a man be found lying
with a woman married to an
husband, then they shall both
of them die. — Deut. xxii.

31 Thejews, therefore, because
it was the preparation, that the
bodies should not remain upon
the cross on the sabbath day,
(for that sabbath day was an
high day,) besought Pilate, that
their legs might be broken, and
that they might be taken away.
S. John xix.

23 His body shall not remain
all night upon the tree, but thou
shalt in any wise bury him that
day; (for he that is hanged is
accursed of God ;) that thy land
be not defiled, which the LORD
thy God giveth thee for an in
heritance. — Deut. xxi.

22 For Moses truly said unto
the fathers, A Prophet shall the
Lord your God raise up unto you
of your brethren, like unto me ;

18 I will raise them up a Pro
phet from among their brethren,
like unto thee, and will put my
words in his mouth; and he

to Deuteronomy.

71

him shall ye hear in all things
whatsoever he shall say unto
you. — Acts iii.
37 This is that Moses, which
said unto the children of Israel,
A Prophet shaU the Lord your
God raise up unto you of your
brethren, like unto me; him
shall ye hear. — Acts vii.
29 That ye abstain from meats
offered to idols, and from blood,
and from things strangled. Acts XV.

shall speak unto them all that I
shall command him. — Deut. xix.

15 The Lord thy God will
raise up unto thee a Prophet
from the midst of thee, of thy
brethren, like unto me ; unto
him ye shall hearken. Deut. xviii.
23 Only be sure that thou eat
not the blood : for the blood is
the life; and thou mayest not
eat the life with the flesh.
24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou
shalt pour it upon the earth as
water. — Deut. xii.

2 And the high priest Ananias
commanded them that stood by
him to smite him on the mouth.
3 Then said Paul unto him,
God shall smite thee,/y4oawhited
wall : for sittest thou to judge
me after the law, and command-
est me to be smitten contrary to
the law t — Acts xxiii.

I If there be a controversy be
tween men, and they come unto
judgment, that the judges may
judge them ; then they shall jus
tify the righteous, and condemn
the wicked.
2 And it shall be, if the wicked
man be worthy to be beaten, that
the judge shall cause him to lie
down, and to be beaten before
his face, according to his fault, by
a certain number. — Deut. xxv.

6 But the righteousness which
is of faith speaketh on this wise.
Say not in thine heart. Who shall
ascend into heaven ? (that is, to
bring Christ Aovmfrom above .•)
7 Or, who shall descend into
the deep ? (that is, to bring up
Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word

II For this commandment
which 1 command thee this day,
it is not hidden from thee, nei
ther is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that
thou shouldest say. Who shall
go up for us to heaven, and
bring it unto us, that we may
hear it, and do it ?

72 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

is nigh thee, even in thy mouth,
and in thy heart : that is, the
word of faith, which we preach.
Rom. X.

13 Neither zj it beyond the sea,
that thou shouldest say. Who
shall go over the sea for us, and
bring it unto us, that we may
hear it, and do it ?
14 But the word is very nigh
unto thee, in thy mouth, and in
thy heart, that thou mayest do
it. — Deut. XXX.

19 But I say. Did not Israel
know ? First Moses saith, I will
provoke you to jealousy by them
that are no people, and by a
foolish nation I will anger you.
Rom. X.

21 They have moved me to
jealousy with that which is not
God ; they have provoked me to
anger with their vanities : and I
will move them to jealousy with
those which are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger
with a foolish nation. Deut. xxxii.

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but rather give place
unto vn-ath : for it is written,
Vengeance is mine; I will re
pay, saith the Lord. — Rom. xii.
[See also Heb. x. 30.]

35 To me belongeth vengeance
and recompence. — Deut. xxxii.

10 And again he saith. Rejoice,
ye Gentiles, with his people.

Rom. XV.

43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with
his people  Deut. xxxii.

8 Therefore let us keep the
feast, not with old leaven, nei
ther with the leaven of malice
and wickedness ; but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth. — I Cor. v.

4 And there shall be no lea
vened bread seen with thee in
all thy coast seven days. Deut. xvi.

to Deuteronomy.

73

9 For it is written in the law
of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle
the mouth of the ox that tread-
eth out the corn. — i Cor. ix.
[See also i Tim. v. i8.]
20 Rut / say, that the things
which the Gentiles sacrifice, they
sacrifice to devils, and not to
God: and I would not that ye
should have fellowship with
devils  I Cor. x.
24 Of the Jews five times re
ceived I forty stripes save one.
2 Cor. xi.
lo For as many as are of the
works of the law are under the
curse: for it is written. Cursed
is every one that continueth not
in all things which are written
in the book of the law to do
them. — Gal. iii.
28 He that despised Moses'
law died without mercy under
two or three witnesses. — Heb. x.
[See also 2 Cor. xiii. i.]

4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox
when he treadeth out the corn.
Deut. xxv.

1 7 They sacrificed unto devils,
not to God : to gods whom they
knew not, to new gods that came
newly up, whom your fathers
feared not. — Deut. xxxii.

3 Forty stripes he may give
him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv.
26 Cursed be he that confirm-
eth not all the words of this law
to do them. And all the people
shall say. Amen  Deut. xxvii.

2 If there be found among you,
within any of thy gates which
the Lord thy God giveth thee,
man or woman, that hath
wrought wickedness in the sight
of the Lord thy God, in trans
gressing his covenant ;
5 Then shalt thou bring forth
that man or that woman, which
have committed that wicked
thing, unto thy gates, even that
man or that woman, and shalt
stone them with stones, till they
die. 6 At the mouth of two wit
nesses, or three witnesses, shall
he that is worthy of death be

74 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

put to death ; but at the mouth
of one witness he shall not be ¦
put to death. — Deut. xvii.

1 8 For ye are not come unto
the mount that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, nor
unto blackness, and darkness,
and tempest.
29 For our God is a consum
ing fire. — Heb. xii.

1 1 And ye came near and stood
under the mountain.; and the
mountain burned with fire unto
the midst of heaven, with dark
ness, clouds, and thick darkness.
24 For the LORD thy God is a
consuming fire, even a jealous
God. — Deut. iv.

5 Let your conversation be
without covetousness ; and be
content with such things as ye
have : for he hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake
thee. — Heb. xiii.

6 Be strong and of a good
courage, fear not, nor be afraid
of them : for the Lord thy God,
he it is that doth go with thee ;
he will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee. — Deut. xxxi.

3 And they sing the song of
Moses the servant of God, and
the song of the Lamb. — Rev. xv.

See Deut. xxxii.

VII
TO JOSHUA.

5 And Salmon begat Booz of
Rachab.— i". Matt i.

25 And Joshua saved Rahab
the harlot alive, and her father's
household, and all that she had ;
and she dwelleth in Israel even
unto this day. — Josh. vi.

44 Our fathers had the taber
nacle of witness in the wilder
ness, as he had appointed, speak-

1 1 And it came to pass, when
all the people were clean passed
over, that ihe ark of the LORD

to foslma.

75

ing unto Moses, that he should
make it according to the fashion
that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that
came after brought in with Jesus
[i. e. Joshua] into the possession
of the Gentiles, whom God drave
out before the face of our fathers,
unto the days of David. Acts vii.

passed over, and the priests, in
the presence of the people. Josh. iv.

19 And when he had destroyed
seven nations in the land of
Chanaan, he divided their land
to them by lot. — Acts xiii.
8 For if Jesus [i. e. Joshua] had
given them rest, then would he
not afterward have spoken of
another day. — Heb. iv.

I And these are the countries
which the children of Israel in
herited in the land of Canaan,
which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the Son of Nun, and the
heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel, distri
buted for inheritance to them.
2 By lot was their inheritance,
as the Lord commanded by the
hand of Moses, for the nine
tribes, andywr the half tribe.
Josh. xiv.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho
fell down, after they were com
passed about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab
perished not with them that be
lieved not, when she had received
the spies with peace. — Heb. xi.

20 So the people shouted when
the priests blew with the trum
pets : and it came to pass, when
the people heard the sound of
the trumpet, and the people
shouted with a great shout, that
the wall fell down flat, so that
the people went up into the city,
every man straight before him,
and they took the city.
21 And they utterly destroyed
all that was in the city, both
man and woman, young and old,
and ox, and sheep, and ass, with
the edge of the sword.

76 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

25 Likewise also was not Ra
hab the harlot justified by works,
when she had received the mes
sengers, and had sent them out
another way ? — S. James ii.

22 But Joshua had said unto
the two men that had spied out
the country. Go into the harlot's
house, and bring out thence the
woman, and all that she hath,
as ye sware unto her.
23 And the young men that
were spies went in, and brought
out Rahab, and her father, and
her mother, and her brethren,
and all that she had ; and they
brought out all her kindred, and
left them without the camp of
Israel. — Josh. vi.

VIII
TO JUDGES.

23 And he came and dwelt in
a city called Nazareth : that it
might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophets. He shall
be called a Nazarene. .S. Matt. ii.

5 For the child shall be a
Nazarite unto God from the
womb. — Judges xiii.

20 And after that he gave unto
them Judges about the space of
four hundred and fifty years,
until Samuel the prophet. Acts xiii.

See Judges iv. viii. xi. xvi.

32 And what shall I more say?
for the time would fail me to tell
of Gedeon, and o/' Barak, and of
Samson, and of Jephthae. Heb. xi.

to the First Book of Samuel.

77

IX
TO RUTH.

3 And Judas begat Phares and
Zara of Thamar; and Phares be
gat Esrom ; and Esrom begat
Aram; 4 And Aram begat Aminadab;
and Aminadab begat Naasson ;
and Naasson begat Salmon;
5 And Salmon begat Booz of
Rachab; and Booz begat Obed
of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6 And Jesse begat David the
king. — 6'. Matt. i.

17 And the women her neigh
bours gave it a name, saying.
There is a son born to Naomi ;
and they called his name Obed :
he is the father of Jesse, the fa
ther of David.
18 Now these are the genera
tions of Pharez : Pharez begat
Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram,
and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat
Nahshon, and Nahshon begat .
Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and
Boaz begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and
Jesse begat David. — Ruth iv.

TO THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL.

46 And Mary said. My soul
doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced
in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low
estate of his handmaiden : for,
behold, from henceforth all ge
nerations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath
done to me great things; and
holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them

I And Hannah prayed, and
said. My heart rejoiceth in the
Lord, mine horn is exalted in
the Lord : my mouth is enlarged
over mine enemies; because I
rejoice in thy salvation.
2 There is none holy as the
Lord: for there is none beside
thee : neither is there any rock
like our God.
3 Talk no more so exceeding
proudly; let not arrogancy come

78 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

that fear him from generation to
generation. £1 He hath shewed strength
with his arm ; he hath scattered
the proud in the imagination of
their hearts.
52 He hath put down the
mighty from their seats, and
exalted them of low degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry
with good things ; and the rich
he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath holpen his servant
Israel, in remembrance of his
mercy ;
55 As he spake to our fathers,
to Abraham, and to his seed for
ever. — .S". Luke i.

out of your mouth : for the LORD
is a God of knowledge, and by
him actions are weighed.
4 The bows of the mighty are
broken, and they that stumbled
are girded with strength.
5 They that were full have
hired out themselves for bread ;
and they that were hungry
ceased : so that the barren hath
born seven ; and she that hath
many children is waxed feeble.
6 The Lord killeth, and maketh
alive: he bringeth down to the
grave, and bringeth up.
7 The Lord maketh poor, and
maketh rich : he bringeth low,
and lifteth up.
8 He raiseth up the poor out
of the dust, and lifteth up the
beggar from the dunghill, to set
them among princes, and to
make them inherit the throne of
glory: for the pillars of the earth
are the Lord's, and he hath set
the world upon them. I Sam. ii.

4 And Joseph also went up
from Galilee, out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judea unto the
city of David, which is called
Bethlehem ; ("because he was of
the house and lineage of David.)
.S". Luke ii.

