CLASSIFIED
BIBLICAL EXTRACTS,
OR
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
ANALYZED;
SHOWING ITS CONTRADICTIONS, ABSURDITIES,
AND IMMORALITIES.
BY ROBERT COOPER.
" The Bible contained details of Atrocity at which human nattur
shuddered. Part of the Holy Writings consisted of history and of the
narration of facts of a kind, that could not be mentioned in the presence of a virtuous woman without exciting Horror.  Should a
woman be permitted to read in her chamber what she would tremtle to hear at her domestic board? Should she con over and revolve.
vwhat she would rather die than utter? " —[The Right Hon R. [I.
Shiel, M. P.
[FRuM  AN  EBNGLISHI  EDITION.]
CINCINNATI, O.
1860.








PREFACE.
THE distinguishing characteristic of the present
age, is the freedom of inquiry and discussion which
prevails upon all subjects; and most particularly
upon religious subjects. Intelligent and thinking
men of every class, are beginning to investigate and
discuss questions of the latter kind with considerable
closeness, fearlessness and determination. They are
now resolved no longer to be hoodwinked with the
veil of prejudice, enchained with the trammels ot
superstition, or deluded by the impositions, or intimidated by the denunciations of a crafty and intolerant
priesthood; but to examine for themselves — to prove
all things, and hold fast that which is good." And
long have the priesthood dreaded, and anxiously have
they endeavored to procrastinate, the arrival of this
period. Long have they been apprehensive of the
development of intellect, and the enlightenment of
mind. Long have they feared the advent of that
era which will hail the dawn of rationality and advancement. And why    Because they knew  full
well, ignorant and superstitious as many of them
may appear, that when intellect and rationality become the main-springs of society-when men begin
dispassionately and philosophically to examine into
the mysteries and workings of religion, that all their
impositions will be discovered, all their craftiess




iv                 PREFACE.
detected, and all their designs and practices fully
exposed. And, when once this is done, they are
conscious that their influence over the people, would
immediately decline, and ultimately fall. This has
already in some measure proved true. For by the
many bold and daring innovations, which have
been made by a Paine, a Voltaire, a Mirabaud, a
Volney, a Taylor, a Howitt, and an Owen, upon
what is arrogantly called the consecrated ground of
religion, their influence has materially declined, and
has every prospect of still continuing to do so. And
this they know-this they feel. Hence, the terrific
thunderbolts of indignation and anathema which they
have hurled at the characters of those distinguished
~nen. And hence, that malicious and vindictive
spirit which they have manifested toward all those
who have had the integrity or boldness to acknowledge themselves their disciples. Hence, too, their
present discreditable opposition to every educational,
political and social measurc, which would conduce to
the elevation and improvement of society. But poor
deluded mortals! how vain will they find all their
attempts to impede the mighty progress of truththe glorious advancement of thought and enlightenment! As well, indeed, might they attempt to overthrow the pyramids of Egypt with the waft of a feather,
as to endeavor to demolish the temple of reason and
intellect which is now erecting in society; a temple
which, while it will be a glorious emblem of the progression of man, will be a lasting monument of their
final downfall! So considerably, in fact, is the power
of the priesthood already diminished, that they are
now beginning to be looked upon by the leading
minds of all classes, with feelings of indifference
and compassion, rather than those of reverence and
admiration.
It wlas the desire to endeavor to hasten the annihi
lation of the influence of these men that induced me




PREFACE.                   V
to publish the following work-a work which, I trust,
will serve somewhat to expose one of the greatest impositions ever palmed upon mankind in any age, or
in any country. I allude. as may be supposed, to the
Bible. Yes, the Christian priesthood dare so outrageously to blaspheme the character of the Supreme
Governor of the Universe as to say, that book is his
word; that he either wrote or inspired men to write
it.  0 shame, shame upon such blasphemy! What!
a munificent and' omniscient Deity the author of a
book replete with more contradictions, containing
more immoralities, and inculcating more absurdities,
than any book extant; contradictions, too, of the
grossest character, immoralities of the most pernicious tendency, and absurdities of the most extravagant nature T Audacious impiety! Such an opinion
perhaps might be entertained in the dark ages of ignorance and superstition, but in this the boasted era
of reason and science, it must be repudiated by all
who dare openly and frankly avow their sentiments.
This may be deemed by those who have always read
the Bible with their eyes closed, or who are interested
in teaching its doctrines and mysteries, as very bold
and presumptuous; but let the reader refer to the
extracts contained in this little book, (and which are
only a few to what may be adduced) and I am persuaded that he will at once acknowledge that I
am perfectly justified in making these statements,
Indeed, so extremely immoral and disgustingly obscene, are many passages in this book, that I feel
almost ashamed to publish them, and I am sure that
any one who has the least sense of delicacy or chass
tity, will blush to read them. A book which had
really originated from an Omniscient and Munificent
Divinity-a book which was the word, or organ of
such a being, must inculcate in every chapter and in
every verse, the strictest, the purest, and most ex,
alted morality; must constantly exhort mankind to