I And the LORD said unto
Samuel, How long wilt thou
mourn for Saul, seeing I have
rejected him from reigning over
Israel ? fill thine horn with oil,
and go, I wOl send thee to Jesse
the Beth-lehemite: for I have
provided me a king among his
sons. 4 And Samuel did that which
the Lord spake, and came to
Beth-lehem. — i Sam. xvi.

to the Second Book of Samuel. 79
20 And after that he gave unto i Sam. viii.-x. and xvi.
them judges about the space of
four hundred and fifty years,
until Samuel the prophet.
21 And afterward they desired
a king: and God gave unto them
Saul the son of Cis, a man of
the tribe of Benjamin, by the
space of forty years.
22 And when he had removed
him, he raised up unto them
David to be their king; to whom
also he gave testimony, and said,
I have found David the son of
Jesse, a man after mine own
heart, which shall fulfil all my
will. 23 Of this man's seed hath God
according to his promise raised
unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus.
Acts xiii.
32 <y David also, and Samuel,
and o/"the prophets. Heb. xi.

XI
TO THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL.
6 And David the king begat 24 And David comforted Bath-
Solomon of her that had been sheba his wife, and went in unto
the wife of Urias.— .S". Matt. i. her, and lay with her ; and she
bare a son, and he called his
name Solomon; and the Lord
loved him. — 2 Sim. xii.
31 Which was the son of Na- 14 And these be the names of
than, which was //4^jo« of David. those that were born unto him
S. Luke iii. in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and

8o Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

Shobab, and Nathan, and Solo
mon. — 2 Sam. V.

30 Therefore being a prophet,
and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that
of the fruit of his loins, accord
ing to the flesh, he would raise
up Christ to sit on his throne.
Acts ii.

1 2 And when thy days be ful
filled, and thou shalt sleep with
thy fathers, I wiU set up thy seed
after thee, which shall proceed
out of thy bowels, and I will es
tablish his kingdom.
13 He shall build an house for
my name, and I will stablish
the throne of his kingdom for
ever. — 2 Sam. vii.

XII

TO THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS.

29 Men and brethren, let me
freely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both
dead and buried, and his sepul
chre is with us unto this day.
Acts ii.

10 So David slept with his
fathers, and was buried in the
city of David. — I Kings ii.

47 But Solomon built him an
house. — Acts vii.
36 For David, after he had
served his own generation by
the will of God, fell on sleep, and
was laid unto his fathers, and
saw corruption. — Acts xiii.
2 God hath not cast away his
people which he foreknew. Wot
ye not what the scripture saith
of Elias ? how he maketh inter
cession to God against Israel,
saying.

See I Kings viii.

See above l Kings ii. 10,

13 And, behold, there came a
voice unto him, and said, What
doest thou here, Elijah?
14 And he said, I have been
very jealous for the LORD God
of hosts : because the children

to the First Book of Kings.

8i

3 Lord, they have killed thy
prophets, and digged down thine
altars : and I am left alone, and
they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer
of God unto him? I have re
served to myself seven thousand
men, who have not bowed the
knee to the image of Baal. Rom. xi.

I Then verily the first covenant
had also ordinances of divine
service, and a worldly sanctu
ary. 2 For there was a tabernacle
made; the first, wherein was
the candlestick, and the table,
and the shewbread ; which is
called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil,
the tabernacle which is called
the Holiest of all ;
4 Which had the golden censer,
and the ark of the covenant
overlaid round about with gold,
wherein was the golden pot that
had manna, and Aaron's rod
that budded, and the tables of
the covenant ;
5 And over it the cherubims of
glory shadowing the mercyseat ;
of which we cannot now speak
particularly. — Heb. ix.

35 Women received their dead
raised to life again. — Heb. xi.

of Israel have forsaken thy cove
nant, thrown down thine altars,
and slain thy prophets with the
sword ; and I, even I only, am
left ; and they seek my life, to
take it away.
15 And the LORD said unto
him, 18 Yet I have left me seven
thousand in Israel, all the knees
which have not bowed unto Baal,
and every mouth which hath not
kissed him. — I Kings xix.
6 And the priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of the
Lord unto his place, into the
oracle of the house, to the most
hoXy place, even under the wings
of the cherubims.
7 For the cherubims spread
forth their two wings over the
place of the ark, and the cheru
bims covered the ark and the
staves thereof above.
8 And they drew out the staves,
that the ends of the staves were
seen out in the holy //a^^ before
the oracle, and they were not
seen without: and there they
are unto this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark
save the two tables of stone,
which Moses put there at
Horeb, when the Lord made a
covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of
the land of Egypt. I Kings viii.
See I Kings xvii. and 2 Kings
iv. 35-

82 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

17 Elias was a man subject to
like passions as we are, and he
prayed earnestly that it might
not rain : and it rained not on
the earth by the space of three
years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and
the heaven gave rain, and the
earth brought forth her fruit.
.5". James v.
3 And I will give power unto
my two witnesses, and they shall
prophesy a thousand two hun-
dredawrf threescore days, clothed
in sackcloth.
6 These have power to shut
heaven, that it rain not in the
days of their prophecy : and
have power over waters to turn
them to blood, and to smite
the earth with all plagues, as
often as they will. — Rev. xi.

I And Elijah the Tishbite, who
was of the inhabitants of Gilead,
said unto Ahab, As the LORD
God of Israel liveth, before
whom I stand, there shall not
be dew nor rain these years,
but according to my word.
I Kings xvii.
[And see I Kings xviii. 42-45.]
See I Kings xvii.

XIII

TO THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS.

3 And behold there appeared
unto them, Moses and Elias,
talking with Him. S. Matt xvii.

See 2 Kings ii. 11.

54 And when his disciples
James and John saw this, they
said. Lord, wilt thou that we
command fire to come down
from heaven, and consume them,
even as Elias did ? — ?. Luke ix.

10 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 hea
ven, and consumed him and his
fifty. — 2 Kings i.

to the First Book of Chronicles.

XIV

TO THE FIRST BOOK OF CHRONICLES.

3 And Judas begat Phares and
Zara, of Thamar ; and Phares
begat Esrom ; and Esrom begat
Aram ;
4 And Aram begat Aminadab ;
¦and Aminadab begat Naasson ;
and Naasson begat Salmon ;
5 And Salmon begat Booz
of Rachab; and Booz begat
Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat
Jesse; 6 And Jesse begat David the
king ; and David the king begat
Solomon of her that had been
the wife of Urias ;
7 And Solomon begat Ro-
boam; and Roboam begat Abia;
and Abia begat Asa.
8 And Asa begat Josaphat ;
and Josaphat begat Joram; and
Joram begat Ozias ;
9 And Ozias begat Joatham;
and Joatham begat Achaz ; and
Achaz begat Ezekias ;
lo And Ezekias begat Manas
ses ; and Manasses begat Amon ;
and Amon begat Josias ;
1 1 And Josias begat Jechonias
and his brethren, about the time
they were carried away to Baby
lon: 1 2 And after they were brought
to Babylon, Jechonias begat Sa-
lathiel ; and Salathiel begat Zo-
robabel ;
13 AndZorobabel begat Abiud ;

3 And Er, the firstborn of Ju
dah, was evil in the sight of the
Lord ; and he slew him.
4 And Tamar his daughter in
law bare him Pharez and Zerah.
All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron,
and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah ;
Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman,
and Calcol, and Dara: five of
them in all.
7 And the sons of Carmi ;
Achar, the troubler of Israel,
who transgressed in the thing
accursed. 8 And the sons of Ethan ; Aza-
riah. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that
were bom unto him; Jerahmeel,
and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab ;
and Amminadab begat Nahshon,
prince of the children of Judah;
1 1 And Nahshon begat Salma,
and Salma begat Boaz,
1 2 And Boaz begat Obed, and
Obed begat Jesse,
1 3. And Jesse begat his first
born Eliab, and Abinadab the
second, and Shimma the third,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Rad-
dai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the
Seventh. — i Chron. ii.
5 And these were born unto
2

84 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

and Abiud begat Eliakim ; and
Eliakim begat Azor. — S. Matt. i.

David in Jerusalem : Shimea,
and Shobab, and Nathan, and
Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the
daughter of Ammiel.
10 And Solomon's son was Re-
hoboam, Abia his son, Asa his
son, Jehoshaphat his son,
1 1 Joram his son, Ahaziah his
son, Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah
his son, Jotham his son,
13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his
son, Manasseh his son,
14 Amon his son, Josiah his
son. 15 And the sons of Josiah w^r^,
the firstborn J ohanan', the second
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah,
the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim :
Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his
son. 17 And the sons of Jeconiah;
Assir, Salathiel his son,
18 Malchiram also, and Peda-
iah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah,
Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah
were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei :
I Chron. iii.

31 Which was //j«f(7« of Melea,
which was the son of Menan,
which was the son of Mattatha,
which was the son of Nathan,
which was the son of David.
.S". Luke iii.

5 And these were born unto
him in Jerusalem ; Shimea, and
Shobab, and Nathan, and Solo
mon, four, of Bath-shua the
daughter of Ammiel. I Chron. iii.

5 There was in the days of
Herod, the king of Judaea, a cer
tain priest named Zacharias, of

7 Now the first lot came forth
to Jehoiarib, the second to Je-
daiah,

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the course of Abia : and his wife
was of the daughters of Aaron,
and her name was Elisabeth. .S". Luke i.

10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the
eighth to Abijah. I Chron. xxiv.

46 Who found favour before
God, and desired to find a taber
nacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built Him an
house. — Acts vii.

2 Then David the king stood
up upon his feet, and said, Hear
me, my brethren, and my people:
As for me, I had in mine heart
to build an house of rest for the
ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and for the footstool of our God,
and had made ready for the
building: 3 But God said unto me, Thou
shalt not build an house for my
name, because thou hast been a
man of war, and hast shed blood.
6 And He said unto me, Solo
mon thy son, he shall build My
house and My courts.
1 Chron. xxviii.

XV
TO THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES.

1 1 And Josias begat Jechonias
and his brethren about the time
they were carried away. 5'. Matt. i.
[Portions of the like genealogy
appear in Ezra iii. and Neh. xii.]

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old
when he began to reign, and he
reigned three months and ten
days in Jerusalem : and he did
that which was evil in the sight
of the Lord.
10 And when the year was ex
pired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
and brought him to Babylon,
with the goodly vessels of the
house of the Lord, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over
Judah and Jerusalem. 2 Chron. xxxvi.

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XVI

TO JOB.

19 For the wisdom of this
world is foolishness with God.
For it is written. He taketh the
wise in their own craftiness. I Cor. iii.

13 He taketh the wise in their
own craftiness : and the counsel
of the froward is carried head
long. — Job V.

II Behold, we count them
happy which endure. Ye have
heard of the patience of Job.
S. James v.

See Job i. 2.

XVII

TO THE PSALMS.

6 And saith unto him. If thou
be the Son of God, cast thyself
down : for it is written. He shall
give his angels charge concern
ing thee : and in their hands they
shall bear thee up, lest at any
time thou dash thy foot against
a stone. — S. Matt. iv.
[See also S. Luke iv. 10.]

1 1 For he shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep thee
in all thy ways.
1 2 They shall bear thee up in
their hands, lest thou dash thy
foot against a stone. — Ps. xci.

35 That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet,
saying, I will open my mouth in
parables; I will utter things
which have been kept secret
from the foundation of the world.
^. Matt. xiii.

2 I will open my mouth in a
parable: I will utter dark sayings
of old. — Ps. Ixxviii.

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87

35 And they crucified him, and
parted his garments, casting lots :
that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by the prophets. They
partedmygarments amongthem,
and upon my vesture did they
cast lots.
43 He trusted in God; let him
deliver him now, if he will have
him : for he said, I am the Son
of God. — .S". Matt, xxvii.

18 They part my gamients
among them, and cast lots upon
my vesture. — Ps. xxii.
[See also .S". John xix. 24.]

8 He trusted on the Lord
that he would deliver him : let
him deliver him, seeing he de
lighted in him. — Ps. xxii.

69 And hath raised up an horn
of salvation for us in the house
of his servant David. S. Luke i.

17 There will I make the horn
of David to bud : I have ordained
a lamp for mine anointed. Ps. cxxxii.

17 And his disciples remem
bered that it was written. The
zeal of thine house hath eaten
me up. — .S". John ii.

9 For the zeal of thine house
hath eaten me up ; and the re
proaches of them that reproach
ed thee are fallen upon me.
Ps. Ixix.

36 Thesethings were done, that
the Scripture should be fulfilled,
A bone of him shall not be
broken. — S. John xix.

20 He keepeth all his bones :
not one of them is broken. Ps. xxxiv.

9 For as yet they knew not the
scripture, that he must rise again
from the dead. — S. John xx.
24 Whom God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death :
because it was not possible that
he should be holden of it.
25 For David speaketh con
cerning him, I foresaw the Lord
always before my face, for he is
on my right hand, that I should
not be moved:

8 I have set the Lord always
before me : because he is at
my right hand, I shall not be
moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad,
and my glory rejoiceth: my
flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my
soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see cor
ruption. 1 1 Thou wilt shew me the path

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26 Therefore did my heart re
joice, and my tongue was glad ;
moreover also my flesh shall rest
in hope :
27 Because thou wilt not leave
my soul in hell, neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see cor
ruption. 28 Thou hast made known to
me the ways of life ; thou shalt
make me full of joy with thy
countenance. — Acts ii.
[Cited by S. Peter.]
35 Wherefore he saith also in
another psalm. Thou shalt not
suffer thine Holy One to see cor
ruption. 36 For David, after he had
served his own generation by
the will of God, fell on sleep, and
was laid unto his fathers, and
saw corruption :
37 But he, whom God raised
again, saw no corruption. Acts xiii.
[Cited by S. Paul.]
16 Men and brethren, this
scripture must needs have been
fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost
by the mouth of David spake be
fore concerning Judas, which was
guide to them that took Jesus.
20 For it is written in the book
of Psalms, Let his habitation be
desolate, and let no man dwell
therein : and his bishoprick let
another take. — Acts i.
34 For David is not ascended
into the heavens : but he saith
himself. The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand.

of life: in thy presence is ful
ness of joy ; at thy right hand
there are pleasures for evermore.
Ps. xvi.

25 Let their habitation be deso
late ; and let none dwell in their
tents. — Ps. Ixix.
8 Let his days be few ; and let
another take his office. — Ps. cix.

I The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou at my right hand, until
I make thine enemies thy foot
stool. — Ps. ex.

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89

35 Until I make thy foes thy
footstool. — Acts ii.
1 1 This is the stone which was
set at nought of you builders,
which is become the head of
the corner. — Acts iv.
[See also Eph. ii. 20.]
25 Who by the mouth of thy
servant David hast said. Why
did the heathen rage, and the
people imagine vain things ?
26 The kings of the earth stood
up, and the rulers were gathered
together against the Lord, and
against his Christ. — Acts iv.
22 And when he had removed
him, he raised up unto them
David to be their king; to whom
also he gave testimony, and
said, I have found David the son
of Jesse, a man after mine own
heart, which shall fulfil all my
will. — Acts xiii.
33 God hath fulfilled the same
unto us their children, in that he
hath raised up Jesus again ; as
it is also written in the second
psalm. Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee. — Acts xiii.
4 God forbid : yea, let God be
true, but every man a liar ; as
it is written. That thou mightest
be justified in thy sayings, and
mightest overcome when thou
art judged. — Rom. iii.
10 As it is written. There is
none righteous, no, not one :

22 The stone which the build
ers refused is become the head
stone of the corner. — Ps. cxviii.

I Why do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine a vain
thing ?
2 The kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the
Lord, and against his anointed. Ps. ii.
20 I have found David my
servant ; with my holy oil have
I anointed him. — Ps. Ixxxix.

7 I will declare the decree :
the Lord hath said unto me,
Thou art my Son; this day have
I begotten thee. — Ps. ii.

4 Against thee, thee only, have
I sinned, and done this evil in
thy sight : that thou mightest
be justified when thou speakest,
and be clear when thou judgest.
Ps. Ii.
See Ps. xiv. [Prayer Book,
from the Septuagint version.]

90 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

1 1 There is none that under-
standeth, there is none that
seeketh after God.
1 2 They are all gone out of the
way, they are together become
unprofitable ; there is none that
doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open
sepulchre; with their tongues
they have used deceit ; the poi
son of asps is under their lips :
14 Whose mouth is full of
cursing and bitterness :
15 Their feet are swift to shed
blood :
16 Destruction and misery are
in their ways :
17 And the way of peace have
they not known :
18 There is no fear of God
before their eyes — Rom. iii.

6 Even as David also describeth
the blessedness of the man, unto
whom God imputeth righteous
ness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they
whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom
the Lord will not impute sin.
Rom. iv.

I Blessed is he whose trans
gression is forgiven, whose sin
is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto
whom the LORD imputeth not
iniquity, and in whose spirit there
is no guile. — Ps. xxxii.

36 As it is written. For thy sake
we are killed all the day long ;
we are accounted as sheep for
the slaughter. — Rom. viii.

22 Yea, for thy sake are we
killed all the day long ; we
are counted as sheep for the
slaughter. — Ps. xliv.

18 But I say. Have they not 4 Their line* is gone out
* * Sound,' Prayer-Book version.

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heard ? Yes verily, their sound
went into all the earth, and their
words unto the ends of the
world. — Rom. x.

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through all the earth, and their
words to the end of the world.
Ps. xix.

9 And David saith, Let their
table be made a snare, and a
trap, and a stumblingblock, and
a recompence unto them :
10 Let their eyes be darkened,
that they may not see, and bow
down their back alway. Rom. xi.

22 Let their table become a
snare before them : and that
which should have been for their
welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened,
that they see not; and make
their loins continually to shake.
Ps. Ixix.

3 For even Christ pleased not
himself; but, as it is written.
The reproaches of them that re
proached thee fell on me.
Rom. xv.

9 The reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon
me. — Ps. Ixix.

9 And that the Gentiles might
glorify God for his mercy ; as it
is written. For this cause I will
confess to thee among the Gen
tiles, and sing unto thy name.
10 And again he saith. Rejoice,
ye Gentiles, with his people.
1 1 And again. Praise the Lord,
all ye Gentiles ; and laud him,
all ye people. — Rom. xv.

49 Therefore will I give thanks
unto thee, O Lord, among the
heathen, and sing praises unto
thy name. — Ps. xviii.
I O praise the Lord, all ye na
tions : praise him, all ye people.
Ps. cxvii.

20 And again, The Lord know-
eth the thoughts of the wise, that
they are vain. — I Cor. iii.

II The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of man, that they are
vanity. — Ps. xciv.

26 For the earth is the Lord's,
and the fulness thereof
28 But if any man say unto
you. This is offered in sacrifice
unto idols, eat not for his sake

I The earth is the Lord's, and
the fulness thereof; the world,
and they that dwell therein. Ps. xxiv.

92 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

that shewed it, and for con
science sake: for the earth is
the Lord's, and the fulness there
of — I Cor. X.

13 We having the same spirit
of faith, according as it is writ
ten, I believed, and therefore
have I spoken; we also believe,
and therefore speak. — 2 Cor. iv.
9 As it is written. He hath
dispersed abroad; he hath given
to the poor : his righteousness
remaineth for ever. — 2 Cor. ix.

10 I believed, therefore have I
spoken. — Ps. cxvi.

9 He hath dispersed, he hath
given to the poor; his righteous
ness endureth for ever. — Ps. cxii.

8 Wherefore he saith. When he
ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts
unto men. — Eph. iv.

18 Thou hast ascended on high,
thou hast led captivity captive :
thou hast received gifts for men.
Ps. Ixviii.

5 For unto which of the angels
said he at any time. Thou art
my Son, this day have I begot
ten thee ? And again, I will be
to him a Father, and he shall
be to me a Son ?
6 And again, when he bringeth
in the first-begotten into the
world, he saith. And let all the
angels of God worship him.
7 And of the angels he saith.
Who maketh his angels spirits,
and his ministers a flame of fire.
8 But unto the Son he saith.
Thy throne, O God, is, for ever
and ever: a sceptre of righteous
ness is the sceptre of thy king
dom.

7 I will declare the decree: the
Lord hath said unto me. Thou
art my Son; this day have I
begotten thee. — Ps. ii.
7 Confounded be all they that
serve graven images, that boast
themselves of idols: worship hirn,
all_)'« gods. — Ps. xcvii.

4 Who maketh his angels spi
rits; his ministers a flaming fire.
Ps. civ.
6 Thy throne, O God, is for
ever and ever : the sceptre of
thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness,
and hatest wickedness : there-

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93

9 Thou hast loved righteous
ness, and hated iniquity : there
fore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
ID And, Thou, Lord, in the be
ginning hast laid the founda
tion of the earth ; and the hea
vens are the works of thine
hands :
1 1 They shall perish; but thou
remainest ; and they all shall
wax old as doth a garment;
12 And as a vesture shalt thou
fold them up, and they shall
be changed: but thou art the
same, and thy years shall not
fail. 1 3 But to which of the angels
said he at any time. Sit on my
right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool ? Heb. i.

fore God, thy God, hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness
above thy fellows  Ps. xiv.
25 Of old hast thou laid the
foundation of the earth : and the
heavens are the work of thy
hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure: yea, all of them
shall wax old like a garment ;
as a vesture shalt thou change
them, and they shall be changed :
27 But thou art the same, and
thy years shall have no end.
Ps. cii.

I The Lord saith unto my
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy
footstool. — Ps. ex.

6 But one in a certain place
testified, saying. What is man,
that thou art mindful of him?
or the son of man, that thou
visitest him ?
7 Thou madest him a little
lower than the angels; thou
crownedst him with glory and
honour, and didst set him over
the works of thy hands :
8 Thou hast put all things in
subjection under his feet. For
in that he put all in subjection
under him, he left nothing that
is not put under him. But now
we see not yet all things put
under him. — Heb. ii.

4 What is man, that thou art
mindful of him ? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him ?
5 For thou hast made him a
little lower than the angels, and
hast crowned him with glory and
honour. 6 Thou madest him to have
dominion over the works of thy
hands; thou hast put all things
under his feet. — Ps. viii.

94 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

12 Saying, I will declare thy
name unto my brethren, in the
midst of the church will I sing
praise unto thee. — Heb. ii.
13 And again, I will put my
trust in him. — Heb. ii.

22 I will declare thy name
unto my brethren: in the midst
of the congregation will I praise
thee. — Ps. xxii.
2 The Lord is my rock, and
my fortress, and my deliverer ;
my God, my strength, in whom I
will trust  Ps. xxiii.

7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost
saith. To-day if ye will hear his
voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as
in the provocation, in the day of
temptation in the wilderness :
9 When your fathers tempted
me, proved me, and saw my
works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved
vrith that generation, and said.
They do alway err in their heart;
and they have not known my
ways. II So I sware in my wrath.
They shall not enter into my
rest.) — Heb. iii.
5 So also Christ glorified not
himself to be made an high
priest ; but he that said unto
him, Thou art my Son, to-day
have I begotten thee.
6 As he saith also in another
place, Thou art a priest for ever
after the order of Melchisedec. Heb. V.

8 Harden not your heart, as in
the provocation, and as in the
day of temptation in the wilder
ness: 9 When your fathers tempted
me, proved me, and saw my
work. 10 Forty years long was I
grieved with this generation,
and said. It is a people tliat do
err in their heart, and they have
not known my ways :
1 1 Unto whom I sware in my
¦wrath that they should not enter
into my rest — Ps. xcv.

7 Thou art My Son, this day
have I begotten thee. — Ps. ii.

4 The Lord hath sworn, and
will not repent. Thou art a
priest for ever after the order
of Melchizedek. — Ps. ex.

5 Wherefore when he cometh
into the world, he saith. Sacri
fice and offering thou wouldest

6 Sacrifice and offering thou
didst not desire ; mine ears hast
thou opened : burnt offering and

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95

not, but a body hast thou pre
pared me :
6 In burnt offerings and sacri
fices for sin thou hast had no
pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in
the volume of the book it is
¦written of me), to do thy will,
O GoA.—Heb. x.

sin offering hast thou not re
quired. 7 Then I said, Lo, I come : in
the volume of the book it is
written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O
my God : yea, thy law is within
my heart. — Ps. xl

6 So that we may boldly say.
The Lord is my helper, and I
will not fear what man shall do
unto me. — Heb. xiii.

1 1 In God have I put my trust :
I will not be afraid what man
can do unto me. — Ps. Ivi.