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every thing that was just, rational and charitable;
and must contain no language but that which was
exquisitely beautiful and elevating; and no expres.
sions but those which were irresistibly persuasive
and convincing. But the Bible is a book, as may
be seen on a reference to these extracts, quite the
reverse of this. Vie are compelled, therefore, to
conclude against the established opinions of society,
that it cannot be of Divine origin, and that consequently it cannot be the word of God.
My humble, but decided opinion is, as I have previously observed, that it was nothing more than a
mere imposition; an imposition which was palmed
upon mankind by the Christian priesthood, for the
purpose of deluding or enslaving them; for the purpose of leading them from the open and cheering paths
of knowledge and improvement, into the nauseous and
gloomy quagmires of ignorance and superstition. The
priesthood of every sect of religion, in every country
of the habitable globe, have instituted and perpetuated
certain impositions, by means of which they have conceived they would be enabled to maintain and increase
their influence over the minds of their followers; so
that thereby they might still continue to luxuriate in
ease and enjoyment, while their poor deluded victims
repined in ignorance and woe. And this is such an
imposition now established and supported by the
Christian priesthood —an imposition which is the
corner stone of all their power, the fountain of all
their influence. It has been the tool which they
have invariably used in the accomplishment of their
objects, however selfish; and in the consummation
of their machinations, however odious. Whenever
they have massacred, immolated, or incarcerated
those who have dared to dispute their vicegerency,
or who have presumed to expose their doctrines, or
denounce their practices, they have quoted this imposition as their authority. Whenever they have de



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fended, or connived at the extortions of the tyrants
who have flattered or supported them, they have
quoted this imposition as their authority. Whenever
they have opposed any system or any measure, which
they considered would be inimical to their interests,
or subversive of their power, they have quoted this
imposition as their authority. And the sooner this
imposition is removed-the sooner the few good seeds
which it may contain are extracted from it, and the
immense mass of chaff is cast into oblivion, the better
will it be for the amelioration and progression of
man. Perhaps the expression of such opinions as
these may be painful to the feelings of many excellent individuals. For this I am truly sorry, as my
object is, not to cause pain or uneasiness, but to expose error and imposture.  The time has now arrived
when truth must come out, when truth must be spoken,
" without mystery, mixture of error, or fear of man. 
Too long, indeed, has this precious jewel been sacrificed to the paltry predilections of interest and
prejudice.  Too long have we been tossed in the
dark and unfathomable gulf of bigotry and intolerance; we must now make our way to the expansive
and unruffled ocean of reason and inquiry, and there,
free from the storms of persecution, and the squalls
of denunciation, proceed, on our onward course, in
security and felicity.                   B. C,




CONTENTS.
Passages inconsistent with the attributes generally
ascribed to the Deity by the Christian world.
Page.
Immateriality...                         9... 9
Omnipresence......    12
Omnipotence......  15
Omniscience......    17
Munificence......19
Impartiality......    23
Immutability...,..  25
Incomprehensibility...  26
Passages Immoral and Obscene... 28
Passages Absurd and Unnatural...    50
Passages Contradictory.....        66




CLASSI FI AED
BIBLICAL EXTRACTS.
Passages inconsistent with the attributes generally as
cribed to the Deity by the Christian world.
I M M A TERIALI TY 
" God is a spirit."  John iv. 4.
1. So God created man in his own image, in the
imiage of God created he him; male and female
created he them. Gen. i. 27.
2. The eyes of the  Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Prov. xv. 3.
3. So shall my word be that goeth from out of my
mnouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah Iv. 11.
4. Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to
me for I am holier than thou; these are a smoke in my
nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Isaiah lxv. 5.
5. Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar
burning with his anger and the burden thereof is
heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongu2e
as a devouring fire. Isaiah xxxth, 27.
6. And when we cried unto the Lord God of our
fathers, the Lord heard our voice and looked on our
affliction, and our labor and our oppression. Deut,
xxvi. 7.
2