7 Unto you therefore which
believe he is precious : but unto
them which be disobedient, the
stone which the builders dis
allowed, the same is made the
head of the corner. — I Pet. ii.

See Ps. cxviii. 22.

10 For he that will love life,
and see good days, let him re
frain his tongue from evil, and
his lips that they speak no guile :
II Let him eschew evil, and
do good; let him seek peace,
and ensue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord
are over the righteous, and his
ears are open unto their prayers :
but the face of the Lord is
against them that do evil.
I Pet iii.

8 But, beloved, be not igno
rant of this one thing, that one
day is with the Lord as a thou
sand years, and a thousand years
as one day. — 2 Pet. iii.

12 What man is he that de-
sireth life, and loveth many
days, that he may see good ?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do
good ; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are
upon the righteous, and his ears
are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is
against them that do evil, to cut
off the remembrance of them
from the earth. — Ps. xxxiv.
4 For a thousand years in thy
sight are but as yesterday when
it is past, and as a watch in the
night. — Ps. xciv.

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27 And he shall rule them with
a rod of iron ; as the vessels of
a potter shall they be broken to
shivers : even as I received of
my Father.^./?^!'. ii.

9 Thou shalt break them with
a rod of iron ; thou shalt dash
them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. — Ps. ii.

XVIII
TO PROVERBS.

20 Therefore if thine enemy
hunger, feed him ; if he thirst,
give him drink : for in so doing
thou shalt heap coals of fire on
his head. — Rom. xii.

21 If thine enemy be hungry,
give him bread to eat; and if
he be thirsty, give him water to
drink :
22 For thou shalt heap coals
of fire upon his head, and the
Lord shall reward thee.
Prov. xxv.

5 And ye have forgotten the
exhortation which speaketh unto
you as unto children. My son,
despise not thou the chastening
of the Lord, nor faint when thou
art rebuked of him :
6 For whom the Lord loveth
he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. Heb. Xli.

II My son, despise not the
chastening of the Lord ; neither
be weary of his coiTection:
12 For whom the Lord loveth
he correcteth ; even as a father
the son in whom he delighteth. Prov. iii.

6 But he giveth more grace.
Wherefore he saith, God re-
sisteth the proud, but giveth
grace unto the humble. .S". James iv.
8 And above all things have
fervent charity among your
selves: for charity shall cover
the multitude of sins  i Pet. iv.

34 Surely he scorneth the
scoiners: but he giveth grace
unto the lowly. — Prov. iii.

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes:
but love covereth all sins. Prov. X.

to Isaiah.

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1 8 And if the righteous scarce
ly be saved, where shall the un
godly and the sinner appear?
I Pet iv.

* 31 Behold, the righteous shall
be recompensed in the earth :
much more the wicked and the
sinner. — Prov. xi.

22 But it is happened unto
them according to the true pro
verb. The dog is turned to his
own vomit again; and the sow
that was washed to her wallow
ing in the mire. — 2 Pet. ii.

n As a dog returneth to his
vomit, so a fool returneth to his
folly. — Prov. xxvi.

XIX
TO ISAIAH.

22 Now all this was done, that
it might be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the pro
phet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be
with child, and shall bring forth
a son, and they shall call his
name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.
S. Matt i.
3 For this is he that was
spoken of by the prophet Esaias,
saying. The voice of one crying
in the wilderness. Prepare ye the
way of the Lord, make his paths
straight. — S. Matt, iii,
14 That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, saying,
15 The land of Zabulon, and
the land of Nephthalim, by the

14 Therefore the Lord him
self shall give you a sign ; Be
hold, a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son, and shall call
his name Immanuel. — Is. vii.

3 The voice of him that crieth
in the wilderness. Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make
straight in the desert a highway
for our God. — Is. xl.

I Nevertheless the dimness
shall not be such as was in her
vexation, when at the first he
lightly afflicted the land of Zebu-
lun and the land of Naphtali,

• The Greek version of the Septuagint agrees, word for word, with the text of the
Epistle. H

98 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

way of the sea, beyond Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles ;
16 The people which sat in
darkness saw great light; and
to them which sat in the region
and shadow of death light is
sprung up. — 5. Matt. iv.
[See also Mark i. 3; Lukeiii. 4;
John i. 23.]
17 That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, saying. Himself took
our infirmities, and bare our
sicknesses. — S. Matt. viii.
17 That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom
I have chosen ; my beloved, in
whom my soul is well pleased :
I will put my spirit upon him,
and he shall shew judgment to
the Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry ;
neither shall any man hear his
voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not
break, and smoking flax shall be
not quench, till he send forth
judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the
Gentiles trust. — S. Matt. xii.
28 And the scripture was ful
filled, which saith, And he was
numjjered with the transgressors.
.S". Mark XV.

and afterward did more griev
ously afflict her by the way of the
sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee
of the nations.
2 The people that walked in
darkness have seen a great light :
they that dwell in the land of
the shadow of death, upon them
hath the light shined. — Is. ix.
4 Surely he hath borne our
griefs, and carried our sorrows :
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted. Is. liii.
I Behold my servant, whom
I uphold ; mine elect, in whom
my soul delighteth ; I have put
my spirit upon him : he shall
bring forth judgment to the
Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up,
nor cause his voice to be heard
in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not
break, and the smoking flax
shall he not quench; he shall
bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be dis
couraged, till he have set judg
ment in the earth : and the isles
shall wait for his law. — Is. xlii.
12 Therefore will I divide him
a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the
strong ; because he hath poured
out his soul unto death: and he
was numbered with the trans
gressors ; and he bare the sin of

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79 To give light to them that
sit iri darkness and in the
shadow of death, to guide our
feet into the way of peace.S. Luke i.

32 A light to lighten the Gen
tiles, and the glory of thy people
Israel. — S. Luke ii.

38 That the saying of Esaias
the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Lord, who hath
believed our report ? and to
whom hath the arm of the Lord
been revealed .' — .5". John xii.
39 Therefore they could not
believe, because that Esaias said
again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes,
and hardened their heart; that
they should not see with their
eyes, nor understand with their
heart, and be converted, and I
should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias,
when he saw his glory, and spake
of him. — S. John xii.
[See also, by S. Paul, Acts
xxviii. 25, 26.]

many, and made intercession
for the transgressors. — Is. liii.
2 The people that walked in
darkness have seen a great
light : they that dwell in the
land of the shadow of death,
upon them hath the light shined.
Is. xl.
6 I the Lord have called thee
in righteousness, and will hold
thine hand, and will keep thee,
and give thee for a covenant of
the people, for a hght of the
Gentiles. — Is. xlii.
I Who hath believed our re
port ? and to whom is the arm
of the Lord revealed ? Is. liii.

10 Make the heart of this
people fat, and make their ears
heavy, and shut their eyes; lest
they see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and under
stand with their heart, and con
vert, and be healed. — Is. vi.

I In the year that king Uzziah
died I saw also the Lord sitting
upon a throne, high and lifted
up, and his train filled the
temple. — Is. vi.
48 Howbeit the most High i Thus saith the LORD, The
dwelleth not in temples made heaven is my throne, and the
with hands ; as saith the pro- earth is my footstool ; where is
phet, the house that ye build unto
H 2

me ? and where is the place of
my rest ?
2 For all those things hath
mine hand made. — Is. Ixvi.

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49 Heaven is my throne, and
earth is my footstool: what
house will ye build me ? saith
the Lord : or what is the place
of my rest ?
50 Hath not my hand made
all these things ? — Acts vii.
26 And the angel of the Lord
spake unto Philip, saying. Arise,
and go toward the south unto
the way that goeth down from
Jemsalem unto Gaza, which is
desert. 27 And he arose and went :
and, behold, a man of Ethiopia,
an eunuch of great authority
under Candace queen of the
Ethiopians, who had the charge
of all her treasure, and had come
to Jerusalem for to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting
in' his chariot read Esaias the
prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto
Philip, Go near, and join thy
self to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to
him, and heard him read the
prophet Esaias, and said, Un-
derstandest thou what thou
readest ?
31 And he said. How can I,
except some man should guide
me ? And he desired Philip that
he would come up and sit with
him. 32 The place of the scripture 7 He was oppressed, and he
which he read was this. He was was afflicted, yet he opened not
led as a sheep to the slaughter ; his mouth : he is brought as a
and like a lamb dumb before lamb to the slaughter, and as a

to Isaiah.

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his shearer, so opened he not
his mouth ;
33 In his humiliation his judg
ment was taken away: and who
shall declare his generation ? for
his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered
Philip, and said, I pray thee, of
whom speaketh the prophet this ?
of himself, or of some other
man? 35 Then Philip opened his
mouth, and began at the same
scripture, and preached unto him
Jesus. — Acts viii.
34 And as concerning that he
raised him up from the dead,
now no more to return to cor
ruption, he said on this wise, I
will give you the sure mercies of
David  Acts xiii.
47 For so hath the Lord com
manded us, saying, I have set
thee to be a light of the Gen
tiles, that thou shouldest be for
salvation unto the ends of the
earth. — Acts xiii.

sheep before her shearers is
dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth. 8 He was taken from prison
and from judgment : and who
shall declare his generation ? for
he was cut off out of the land of
the living : for the transgression
of my people was he stricken. Is. liii.

3 Incline your ear, and come
.unto me; hear, and your soul
shall live; and I will make an
everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David.
Is. Iv.
6 And he said. It is a light
thing that thou shouldest be my
servant to raise up the tribes of
Jacob, and to restore the pre
served of Israel: I will also give
thee for a light to the Gentiles,
that thou mayest be my salva
tion unto the end of the earth.
Is. xlix.

24 For the name of God is
blasphemed among the Gentiles
through you, as it is written. Rom. ii.

5 Now therefore, what have I
here, saith the Lord, that my
people is taken away for nought ?
they that rule over them make
them to howl, saith the Lord ;
and my name continually every
day is blasphemed. — Is. Iii.

27 Esaias also crieth concern- 22 For though thy people Is-

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ing Israel, Though the number
of the children of Israel be as
the sand of the sea, a remnant
shall be saved, — Rom. ix.
29 And as Esaias said before.
Except the Lord of Sabaoth had
left us a seed, we had been as
Sodoma, and been made like
unto Gomorrha. — Rom. ix.
33 As it is written. Behold, I
lay in Sion a stumblingstone
and rock of offence : and who
soever believeth on him shall
not be ashamed. — Rom. ix.
[See also Rom. x. 1 1, and i Pet.
ii. 6.]

15 And how shall they preach,
except they be sent ? as it is
written. How beautiful are the
feet of them that preach the
gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things ! — Rom. x.

16 But they have not all obeyed
the gospel. For Esaias saith,
Lord, who hath believed our
report ? — Rom. x.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and
saith, I was found of them that

rael be as the sand of the sea,
yet a remnant of them shall re
turn : the consumption decregd
shall overflow with righteous
ness. — Is. x.
9 Except the Lord of hosts
had left unto us a very small
remnant, we should have been
as Sodom, and we should have
been like unto Gomorrah. Is. i.
16 Therefore thus saith the
Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion
for a foundation a stone, a tried
stone, a precious corner stone, a
sure foundation : he that be
lieveth shall not make haste.
Is. xxviii.
14 And he shall be for a sanc
tuary ; but for a stone of
stumbling and for a rock of
offence to both the houses of Is
rael, for a gin and for a snare to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Is. viii.
7 How beautiful on the
mountains are the feet of him
that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace ; that bringeth
good tidings of good, that pub
lisheth salvation ; that saith
unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ! —
/r.lii. See Is. liii. i.

I I am sought of them that
asked not for me ; I am found

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103

sought me not; I was made
manifest unto them that asked
not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith. All
day long I have stretched forth
my hands unto a disobedient
and gainsaying people. Rom. X.