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7. Lord, bow down thine ear and hear, open thine
eyes and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib
which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 2
Kings xix. 16.
8. And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of
ray throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where
I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for
ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no
more defile, neither they nor their kings, by their
whoredom. nor by the carcases of their kings in their
high places. Ezek. xliii. 7.
9. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm even in anger,
and in fury, and in great wrath. Jer. xxi. 5.
10. The Lord hath made bare his holy arm, in the
eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth
shall see the salvation of our God. Isaiah lii. 10.
11. When I consider the heavens, the work of thy
fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast
ordained. Psalms viii. 3.
12. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made
an end of communing with him  upon Mount Sinai,
two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with
the finger of God. Exod. xxxi. 18.
13. And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from  the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the
appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about
it. Ezek. i. 27.
14. And it repenteth the Lord that he had made
man upon the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen. vi. 6.
15. My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at my very
heart, my heart maketh a noise in me: 1 cannot hold
my peace, because thou hast heard, 0 my soul, the
sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Jer. iv. 19.




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B1. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters
were gathered together, the floods stood upright as
an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart
of the sea. Exod. xv. 8.
17. And it shall come to pass while my glory
passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock,
and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by.
And I will take away mine hahd, and thou shalt see
my'back parts, but my face shall not be seen. Exod.
xxxiii. 22, 23.
18. Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched
my mouth, and the Lord said unto me, Behold I have
put my words in thy mouth. Jer. i 9,
19. Behold the Lord's hand is not shortened, that
it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot
hear. Isaiah lix. 1.
20. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the
earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens,
-when I call unto them  they stand up together.
Isaiah xlviii. 13,
21. I will also smite mine hands together, and I
will cause my fury to rest; I the Lord have said it.
Ezekiel xxi. 17.
22. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying. Num.
xxv. 16.
23. And God spake unto Noah, saying. Genesis
viii. 15.
24.. And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it
vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10.
25. And Abraham fUll on his face; and God talked
with him saying. Genesis xvii. 3.
26. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and the
Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the
ground any more for man's sake, for the imagination
of man's heart is evil from his youth, neither will I
again smite any more every thing living as I have
done. Genesis viii. 21.




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2'7  And the Lord formed man of the dust of tlhe
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life' and man became a living soul. Genesis ii. 7.
28. By the breath of God frost is given; and the
breadth of the waters is straitened. Job xxxvii. 10.
29. And the Lord said unto him, this is the land
which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob, saying I will give it unto thy seed; I have
caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt
not go over thither.  So Moses, the servant of the
Lord, died there in the land of' Moab, according to
the word of the Lord.  And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor; but
no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. Deut.
xxxiv. 4-6.
Also notes 31, 32, 33, 34) 35, 44, 46, 63, 64, 65,
72, 114, 130, 133,
OMNIPRESENCE.
One God and father of all, who is ABOVE all, ITHROUGH
all, and IN you all. Ephesians iv. 6.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit?  Or whither
shall I flee from thy presence?  If I ascendup into
heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell,
behold thou art there. If I take the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right
hand shall hold me. Psalms cxxxix. 7-10.
30. Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus j Who being in the form of God thought
it not robbery to be equal with God. Phil. ii. 5, 6.
31. And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai
on the top of the mount; and the Lord called Moses
u) to the top of the mount, and Moses went up.
exodus xix. 20,