8 (According as it is written,
God hath given them the spirit
of slumber, eyes that they should
not see, and ears that they
should not hear ;) unto this day.
Rom. xi.

of them that sought me not : I
said. Behold me, behold me,
unto a nation Ma/ was not called
by my name.
2 I have spread out my hands
all the day unto a rebellious
people, which walketh in a way
that was not good, after their
own thoughts. — Is. Ixv.
10 For the LORD hath poured
out upon you the spirit of deep
sleep, and hath closed your eyes.
Is. xxix.

26 And so all Israel shall be
saved : as it is written, There
shall come out of Sion the De
liverer, and shall turn away un
godliness from Jacob :
For this is my covenant unto
them, when I shall take away
their sins  Rom. xi.

20 And the Redeemer shail
come to Zion, and unto them
that turn from transgression in
Jacob, saith the Lord.
21 As for me, this is my cove
nant with them, saith the Lord.
Is. lix.

34 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord ? or who hath
been his counseller i" — Rom. xi.

1 1 For it is written. As I live,
saith the Lord, every knee shall
bow to me, and every tongue
shall confess to God. — Rom. xiv.

12 And again, Esaias saith,
There shall be a root of Jesse,
and he that shall rise to reign

13 Who hath directed the
Spirit of the LORD, or being his
counseller hath taught him ?
Is. xL
23 I have sworn by myself,
the word is gone out of my
mouth in righteousness, and
shall not return. That unto me
every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear. — Is. xiv.
10 And in that day there shall
be a root of Jesse, which shall
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over the Gentiles ; in him shall
the Gentiles trust. — Rom. xv.

21 But as it is written. To
whom he was not spoken of,
they shall see; and they that
have not heard shall understand. Rom. XV.

19 For it is written, I will
destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and will bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise ? where
is the scribe ? where is the dis-
puter of this world ? hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of
this world.' — i Cor. i.

9 But as it is written, Eye hath
not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath
prepai-ed for them that love him.
I Cor. ii.

21 In the law it is written.
With men of other tongues and
other lips will I speak unto this
people ; and yet for all that will
they not hear me, saith the
Lord. — I Cor. xiv.

people ; to it shall the Gentiles
seek : and his rest shall be glo
rious. — Is. xi.
15 So shall he sprinkle many
nations; the kings shall shut
their mouths at him : for that
which had not been told them
shall they see ; and that which
they had not heard shall they
consider. — Is. Iii
14 Therefore, behold, I will
proceed to do a marvellous work
among this people, even a mar
vellous work and a wonder : for
the wisdom of their wise men
shall perish, and the understand
ing of their prudent men shall
be hid. — Is. xxix.
t8 Thine heart shall meditate
terror. Where is the scribe ?
where is the receiver ? where is
he that counted the towers ?
Is. xxxiii.
4 For since the beginning of
the world men have not heard,
nor perceived by the ear, neither
hath the eyes seen, O God,
beside thee, what he hath pre
pared for him that waiteth for
him. — Is. Ixiv.
II For with stammering lips
and another tongue will he speak
to this people.
12 To whom he said. This is
the rest wherewith ye may cause
the weary to rest ; and this is
the refreshing : yet they would
not hear. — Is. xxviii.

to Isaiah.

105

54 So when this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put
on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that
is written, Death is swallowed
up in victory. — i Cor. xv.
2 (For he saith, I _have heard
thee in a time accepted, and in
the day of salvation have I suc
coured thee : behold, now is the
accepted time; behold, now is
the day of salvation). — 2 Cor. vi.
17 Wherefore come out from
among them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch not
the unclean thing. — 2 Cor. vi.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake
thou that sleepest, and arise
from the dead, and Christ shall
give thee light. — Eph. v.
13 Behold I and the children
which God hath given me.
Heb. ii.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands
which hang down, and the
feeble knees. — Heb. xii.
24 Who his own self bare our
sins in his own body on the
tree, that we, being dead to sins,
should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes ye were healed.
25 For ye were as sheep going
astray; but are now returned
unto the Shepherd and Bishop
of your souls. — i Pet. iL

8 He will swallow up death in
victory. — Is. xxv.

8 Thus saith the Lord, In an
acceptable time have I heard
thee, and in a day of salvation
have I helped thee  Is. xlix.

II Depart ye, depart ye, go
ye out from thence, touch ye no
unclean thing; go ye out of
the midst of her ; be ye clean,
that bear the vessels of the
Lord.— /f. hi.
I Arise, shine ; for thy light is
come, and the glory of the Lord
is risen upon thee. — Is. Ix,
18 Behold, I and the children
whom the Lord hath given me.
Is. viii.
3 Strengthen ye the weak
hands, and confirm the feeble
knees. — Is. xxxv.
5 But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities : the chastise
ment of our peace was upon
him; and with his stripes we are
healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone
astray ; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the

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8 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.

5 And one of the elders saith
unto me. Weep not : behold, the
Lion of the tribe of Juda, the
Root of David, hath prevailed
to open the book, and to loose
the seven seals thereof — Rev. v.
i6 They shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more ; neither
shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in
the midst of the throne shall
feed them, and shall lead them
unto living fountains of waters :
and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes. — Rev. vii.
\liev. xviii. xx. and xxi. contain
numerous references to scattered
passages of Isaiah«]

Lord hath laid on him the
iniquity of us all. — Is. liii.
2 Above it stood the sera-
phims : each one had six wings;
with twain he covered his face,
and with twain he covered his
feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one.cried unto another,
and said. Holy, holy, holy, is
the Lord of hosts : the whole
earth is full of his glory. — Is. vi.
10 And in that day there shall
be a root of Jesse, which shall
stand for an ensign of the
people; to it shall the Gentiles
seek : and his rest shall be glo
rious. — Is. xi.
10 They shall not hunger nor
thirst ; neither shall the heat
nor sun smite them : for he that
hath mercy on them shall lead
them, even by the springs of
water shall he guide them. Is. xlix.
8 The Lord GOD will wipe
away tears from off all faces.
Is. xxv.

XX
TO JEREMIAH.

17 Then was fulfilled that which
was spoken by Jeremy the pro
phet, saying.

15 Thus saith the Lord; A
voice was heard in Ramah,
lamentation, and bitter weeping;

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107

18 In Rama was there a voice
heard, lamentation, and weep
ing, and great mourning, Rachel
weeping for her children, and
would not be comforted, because
they are not. — ^^ Matt. ii.

Rahel weeping for her children
refused to be comforted for her
children, because they were not.
Jer. xxxi.

21 Hath not the potter power
over the clay, of the same lump
to make one vessel unto honour,
and another unto dishonour ?
Rom. ix.

6 O house of Israel, cannot I
do with you as this potter ?
saith the LoRD. Behold, as the
clay is in the potter's hand, so
are ye in mine hand, O house of
Israel. — Jer. xviii.

31 That, according as it is
written. He that glorieth, let
him glory in the Lord. — i Cor. i.
[Repeated 2 Cor. x. 17.]

23 Thus saith the Lord, Let
not the wise man glory in his
wisdom, neither let the mighty
man glory in his might, let not
the rich man glory in his riches :
24 But let him that glorieth
glory in this, that he under-
standeth and knoweth me, that
I am the Lord which exercise
lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth : for
in these things I delight, saith
the Lord. — Jer. ix.

8 For finding fault with them,
he saith. Behold, the days come,
saith the Lord, when I will make
a new covenant with the house
of Israel and with the house of
Judah :
9 Not according to the cove
nant that I made with their
fathers in the day when I took
them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt ; be
cause they continued not in my

3 1 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel,
and with the house of Judah :
32 Not according to the cove
nant that I made with their
fathers in the day that I took
them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt ; which
my covenant they brake, al
though 1 was an husband unto
them, saith the Lord :

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covenant, and I regarded them
not, saith the Lord.
lo For this is the covenant that
I will make with the house of
Israel after those days, saith the
Lord ; I will put my laws into
their mind, and write them in
their hearts: and I will be to
them a God, and they shall be
to me a people :
II And they shall not teach
every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying.
Know the Lord: for all shall
know me, from the least to the
greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to
their unrighteousness, and their
sins and their iniquities will I
remember no more. — Heb. viii.
[Repeated, Chap. x. i6, 17.]
23 I am he which searcheth
the reins and hearts : and I will
give unto every one of you ac
cording to your works. Rev. ii.
8 And there followed another
angel, saying, Babylon is fallen,
is fallen, that great city, because
she made all nations drink of
the wine of the wrath of her for
nication. — Rev. xiv.

33 But this shall be the cove
nant that I will make with the
house of Israel ; After those
days, saith the Lord, I wdl put
my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts ; and
will be their God, and they shall
be my people.
34 And they shall teach no
more every man his neighbour,
and every man his brother, say
ing. 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. xxxL

10 I the Lord search the heart,
/try the reins, even to give every
man according to his ways, and
according to the fruit of his
doings. — Jer. xvii.
7 Babylon hath been a golden
cup in the Lord's hand, that
made all the earth drunken: the
nations have drunken of her
wine; therefore the nations are
mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen
and destroyed : howl for her.
Jer. Ii.

19 And the great city was 12 And it shall come to pass,
divided into three parts, and the when seventy years are accom-
cities of the nations fell : and plished, that I will punish the

to Ezekiel.

109

great Babylon came in remem
brance before God, to give unto
her the cup of the wine of the
fierceness of his wrath. Rev. xvi.

king of Babylon, and that nation,
saith the Lord, for their ini
quity, and the land of the Chal
deans, and will make it perpetual
desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that
land all my words which I have
pronounced against it, even all
that is written in this book,
which Jeremiah hath prophesied
against all the nations.
14 For many nations and great
kings shall serve themselves of
them also : and I will recom
pense them according to their
deeds, and according to the
works of their own hands.
15 For thus saith the Lord
God of Israel unto me ; Take
the wine cup of this fury at my
hand, and cause all the nations,
to whom I send thee, to drink it.
i6 And they shall drink, and
be moved, and be mad, because
of the sword that I will send
among them.
17 Then took I the cup at the
Lord's hand, and made all the
nations to drink, unto whom the
Lord had sent me. — Jer. xxv.

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XXI
TO EZEKIEL.

23 Thou that makest thy boast
of the law, through breaking the
law dishonourest thou God ?
24 For the name of God is

20 And when they entered unto
the heathen, whither they went,
they profaned my holy name,
when they said to them. These

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blasphemed among the Gentiles
through you, as it is written. Rom. xi.

are the people of the LORD, and
are gone forth out of his land.
22 Therefore say unto the house
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord
God ; I do not this for your
sakes, O house of Israel, but for
mine holy name's sake, which ye
have profaned among the hea
then, whither ye went. Esek. xxxvi.

14 His head and his hairs were
white like wool, as white as
snow ; and his eyes were as a
flame of fire ;
15 And his feet like unto fine
brass, as if they burned in a fur
nace ; and his voice as the sound
of many waters.— i?£f. i.
2 And immediately I was in the
spirit: and, behold, a throne was
set in heaven, and one sat on the
throne. 3 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. — Rev. iv.

26 And above the firmament
that was over their heads was
the likeness of a throne, as the
appearance of a sapphire stone :
and upon the likeness of the
throne was the likeness as the
appearance of a man above upon
it. 27 And I saw as the colour of
amber, as the appearance of fire
round about within it, from the
appearance of his loins even up
ward, and from the appearance
of his loins even downward, I
saw as it were the appearance
of fire, and it had brightness
round about.
28 As the appearance of the
bow that is in the cloud in the
day of rain, so was the appear
ance of the brightness round
about This was the appear
ance of the likeness of the glory
of the 'Lo^n.—Ezek. i.

1 And after these things I saw
four angels standing on the four
comers of the earth, holding the
four winds of the earth, that the
wind should not blow on the

4 And the Lord said unto him.
Go through the midst of the city,
through the midst of Jerusalem,
and set a mark upon the fore^
heads of the men that sigh and

to Ezekiel.