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32. And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake
unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him,
and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to
pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they
prophesied, and did not cease. Numbers xi. 25,
33. And the Lord came down in the pillar  of the
doud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and
called Aaron and Miriamn and they both came forth,
Numbers xii. 5.
34.. For I know their works and their thoughts; it
shall come that I will gather all nations and tongues'
and they shall come and see my glory. Isaiah lIvi. 18.
35, And come and stand before me in this house,
which is called by nam., and say, we are delivered
to do all these abominations. Jeremiah vii. 10.
36. And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me
iin the mount and be there; and I will give thee tables
of stone, and a law, and commandincnts which I have
written; that thou mayst teach them. Exod. xxiv. 12.
37. And he left  of' talking with him, and God
wuent up from Abraham. Genesis xvii. 22.
38.. And the Lord came dotiwn to see the city a.nd the
tower, whlich the children of men builded. Gen. xi..5
39. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape
like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven
which said, Thou art my beloved son; in thee I am
well pleased. Luke iii. 22.
40. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall
rise first. I Thessalonians iv. 16.
41. Thus saith the Lord, I am returned unto Zion,
and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.  Zech.
viii..3.




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42. And I will dwell amongst the children of Israel,
and will be their God. Exodus xxix. 45.
43. And God met Balaam, and he said unto him,
I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon
each altar a bullock and a ram. Numbers xxiii. 4.
44. For the Lord thy God ualketh in the midst of
thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy,
that he sees no unclean thing in thee. and turn away
from thee. Deuteronomy xxiii. 14.
45. They shall be carried to Babylon, and there
shall they be until the day that I visit then, saith
the Lord, then I will bring them up and restore them
to this place. Jeremiah xxvii. 22.
46. I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and
he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts
may shake; and cut them  in the head all of them;
and I will slay the last of them with the sword; he
that fleeth of them shall not flee away; and he that
escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Amos ix. 1.
47. God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth
not in temples made with hands. Acts xvii. 21.
48. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me
saying. Jeremiah ii. 1.
49. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from
Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise. Habakuk iii. 3.
Also notes 1, 63, 66, 303.




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OMNIPOTENCE.
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With
men this is impossible, but with God ALL THINGS are
possible. Matt. xix. 26.
50. And the Lord was with Judah, and he drave
out the inhabitants of the mountains, but could not
drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they
had chariots of iron. Judges i. 19.
51. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than
man, and the weakness of God is stronger than man.
1. Corinthians i. 25.
52. For thou shalt worship no other God; for the
Lord whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Exod.
xxxiv. 14.
53. 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 who are not a people, I will provoke them
to anger with a foolish nation. Deut. xxxii. 21.
54. I am the Lord, that is my name; and my glory
will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven
images. Isaiah xlii. 8.
55. Turn, 0 backsliding children, saith the Lord;
for I am married unto you; and I will take you one
of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you
to Zion. Jeremiah iii. 14.
56. A noise shall come even to the ends of the
earth, for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations; he will plead with all flesh, he will give them
that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah xxv. 31.
57. Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of
Israel, for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,




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nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. Homea iv. 1.
58. I will also gather all nations, and will bring
them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and will
7plead with them  there for my people, and for my
heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land. Joel iii. 2.
59. And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen
this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
Now  therefore, let?ne alone that my wrath may
wax hot against them, and that I may consume them 
and I will make of thee a great nation. Exod. xxxii.
9, 10.
60. It is a sign between me and the children of
Israel for ever; for in six days the Lord made heaven
and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was
refreshed. Exodus xxxi. 17.
61. For God created man to be immortal, and made
him to be an image of his own eternity. Nevertheless,
through the envy of the Devil, came death into the
world; and they that do hold of his side do find it.
Wisdom of Solomon ii. 23.
62. To wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the
world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto
them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 2. Corinthians v. 19.
63. And Jacob was left alone; and there wJrestled
a man with him until the breaking of the day. And
when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he
touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was out of joint. as he wrestled with
him.  And he said, Let me go for the day breaketh 
and he said, I will not let thee go. except thou bless
me. And he said unto him, What is ty namet And
he said, Jacob.  And he said, Thy name shall be
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thou hast power with God, and with men, and hath
prevailed.  And Jacob asked him and said, Tell me,
I pray thee, thy name: And he said, Wherefore is
it, that thou dost ask after my name, and he blessed
him there.  And Jacob called the name of the place
Peniel, for I have seen God face to face, and my life
is preserved. Genesis xxxii. 24-30.
OM NISCIENCE.
And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord which knowest
the hearts of ALL men, show whether of these two thou
hast chosen. Acts i. 24.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit:
for the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things
of God. 1. Corinthians ii. 10.
No thought escapeth him, neither any word is hidden
from him. Eccles. xlii. 20.
0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom  and
knoweledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out. Romans xi. 33.
64. And the Lord called unto Adam, and said
unto him, Where art thou? Gen. iii. 9.
65. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast
naked!  iast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat I Gen. iii. 11.
66. And God came unto Balaam, and said) What
men are these with thee? Numbers xxii. 9.
67. And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab,
king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead 1 2 Chronicles xviii. "19.
68. Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your
fathers found in me, that they have gone far fiom
me, and have walked after vanity, and are becomQ
vain? Jeremiah ii. 5.




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69. Then saith the Lord unto Moses, Behold I will
rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall
go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I
may prove them whether they will walk in my law or
no. Exodus xvi. 4.
70. WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more
disciples than John. John iv. 1.
71. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than
men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians i. 25.
72. Then they that feared the Lord spake often
one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard
it, and a book of remembrance was written before him
for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon
his name. Malachi iii. 16.
73. And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not
obeyed my voice, neither walked therein.  But have
walked after the imagination of their own heart, and
after Baalim, which their fathers taught them. Jeremiah ix. 13, 14.
74. And ye have done worse than your fathers;
(for behold ye walk every one after the imagination
of his evil heart, that ye may not hearken unto me.)
Jeremiah xvi. 12.
75. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my
words that I shall speak unto thee, receive into thine
heart, and hear with thine ears. Ezek. iii. 10.
76. They shall walk after the Lord; he shall roar
like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children
shall tremble from the west. Hosea xi. 10.
77. The Lord your God, which goeth before you,
he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for
you in Egypt before your eyes. Deut. i. 30.
78. The great God that formed all things, both re



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wardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. Prov.
xxvi. 10.
79. And the Lord came down to see the city and
the tower, which the children of men builded. And
the Lord said, behold the people is one, and they
have all one language; and this they begin to do. Go
to, let us go down, and there confound their language,
that they may not understand one another7s speech.
Genesis xi. 5. 6, 7.
Also notes, 63, 121, 144, 147, 152, 153.
MUNIFICENCE.
He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.
1. John iv. 8.
The Lord is good, a strong-hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them  that trust in him. Nahum
i. 7.
All the works of the Lord are good; and he will give
every needful thing in due season. Eccles. xxxix. 33.
80. For the Lord thy God is a consumingfire, even
a jealous God. Deut. iv. 24.
81. God is jealous and the Lord revengeth; the
Lord revengeth and is furious; the Lord will take
vengeance on his adversaries; and he reserveth wrath
for his enemies. INahum i. 2.
82. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of
the living God. Hebrews x. 31.
83. The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his
name. Exodus xv. 3.
84. The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man; he
shall stir up jealousy like a man of war; he shall cry,
yea roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. Isaiah
xl. 11. 13.