1 1 1

earth, nor 6n the sea, nor on any
tree. 2 And I saw another angel as
cending from the east, having
the seal of the living God : and
he cried with a loud voice to the
four angels, to whom it was given
to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth,
neither the sea, nor the trees, till
we have sealed the servants of
our God in their foreheads. Rev. vii.

that cry for all the abominations
that be done in the midst thereof.
5 And to the others he said in
mine hearing. Go ye after him
through the city, and smite : let
not your eye spare, neither have
ye pity.
6 Slay utterly old and young,
both maids, and little children,
and women : but come not near
any man upon whom is the mark.
Ezek. ix.

8 And the voice which I heard
from heaven spake unto me
again, and said. Go and take the
little book which is open in the
hand of the angel which standeth
upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel,
and said unto him. Give me the
little book. And he said unto
me. Take //, and eat it up ; and
it shall make thy belly bitter,
but it shall be in thy mouth sweet
as honey.
lo And I took the little book
out of the angel's hand, and ate
it up ; and it was in my mouth
sweet as honey : and as soon as
I had eaten it, my belly was
bitter. 1 1 And he said unto me. Thou
must prophesy again before
many peoples, and nations, and
tongues, and kings. — Rev. x.
I And there was given me a
reed like unto a rod: and the
angel stood, saying, Rise, and

I Moreover he said unto me.
Son of man, eat that thou find-
est ; eat this roll, and go speak
unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and
he caused me to eat that roll.
3 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.
4 And he said unto me. Son of
man, go, get thee unto the house
of Israel, and speak with my
words unto them. — Ezek. iii.

3 And he brought me thither,
and, behold, there was a man,
whose appearance was like the

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measure the temple of God, and
the altar, and them that worship
therein. 2 But the court which is with
out the temple leave out, and
measure it not ; for it is given
unto the Gentiles : and the holy
city shall they tread under foot
forty and two months. — Rev. xi.

appearance of brass, with a line
of flax in his hand, and a mea
suring reed ; and he stood in
the gate. — Ezek. xl.
[And see thence to Ezek. xiv. 8.]

lo Standing afar off for the fear
of her torment, saying, Alas, alas
that great city Babylon, that
mighty city ! for in one hour is
thy judgment come. — Rev. xviii.
[And see to end of verse 19.]

[Compare Ezek. xxvii.]

17 And I saw an angel standing
in the sun ; and he cried with a
loud voice, saying to all the fowls
that fly in the midst of heaven,
Come and gather yourselves to
gether unto the supper of the
great God ;
18 That ye may eat the flesh
of kings, and the flesh of cap
tains, and the flesh of mighty
men, and the flesh of horses, and
of them that sit on them, and
the flesh of all men, both free
and bond, both small and great.
Rev. xix.

17 And, thou son of man, thus
saith the Lord God ; Speak unto
every feathered fowl, and to every
beast of the field. Assemble your
selves, and come ; gather your
selves on every side to my sacri
fice that I do sacrifice for you,
eiien a great sacrifice upon the
mountains of Israel, that ye may
eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the
mighty, and drink the blood of
the princes of the earth, of rams,
of lambs, and of goats, of bul
locks, all of them fatlings of
Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be
full, and drink blood till ye be
drunken, of my sacrifice which I
have sacrificed to you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at
my table with horses .and cha
riots, with mighty men, and with

to Daniel.

i'i3

2 In the midst of the street of
it, and on either side of the river,
was there the tree of life, which
bare twelve manner of{ruits,and
yielded her fruit every month:
and the leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nations.
Rev. xxii.

all men of war, saith the Lord
God. — Ezek. xxxix.
12 And by the river upon the
bank thereof, on this side and on
that side, shall grow all trees for
meat, whose leaf shall not fade,
neither shall the fruit thereof be
consumed: it shall bring forth
newfruit according to his months,
because their waters they issued
out of the sanctuary: and the
fmit thereof shall be for meat,
and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Ezek. xlvii.

XXII
TO DANIEL.

26 And in the sixth month the
angel Gabriel was sent from God
unto a city of Galilee, named
Nazareth. — S. Luke xxvi.

[See Dan. viii. 16 ; where alone
the angel Gabriel is named.]

2 Do ye not know that the
saints shall judge the world ?
I Cor. vi.

22 Until the Ancient of days
came, and judgment was given
to the saints of the most High ;
and the time came that the
saints possessed the kingdom. Dan. vii.

[In Jude ver. 9, the Archangel
Michael is named : also in Rev.
xii. 7. The only other passages
in whicb this name occurs are in
Dan. X. 13 and 21 ; and xii. i.]
15 And his feet like unto fine
brass, as if they burned in a fur-

6 His body also was like the
beryl, and his face as the ap-

1 14 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

nace ; and his voice as the sound
of many waters. — Rev. i.

pearance of lightning, and his
eyes as lamps of fire, and his
arms and his feet like in colour
to polished brass, and the voice
of his words like the voice of a
multitude. — Dan. x.

-H

XXIII
TO HOSEA.

15 And was there until the
death of Herod : that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken of
the Lord by the prophet, say
ing. Out of Egypt have I called
my son. — S. Matt. ii.
25 As he saith also in Osee
I will call them my people,
which were not my people ; and
her beloved, which was not be
loved. 26 And it shall come to pass,
that in the place where it was
said unto them, Ye are not my
people ; there shall they be call
ed the children of the living God.
— Rom. ix.

I When Israel was a child,
then I loved him, and called my
son out of Egypt — Hos. xi.

23 And I will sow her unto me
in the earth ; and I will have
mercy upon her that had not ob
tained mercy ; and I will say to
them which were not my people.
Thou art my people ; and they
shall say, Thou art my God.
Hos. ii.

10 Which in time past were
not a people, but are now the
people of God : which had not
obtained mercy, but now have
obtained mercy. — i Pet. ii.

10 Yet the number of the
children of Israel shall be as
the sand of the sea, which can
not be measured nor numbered ;
and it shall come to pass, that
in the place where it was said
unto them, Ye are not my
people, there it shall be said

to Joel

115

54 So when this corruptible
shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put
on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that
is written. Death is swallowed
up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting ?
O grave, where is thy victory?
I Cor. XV.

unto them. Ye are the sons of
the living God. — Hos. i.
14 I will ransom them from
the power of the grave; I will
redeem them from death : O
death, I will be thy plagues ; O
grave, I will be thy destruction :
repentance shall be hid from
mine eyes. — Hos. xiii.

15 By him therefore let us offer
the sacrifice of paise to God
continually, that is, the fruit of
our lips giving thanks to his
name. — Heb. xiii.

2 Take with you words, and
turn to the LORD : say unto him,
Take away all iniquity, and re
ceive us graciously: so will we
render the calves of our lips.
Hos. xiv.

XXIV

TO JOEL.

16 But this is that which was
spoken by the prophet Joel ;
17 And it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith God, I
will pour out of my Spirit upon
all flesh : and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams :
18 And on my servants and
on my handmaidens I will pour
out in those days of my Spirit ;
and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in

28 And it shall come to pass
afterward, that I will pour out
my spirit upon all flesh ; and
your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions :
29 And also upon the servants
and upon the handmaids in
those days will I pour out my
spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders
in the heavens and in the earth,
blood, and fire, and pillars of
smoke.

1 1 6 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

heaven above, and signs in the
earth beneath; blood, and fire,
and vapour of smoke :
20 The sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon
into blood, before that great and
notable day of the Lord come.
Acts ii.

1 2 And the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became as blood. Reu. vi.

31 The sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon
into blood, before the great and
the terrible day of the LoRD
come. 32 And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be de
livered : for in mount Zion and
in Jerusalem shall be deliver
ance, as the Lord hath said,
and in the remnant whom the
Lord shall call. — Joel ii.
See above.

XXV
TO AMOS.

42 Then God turned, and gave
them up to worship the host of
heaven ; as it is written in the
book of the prophets, O ye house
of Israel, have ye offered to me
slain beasts and sacrifices by the
space of forty years in the wil
derness ?
43 Yea, ye took up the taber
nacle of Moloch, and the star
of your god Remphan, figures
which ye made to worship them:
and I win carry you away be
yond Babylon. — Acts vii.

25 Have ye offered unto me
sacrifices and offerings in the
wilderness forty years, O house
of Israel ?
26 But ye have borne the ta
bernacle of your Moloch and
Chiun your images, the star of
your god, which ye made to
yourselves. 27 Therefore will I cause you
to go into captivity beyond Da
mascus, saith the LORD, whose
name is the God of hosts. Amos V.

15 And to this agree the words 11 In that day I will raise up
of the prophets; as it is written, the tabernacle of David that is

to Micah.

117

16 After this I will return, and
will build again the tabemacle
of David, which is fallen down;
and I will build again the ruins
thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That the residue of men
might seek after the Lord, and
all the Gentiles, upon whom my
name is called, saith the Lord,
who doeth all these things. Acts XV.

fallen, and close up the breaches
thereof; and I will raise up his
ruins and I will build it as in
the days of old :
12 That they may possess the
remnant of Edom, and of all the
heathen, which are called by
my name, saith the LORD that
doeth this. — Amos ix.

XXVI
TO MICAH.

3 When Herod the king had
heard these things, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with
him. 4 And when he had gathered
all the chief priests and scribes
of the people together, he de
manded of them where Christ
should be bom.
5 And they said unto him. In
Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus
it is written by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the
land of Juda, art not the least
among the princes of Juda : for
out of thee shall come a Go
vernor, that shall rule my people
Israel.— 5. Matt ii.
[See also .S". John vii. 42.1

2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephra-
tah, though thou be little among
the thousands of Judah, j/^/ out
of thee shall he come forth unto
me that is to be ruler in Israel;
whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting. Micah V.

1 1 8 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

XXVII
TO HABAKKUK.

40 Beware therefore, lest that
come upon you, which is spoken
of in the prophets;
41 Behold ye despisers, and
wonder and perish : for I work
a work in your days, a work
which ye shall in no wise be
lieve, though a man declare it
unto you. — Acts xiii.
1 7 For therein is the righteous
ness of God revealed from faith
to faith : as it is written, The
just shall live by faith. — Rom. i.
[See also Gal. iii. 11, and Heb.
X. 38.]

5 Behold ye among the hea
then, and regard, and wonder
marvellously : for / will work a
work in your days, which ye
will not believe, though it be
\.o\d you. — Hab. i.

4 Behold, his soul which is
lifted up is not upright in him :
but the just shall live by his
faith. — Hab. ii.

XXVIII
TO HAGGAI.

26 Wliose voice then shook the
earth : but now he hath pro
mised, saying. Yet once more I
shake not the earth only, but
also heaven. — Heb. xii.

6 For thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the hea
vens, and the earth, and the sea,
and the dry land. — Haggai ii.

to Zechariah.

119

XXIX
TO ZECHARIAH.

4 All this was done, that it
might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion,
Behold, thy King cometh unto
thee, meek, and sitting upon an
ass, and a colt the foal of an
ass. — .y. Matt. xxi.
[See also i". John xii. 14, 15.]
9 Then was fulfilled that which
was spoken by Jeremy the pro
phet, saying. And they took the
thirty pieces of silver, the price
of him that was valued, whom
they of the children of Israel did
value; 10 And gave them for the pot
ter's field, as the Lord appointed
me. — i". Matt, xxvii.
[See also Acts i. 18, 19.]

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter
of Zion ; shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem : behold, thy King
cometh unto thee : he is just,
and having salvation ; lowly,
and riding upon an ass, and
upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zech. ix.

12 And I said unto them. If ye
think good, give me my price ;
and if not, forbear. So they
weighed for my price thirty
pieces of silver.
13 And the Lord said unto
me, Cast it unto the potter : a
goodly price that I was prised
at of them. And I took the
thirty pieces of silver, and cast
them to the potter in the house
of the "LovJi.—Zech. xi.

37 And again another scripture
saith, They shall look on him
whom they pierced. 3". John xix.

10 And I will pour upon the
house of David, and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
spirit of grace and of supplica
tions : and they shall look upon
me whom they have pierced,
and they shall mourn for him,
as one mourneth for his only
son, and shall be in bitterness
for him, as one that is in bitter
ness for his firstborn. — Zech. xii.

20 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

I And there was given me a
reed like unto a rod : and the
angel stood saying. Rise, and
measure the temple of God, and
the altar, and them that worship
therein. 2 But the court which is with
out the temple leave out, and
measure it not ; for it is given
unto the Gentiles: and the holy
city shall they tread under foot
forty and two months.
3 And I will give power unto
my two witnesses, and they shall
prophesy a thousand two hun
dred (z«i^ threescore days, clothed
in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees,
and the two candlesticks stand
ing before the God of the earth.
Rev. xi.

I I lifted up mine eyes again,
and looked, and behold a man
with a measuring line in his
hand. 2 Then said I, Whither goest
thou? And he said unto me,
To measure Jerusalem, to see
what is the breadth thereof, and
what is the length thereof Zech. ii.
I And the angel that talked
with me came again, and waked
me, as a man that is wakened
out of his sleep,
2 And said unto me. What
seest thou ? And I said, I have
looked, and behold a candlestick
all (ygold, with a bowl upon the
top of it, and his seven lamps
thereon, and seven pipes to the
seven lamps, which are upon
the top thereof :
3 And two olive trees by it,
one upon the right side of the
bowl, and the other upon the
left side thereof
II Then answered I, and said
unto him, What are these two
olive trees upon the right side of
the candlestick and upon the left
side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and
said unto him. What be these
two olive branches which through
the two golden pipes empty the
golden oil out of themselves ?
13 And he answered me and
said, Knowest thou not what
these bel And 1 said, No, my
lord.

to Malachi.

121

14 Then said he. These are
the two anointed ones, that stand
by the Lord of the whole earth.
Zech. iv.

XXX
TO MALACHI.

2 As it is written in the pro
phets, Behold, I send my mes
senger before thy face, which
shall prepare thy way before
thee. — .y. Mark i.

II And they asked him, say
ing, Why say the scribes that
Elias must first come ?
12 And he answered and told
them, Elias verily cometh first,
and restoreth all things ; and
how it is written of the Son of
man, that he must suffer many
things, and be set at nought
13 But I say unto you. That
EUas is indeed come, and they
have done unto him whatsoever
they listed, as it is written of
him. — S. Mark ix.
16 And many of the children
of Israel shall he turn to the
Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him
in the spirit and power of Elias,
to turn the hearts of the fathers
to the children, and the dis-

I Behold, I will send my mes
senger, and he shall prepare the
way before me : and the Lord
whom ye seek, shall suddenly
come to his temple, even the
messenger of the covenant, whom
ye delight in : behold, he shall
come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Mai. iii.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah
the prophet before the coming of
the great and dreadful day of the
Lord: 6 And he shall turn the heart
of the fathers to the children,
and the heart of the children to
their fathers, lest I come and
smite the earth with a curse.
Mai. iv.

122 Apostolic Testimony to Malachi.
obedient to the wisdom of the
just; to make ready a people pre
pared for the Lord.— .5". Luke i.
13 As it is written, Jacob have 2 I have loved you, saith the
I loved, but Esau have I hated. LORD. Yet ye say. Wherein
Rom. ix. hast thou loved us ? Was not
Esau Jacob's brother ? saith the
Lord : yet I loved Jacob,
3 And I hated Esau. — Mai. i.

ADDENDA.

TESTIMONY OF OUR LORD.

29 And Jesus answered him.
The first of all the command
ments is. Hear, O Israel ; The
Lord our God is one Lord.
S. Mark xii.

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD
our God is one Lord. Deut. vi.

39 For I say unto you, Ye
shall not see me henceforth, till
ye shall say. Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord.
S. Matt, xxiii.

26 Blessed be he that cometh
in the name of the LORD: we
have blessed you out of the
house of the Lord. — Ps. cxviii.

43 And if thy hand offend
thee, cut it off : it is better for
thee to enter into life maimed,
than having two hands to go
into hell, into the fire that never
shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth
not, and the fire is not quenched.
S. Mark X.
30 Then shall they begin to
say to the mountains, Fall on
us ; and to the hills, Cover us.
S. Luke xxiii.

24 And they shall go forth,
and look upon the carcases of
the men that have transgressed
against me : for their worm shall
not die, neither shall their fire
be quenched ; and they shall be
an abhorring unto all flesh.
Isai. bcvL

8 They shall say to the moun
tains, Cover us ; and to the hills.
Fall on us. — Hos. x.

124 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

TESTIMONY OF THE EVANGELISTS
AND APOSTLES.
TO GENESIS.

17 (As it is ¦written, I have
made thee a father of many na
tions,) before him whom he be
lieved, even God, who quick-
eneth the dead.

5 Neither shall thy name any
more be called Abram, but thy
name shall be Abraham ; for a
father of many nations have I
made thee. — Gen. xvii.

18 Who against hope be
lieved in hope, that he might
become the father of many na
tions ; according to that which
was spoken, So shall thy seed
be. — Rom. iv.
16 What? know ye not that
he which is joined to an harlot
is one body ? for two, saith he,
shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto
the Lord is one spirit I Cor. vi.
3 But I fear, lest by any
means, as the serpent beguiled
Eve through his subtilty, so
your minds should be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in
Christ— 2 Cor. xi,
13 For when God made pro
mise to Abraham, because he
could swear by no greater, he
sware by himself,

5 And he brought him forth
abroad, and said. Look now to
ward heaven, and tell the stars,
if thou be able to number them :
and he said unto him, So shall
thy seed be. — Gen. xv.
24 Therefore shall a man
leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh. Gen. ii.

See Gen. iii.

16 And said, By myself have
I sworn, saith the Lord, for be
cause thou hast done this thing,
and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son :

to Exodus.

125

14 Saying, Surely blessing I
will bless thee, and multiplying
I will multiply thee. — Heb. vi.

17 That in blessing I will
bless thee, and in multiplying I
will multiply thy seed as the
stars of the heaven, and as the
sand which is upon the sea
shore; and thy seed shall pos
sess the gate of his enemies. Gen. xxii.

TO EXODUS.

15 For he saith to Moses, I
will have mercy on whom I will
have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I will
have compassion.
17 For the scripture saith
unto Pharaoh, Even for this
same purpose have I raised thee
up, that I might shew my power
in thee, and that my name might
be declared throughout all the
earth. — Rom. ix.

17 And this I say, that the
covenant, that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the law,
which was four hundred and
thirty years after, cannot dis
annul, that it should make the
promise of none effect— Ga/. iii.

II For he that said. Do not
commit adultery, said also. Do

19 And he said, I will make
all my goodness pass before
thee, and I will proclaim the
name of the Lord before thee ;
and will be gracious to whom I
will be gracious, and will shew
mercy on whom I will shew
mercy. — Exod. xxxiii.
16 And in very deed for this
cause have I raised thee up, for
to shew in thee my power;
and that my name may be de
clared throughout all the earth.
Exod. ix.
40 Now the sojourning of the
children of Israel, who dwelt in
Egypt, was four hundred and
thirty years.
41 And it came to pass at the
end of the four hundred and
thirty years, even the selfsame
day it came to pass, that all the
hosts of the Lord went out from
the land of Egypt — Exod. xii.
See Exod. xx. 13, 14.

1 26 Testimony of tlie Evangelists and Apostles

not kill. Now if thou commit
no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou
art become a transgressor of the
law. — James ii.
9 But ye are a chosen gene
ration, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a peculiar people;
that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called
you out of darkness into his
marvellous light. — I Pet. ii.
5 He that overcoineth, the
same shall be clothed in white
raiment ; and I will not blot out
his name out of the book of life,
but I will confess his name be
fore my Father, and before his
angels. — Rev. iii.

6 And ye shall be unto me a
kingdom of priests, and an holy
nation. These are the words
which thou shalt speak unto the
children of Israel. — Exod. xix.

33 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Whosoever hath sinned
against me, him will I blot out
of my book. — Exod. xxxiii.

TO LEVITICUS.

16 And what agreement hath
the temple of God with idols ?
for ye are the temple of the liv
ing God; as God hath said, I
will dwell in them, and walk in
them; and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
2 Cor. vi.

II And I will set my taber
nacle among you : and my soul
shall not abhor you.
12 And I will walk among
you, and will be your God, and
ye shall be my people. Lev. xxvi.
See also Ezek. xxxvii. 27.

12 And the law is not of 5 Ye shall therefore keep my
statutes, and my judgments:
which if a man do, he shall live
in them: I am the LORD. Lev. xviii.
See also Ezek. xx. 1 1.

faith: but, The man that doeth
them shall live in them. Gal, iii.

to Deuteronomy.

127

TO NUMBERS.

19 Nevertheless the founda
tion of God standeth sure, hav
ing this seal. The Lord knoweth
them that are his. And, Let
every one that nameth the name
of Christ depart from iniquity.
2 Tim. ii.

S And he spake unto Korah
and unto all his company, say
ing, Even to morrow the Lord
will shew who are his, and who
is holy; and will cause him to
come near unto him: even him
whom he hath chosen will he
cause to come near unto him.
Numb. xvi.
See also Nahum i. 7.

TO DEUTERONOMY.

13 Christ hath redeemed us
from the curse of the law, being
made a curse for us: for it is
written. Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree. Gal. iii.

23 His body shall not remain
all night upon the tree, but thou
shalt in any wise bury him that
day; ("for he that is hanged is
accursed of God ;) that thy land
be not defiled, which the Lord
thy God giveth thee for an in
heritance. — Deut. xxi.

30 For we know him that
hath said. Vengeance belongeth
imto me, I will recompense,
saith the Lord. And again. The
Lord shall judge his people. Heb. A.

35 To me belongeth vengeance,
and recompence ; their foot shall
slide in due time: for the day of
their calamity is at hand, and
the things that shall come upon
them make haste.
36 For the Lord shall judge
his people, and repent himself
for his servants, when he seeth
chat their power is gone, and
there is none shut up, or left.
Deut. xxxii.
See also Ps. cxxxv. 14.

128 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

TO JOSHUA.

5 Let your conversation be
without covetousness; and be
content with such things as ye
have: for he hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake
thee. — Heb. xiii.

5 There shall not any man be
able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life: as I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee : I
will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee. — Josh. i.
See also Deict. xxxi. 8.

TO THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL.

5 For unto which of the an
gels said he at any time. Thou
art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee ? And again, I
will be to him a Father, and he
shall be to me a Son ? — Heb. i.

14 I will be his father, and he
shall be my son. — 2 Sam. vii.

TO PSALMS
25 For he must reign, till he
hath put all enemies under his
feet. 27 For he hath put all things
under his feet. But when he
saith, all things are put under
him, it is manifest that he is
excepted, which did put all
things under him. — i Cor. xv.

I The Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy
footstool. — Ps. ex.

TO ISAIAH.

15 Their feet are swift to shed
blood:

7 Their feet run to evil, and
they make haste to shed inno-

to Isaiah:

129

16 Destruction and misery are
in their ways :
17 And the way of peace have
they not known. — Rom. iii.

cent blood: their thoughts are
thoughts of iniquity; wasting
and destruction are in their
paths. 8 The way of peace they know
not. — Isai. lix.

20 Nay but, O man, who art
thou that repliest against God ?
Shall the thing formed say to
him that formed it. Why hast
thou made me thus .' — Rom. ix.

16 Shall the work say of him
that made it. He made me
not? or shall the thing framed
say of him that framed it, He
had no understanding? Isai. xxix.

16 For who hath known the
mind of the Lord, that he may
instruct him ? But we have the
inind of Christ. — i Cor. ii.

13 Who hath directed the
Spirit of the Lord, or being his
counsellor hath taught him ?
Isai. xl.

32 If after the manner of men
I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus, what advantageth it
me, if the dead rise not ? let us
eat and drink ; for to morrow we
die. — I Cor. xv.

13 And behold joy and glad
ness, slaying oxen, and killing
sheep, eating flesh, and drinking
wine: let us eat and drink; for
to morrow we shall die. Isai. xxii.

27 For it is written. Rejoice,
thou barren that bearest not ;
break forth and cry, thou that
travailest not: for the desolate
hath many more children than
she which hath an husband. Gal. iv.

I Sing, O barren, thou that
didst not bear ; break forth into
singing, and cry aloud, thou that
didst not travail with child: for
more are the children of the de
solate than the children of the
married wife, saith the Lord.
Isai. liv.