20               BIBLICAL EXTRACTS.
85. The Lord hath opened his armory, and hath
brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for this
is the work of the Lord God of hosts, in the land of
the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 1. 25.
86. And he said unto them  Thus saith tlhe Lord
God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side,
and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and slay every man'his brother, and everys man
his companion, aOnd every man his neighbor.  And the
children of Levi did according to the word of Moses:
and there fell of the people that day about three
thousand men. Exodus xxxii. 27, 28.
87. For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall
burn unto the lowest hell and shall consume the earth
with her increase, and set on fire the foundation of
the mounta'ns.  I will heap mischiefs upon them, I
will spend mine arrows upon them.  They shall be
burnt with anger, and devoured with burning heat,
and with bitter destruction.  I will also send the
teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.  The sword without, and terror
within, shall destroy both the youtng' man and the
tirgin, the suckling also, with the man of gray hairs.
I)eut. xxxii. 22 to 25.
88. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them; fbr I the Lord thy God am  a jealous
God; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children, u? to the third and fourth generation of them
that hate me. Exodus xx. 5.
89. The Lord hath made all things for himself'
yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Prov. xvi. 4.
90. I form the light, and create darkness: I make
peace and create evil: I the Lord (do all these things.
Isaiah xiv. 7,
91. And I will harden. Pharaoh's heart and multiply
my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But
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Ikad tupon  Ejypt, and bring forth mine armies and my
people the children of Israel, out of the land of'gypt,
by great judegmlents. Exodus vii. 3, 4.
92. And it came to pass that at midnight the Lord
smnote all the first-born of the lannd of Egypt, from the
first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne, unto the
first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon;
and all the first-born of cattle. Exodus xii. 29.
93. And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill
you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows,
and your children fatherless. Exodus xxii. 24.
94. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, " Vex
the Midianites and smite theam.; I  umb. xxv. 17.
95. And the Lord's anger was kindled the same
time, and he sware saying, " Surely none of the men
that came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and
upwards. shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have
not wholly followed me."  Num. xxxii. 10, 11.
96. Now go, and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy
all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both
man, and woman, infant and suekling, ox and sheep,
camel and ass. 1. Samuel xv. 3.
97. Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria,
saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and
placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
of the God of the land; therefore he hath sent lions
among them, and beholl, they slay them, because they
know not the manner of the God of the land. 2nd
Kings xvii. 26.
98. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all
nations, and his fury upon all their armies; he hath
utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the
slaughter. Isaiah xxxiv. 2.
99. Then the angel of the Lord went forth and
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fourscore and five thousand; and when thlie  arose
early in the morning, behold, they were all dead
corpses. Isaiah xxxvii. 36.
100. Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will
bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to
escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will
not hearken unto them. Jer. xi. 11.
101. The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return
until he have done it, and until he have performed
the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall
consider it. Jeremiah xxx. 24.
102. For thus saith the Lord. the God of Israel,
concerning the houses of this city, and concerning
the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown
down by the mounts, and by the sword, " They
come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill
them  with the dead bodies of men, whom  I have
slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose
wickedness I have hid my face from this city." Jer.
lxxii. 4, 5.
103. And he hath violently taken away his' tabernacle as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed
his places of the assembly; the Lord hath caused the
solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion,
and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the
king and the priest. Lament of Jer. ii. 6.
104. The young and the old lie on the ground in
the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen
by the sword  thou hast slain them in the day of thine
anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. Lam. of Jer.
ii. 21.
105. Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the
midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and
I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole
remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
6 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, surely
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detestable things, and with all thine abominations,
therefore will 1 also diminish thee, neither shall mine
eye spare, neither will 1 have any pity." Ezek. v.
10, 11.
106. So the Lord sentpestilence upon Israel; and
there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 1st. Chron.
xxi. 14.
107. He that is far off shall die of the pestilence,
and he that is near shall fall by the suord, and he
that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine; thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Ezek. Yi. 12.
108. Samaria shall become desolate, for she hath
rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword;
their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women
with child shall be ript up. Hosea xiii. 16.
Also notes 79, 56, 119, 121, 126, 143, 149.
I M PARTIALI TY.
Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
34.
For there is no respect of persons with God. Romans ii. 11.
109. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's
sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which
is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii. 10,
110. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy
God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be a
special people unto himself, above all the people that
are upon the face of the earth. Deut. vii. 6.
I11. And I will dwell among the children of
Israel, and will be their God. Exodus xxix. 45.