17 And came and preached
peace to you which were afar
off, and to them that were nigh.
Ephes. ii.

19 I create the fruit of the
lips ; Peace, peace to him that
is far off, and to him that is
near, saith the LORD ; and I will
heal him.- -Isai. Iii,

30 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles

23 And he (Abraham) was
called the Friend of God.
.S". James ii.
24 For all flesh is as grass,
and all the glory of man as the
flower of grass. The grass wi-
thereth, and the flower thereof
falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord
endureth for ever. And this is
the word which by the gospel
is preached unto you. — S. Pet. i.

14 But and if ye suffer for
righteousness' sake, happy are
ye: and be not afraid of their
terror, neither be troubled ;
15 But sanctify the Lord God
in your hearts. — S. Pet. i., iii.
22 Who did no sin, neither
was guile found in his mouth :
23 Who, when he was reviled,
reviled not again ; when he suf
fered, he threatened not; but
committed himself to him that
judgeth righteously. S. Pet. i., ii.
7 And to the angel of the
church in Philadelphia write;
These things saith he that is
holy, he that is true, he that hath
the key of David, he that open
eth, and no man shutteth; and
shutteth, and no man openeth. Rev. iii.

8 But thou, Israel, art my
servant, Jacob whom I have
chosen, the seed of Abraham my
friend. — Isai. xli.
6 The voice said, Cry. And
he said. What shall I cry ? All
flesh is grass, and all the good-
liness thereof is as the flower of
the field:
7 The grass withereth, the
flower fadeth: because the spirit
of the Lord bloweth upon it:
surely the people is grass.
8 The grass withereth, the
flower fadeth: but the word of
our God shall stand for ever.
Isai. xl.
12 Neither fear ye their fear,
nor be afraid.
13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts
himself ; and let him be your
fear, and let him be your dread.
Isai. viii.
9 And he made his grave with
the wicked, and with the rich in
his death ; because he had done
no violence, neither was any
deceit in his mouth. — Isai. liiL

22 And the key of the house
of David will I lay upon his
shoulder ; so he shall open, and
none shall shut ; and he shall
shut, and none shall open.
Isai. xxii.

to Zechariah.

131

TO JOEL.

¦ 13 For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved. — Rom. x.

32 And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be de
livered. — Joel ii.

TO MICAH.

72 To perform the mercy pro
mised to our fathers, and to
remember his holy covenant ;
73 The oath which he sware
to our father Abraham. S. Luke i.

20 Thou wilt perform the
truth to Jacob, and the mercy to
Abraham, which thou hast sworn
unto our fathers from the days
of old. — Micah vii.

TO ZECHARIAH.

9 Yet Michael the archangel,
when contending with the devil
he disputed about the body of
Moses, durst not bring against
him a railing accusation, but said,
The Lord rebuke thee. — Jude.

2 And the Lord said unto
Satan, The Lord rebuke thee,
O Si3.ia.rx.— Zech. iii.

The following references would scarcely be recognised by the
English reader, but would be found to be cleariy cited from the
Old Testament on consulting the Septuagint version.
2 Cor. ix. 7. . . . Prov. xxii. 8, 9.
Heb. xi. 21. . . . Gen. xlviii. 20.
Others might be added, but this collection is not intended for
the scholar.

132 Testimony of the Evangelists and Apostles.
I may also notice a communication I have received as to my
citation from Judges xiii. 5 as compared with S. Matt. ii. 23, and it
has been suggested that the reference is rather to Isai. xi. i, and
to the Hebrew word Netzer, the 'Branch.' This, however, is a*
subject of learned controversy, for which the reader may be referred
to Smith's Bible Dictionary, ' Nazarene.'
In the Preface to the former Editions, ' Ecclesiastes ' should
have been inserted amongst the Books of the Old Testament to
which no reference is made in the New.

POSTSCRIPT,

Upon reviewing the preceding pages, it has appeared to
me that I should leave the subject of the Continuity of
God's Word incomplete, if I were to pass over its still abiding
effect upon the history of the human race. It is thus that
the Almighty Author describes its operation : ' For as the
rain cometh do^wn, and the snow from heaven, and returneth
not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth
and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to
the eater : so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my
mouth : it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accom
plish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it.' — Isai. Iv. lo, ii. So the Very Word
on earth, in the parables of the sower and of the woman
leavening her meal, indicates the living, and therefore neces
sarily continuous, energy of the Word of God. Again, as
in the case of the leaven, so in the parable of the develop
ment of the grain of mustard-seed, the very mode of this
continuous action is pointed out The expansive energy of
a centre of living force is to work its way through the inert
mass that surrounds it, and to assimilate it to itself and
endow it with its own life.
Has, or has not, the world's history been conformable to
these announcements of the Word i The writings of Horace,
of Tacitus, of Juvenal, demonstrate the contempt in which
the Jews were held as a nation just before and after the
appearance of our Lord upon earth. The ancient writings

1 34 Postscript.
of the Jews were all but unknown ; the writings of the Greek
poets, historians, and philosophers were diffused and admired
throughout the whole civilised world. The great Latin au
thors of the Augustan age had just established their now
imperishable fame. But what effect upon the moral nature
of man, or the development of his highest faculties, which
alone can bring him into communion with his Maker,
had the writings of the greatest Greek and Latin authors ?
We know from these authors themselves, that the most
shameless lust, the most disgraceful intemperance, the most
savage cruelty towards captives taken in wars which were in
themselves utterly unjustifiable, prevailed. The educated
classes of society had no settled faith in aught beyond this
life, whilst the lower were sunk in abject superstitions, and
gradually losing every trace of the once stem, patriotic self-
devotion of the Roman character. It is scarcely too much
to say that from the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by
the Romans, the heathen world began rapidly to sink into
utter darkness. But then also it was that a free course was
opened for the Word of God. The river began to be poured
forth from the sanctuary, whose vastness was not to be con
fined within the limits of the land of Israel, and The Book,
that had hitherto been known and read by the despised Jews
alone, was to accomplish that work which no combination
of the most perfect of the writings of man had been able to
effect. As it is there written, ' Everything that liveth, which
moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live.' —
Ezek. xlvii. 9.
In my preface I have shown how this wonderful Book was
composed, by what a variety of agents of the Divine Will,
at what distant epochs, yet all working to one end ; but now
I wish to call attention to the fact that we have also left to
us numerous works of merely human authors in the Greek
and Latin languages, written also by men of various epochs
and various positions in life, and many more such works we
know existed, which have since perished, yet no two of these

Postscript. 135
have ever professed to WTite, as it were, in sequence, so as
to support each other by continuous concurring testimony.
Moreover, in these works there are not to be found prophetical
anticipations of historical events, or moral precepts to which
those who follow them should in like manner continuously
testify. Observe too, that the inspired authors make their
bold assertions in the presence of men equally well read
with themselves in the previous ^vritings, equally admitting
also their prophetical import, and disputing only its interpre
tation. On the contrary, the heathen philosophers of one age are
usually controverted either by their contemporaries or by
their successors. When a special school of opinion had
been formed by some profound thinker, its opinions were
found to vary, within a few years, from those of their
founder, and the moral destiny of the world cannot be said
to have been permanently affected by the dogmas of even
the best and soundest teachers of heathendom. Still less
can such teaching have been said to have consoled the
afflicted, whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned, under
the ordinary trials of life. The letters of Cicero suffering
under the loss of his daughter, may be usefully compared in
this respect with the simple, loving, submission of those
whose constant prayer is : 'In all time of our tribulation, in
all time of our wealth, good Lord deliver us.'
But that word, which professes to be the word of God,
had for 1 500 years before our Lord appeared on earth, been
accepted by the people to whom it was addressed, had
moulded their whole external and internal life ; their cala
mities had been attributed by themselves to their departure
from it, their success to their conformity with its precepts ;
if misunderstood, it was still the professed rule of conduct,
and our Lord upon its foundation rested His own claim to
be the Messiah and the living embodiment of its super
natural efficacy. From our Lord's time nearly 1900 years
more have passed, and the Church gathered in the upper

136 Postscript.
room has been developed into that which now fills the whole
civilised world.
The only phenomenon, which gainsayers of Christianity
have ever averred to be at all parallel to this, is the spread
of Mahometanism, and the recognition of the Koran by a
large portion of mankind as being at once the genuine work
of an inspired author, that is to say of an author preternatu-
rally instructed by the Supreme Being, and a rule of life and
conduct So many authors have fully and demonstratively
pointed out the distinction between these books (the Bible
and Koran) and their effects upon the moral and spiritual
condition of mankind, that I will simply make one remark
on each topic. The Koran contains much of the Bible,
both of the Old and New Testament The denunciation of
idolatry, the doctrine of the one true God, give it therefore
some of that living power which ever accompanies the word
of God. On the other hand, as regards its effects, the
miserable admixture of the human element in the False Pro
phet's work is seen in the lust and the cruelty of his followers,
and in the sterility of those few portions of the good seed,
which has been choked by the worldly thorns and briars so
plentifully scattered in its pages.
To sum up the argument, the Bible has been continuous
in its historical object, in its predictions, and in their -ful
filment in Christ. The Bible has been continuous in its
moral object, the eradication of selfishness in every form,
and the supplanting of it by Love. It has been continuous
in its spiritual object, the raising of man to a consciousness
of his everlasting existence, and of his redemption from his
miserable spiritual degradation by the love of God the Son,
and his regeneration by God the Holy Ghost. The fruits
of this wondrous Book have been no less continuous —
namely, a gradual advancement in morals, and mutual
loving sympathy in all nations which have accepted its
teaching, and in proportion to their simple acceptance of
it j whilst a frightful outburst of evil has taken place, where

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for a while its authority has been spumed and rejected by
those who had been once subjected to its influence. Uni
versal philanthropy, professed independently of, or rather,
in opposition to, Christ's teaching, sent thousands of inno
cent victims to the scaffold.
The personal sense of this blessed continuity in those who
have once heartily welcomed the teaching of their Bible, is
a matter of experience, which addressing, as I do, believers
in its tmth, I may also thankfully dwell upon. I do not
believe that any one, who has sought for guidance or com
fort in its pages, has ever failed in his hope. Though, of
course, to any one who reads simply to criticise, or to judge
that Word by which we believe we shall be judged, it would
be vain to address any argument deduced from personal
experience. If there be one characteristic of the Bible by which it may
be most briefly contrasted with every other work intended
to affect the lives and conduct of men, it is this : that it is
historically, not argumentatively didactic. It does not tell
men merely what they ought to be, and leave them there,
but teaching them how and for what purpose they were
created, it tells them also historically that they have hope
lessly fallen from that condition ; it tells them historically
that they'could only be restored by one standing outside
their corruption yet partaking of their essence, that such a
One could only be God Himself; and historically also that
such a Sa-viour has appeared, has lived as man, has suf
fered in agony of body and spirit the full penalty of man's
fall ; and further historically also, that He, our Redeemer,
has risen from the grave, and ascended into Heaven, and
poured down on us the blessings of the Holy Spirit Much
has been said about leaving young people to their unbiassed
judgment. But if this had been intended by the Author of
our being, we should not have been ushered into the world
as infants, but as full-grown men or women. Authority
must and ever will form every human mind. Well is it

1 38 Postscript.
for us if that authority be divine. Well is it for us that we
can listen to the living Word, Whose words are spirit and
life. His actions live in the pages of that blessed Book ever
before our eyes, that we may follow His steps, not merely
listening to moral sentences, but imitating His example, and
growing as children do in the likeness of Him to whom we
are thus looking up. When we wake up after His likeness
we shall indeed be satisfied with it
Christianity is thus for ever to be an historical, and not a
merely philosophical doctrine. It is for ever to be embodied
in living spirits, their life derived from that of their Head,
and forming one great continuous historical whole, even the
Church Catholic, marching forward in one continuous march,
as militant on earth to the triumphant and eternal glory of
their abode in Heaven. Their course, like that of a sunbeam,
cannot be broken. One army of the living God,
To His command we bow,
Part of the host has crossed the flood.
And part is crossing now.
Make us to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory ever
lasting !

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