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112. I will also gather all nations, and will bring
tihem  down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will
plead with them  there for my people, and for my
heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land. Joel iii. 2.
113. Behold, I have done according to thy words;
lo, I have given thee a wise and understanding heart,
so ~hat there was none like thee before thee, neither
after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 1 Kings
iii. 12.
114. I have loved you, saith the Lord  yet ye say,
Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's
brother, saith the Lord; yet I loved Jacob. And I
hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage
waste, for the dragons of the wilderness. Malachi
i. 2, 3.
115. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau
have I hated. RIYoans ix. 13.
116. Now God had brought Daniel into favor and
tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. Dan. i. 9.
117. For God loveth none but him  that dwelleth
with wisdom. Wisdom of Solomon vii. 28.
118. The Lord maketh poor and maketh rsich he
bringeth low, and lifteth up. 1 Sam. ii. 7.
119. The rich and the poor meet together; the
Lord is the maker of them all. Prov. xxii. 2.
120, For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on
wehomn 1 will have mercy, and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion. Romans ix. 15.
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IMMUTABILITY.
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons
of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi iii. 6.
Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the father of lights,,with t'who
is vo variableness neither shadow of turtning. James
i. 17.
God is not a man, that he should lie, neitlier the son
of man, that he should repent; hath he said, and shall
he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make
it good? Numbers xxiii. 19.
121. And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom
I have created, from the face of the-earth, both man
and beast, and the creeping. things, and the fowls of
the air: for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Genesis vi. 7.
122. And the Lord repented of the evil which he
had thought to do unto his people. Exodus xxxii. 14.
123 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be
king; for he is turned back from following me, and
hath not performed my commandments, and it grieved
Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all night. 1 Samuel xv. 11.
124. And when the angel stretched out his hand
upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him
of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the
people, it is enough; stay now thine hand.  And the
angel of the Lord was by, the threshing-place of
Araunah the Jebusite. 2 Sam. xxiv. 16.
125. If that nation against whom I have pronounced
turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I
thought to do unto them. If it do evil in my sight,
that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the
good wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer.
xviii. 8, 10.
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126. For thus saith the Lord, like as I have brought
all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring
upon them the good which I have promised them.
Jeremiah xxxii. 42.
127. And rend your heart and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
128. And God saw their works, that they turned
from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that
he had said he would do unto themn and he did it not,
Jonah iii. 10.
129. Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou
art gone backward; therefore will I stretch out my
hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with
repenting. Jeremiah xv. 6.
Also notes 14, 26 and 167.
INCOMPREHENSIBILITY.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the first born
of every creature. Coloss. i. 15.
0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments,
and his ways past finding out. Romans xi. 33.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways saith the Lord. Isaiah iv. 8.
130. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face,
as a man speaketh unto his friend. Exodus xxxiii. 11.
131. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and
Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they
saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as
it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it
were the body of heaven in his clearness. Exodus
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132. And Jacob called the name of the place,
Peniel, for I have seen God face to faice, and my life
is preserved. Genesis xxxii. 30.
133. I saw the Lord standing upon the altar. Amos
ix. 1.
134. And Jesus when he was baptised went up
straightway out of the water; and lo, the heavens
were opened unto him, and he saw the spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. Mat.
iii. 16.
135 And the Lord appeared unto him (Isaac,)- and
said, Go not down into- Egypt; dwell in the land
which I shall tell thee of. Gen. xxvi. 2.
136. And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a
pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud stood
over the door of the tabernacle. Deut. xxxi. 15.
137. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call
ye upon him while he is near. Isaiah lv. 6.
138. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye
shall search for me with all your heart. Jer. xxix. 13.
139. Beloved, let us love one another; for love is
of God; and every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God. 1 John iv. 7.
140. This then is the message which we have heard
of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and
in him is no darkness at all. 1 John i. 5.
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PASSAGES IMMORAL AND OBSCENE.
GOD.
141. And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary,
of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.  Now
the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as
his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph. before they
ca:me together, she was found with child of the Holy
Ghost.  Then Joseph her husband being a just man,
and not willing to make her a public example, was
minded to put her away privily.  But while he
thought on these things, behold the angel of the
Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph,
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary
thy w.fe: for that which is conceived in her is of the
Holy Ghost. Mat. i. 16-20.
[H-ere God is represented as committing.]
142. And I will give this people favor in the sight
of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass, that when
ye go, ye shall riot go empty: But every woman shall
borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in
her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment; and ye shall put- them  upon your sons, and
upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. Exodus iii. 21, 22.
[TH-re he is repr esented as commanding the Israelites to rob the Egyptians, under the preterlce of borrowing of them; thus encouraging them to steal.]
143. So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of
Ahah in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfilks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.  And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou'hast done well in executing that whch1 is RIGHT in




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mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of
the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
2 Kings x. 11-30.
[Here he is represented not only as pronouncing
the most heinous of all crimes, murder, to be right,
but actually rewarding Jehu for committing it.]
144. 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 will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite;
for I have provided me a kicng among his sons.  And
Samuel said, how can I go!  If Saul hear me he will
kill me.  And the Lord said, take an heifer with
thee, and say, I am  come to sacrfice to the Lord. 1.
Samuel xvi. 1, 2.
[Here he is represented as commanding Samuelto
act the most consummate hypocrite.]
145. Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were
not good, and judgments uwhereby they should not live.
Ezek. xx. 25.
146. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not
the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And
for this cause, God shall send them strong delussion,
that they should believe a lie. 2. Thes. ii. 10. 11.
147. And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab.
king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead T  And one spake, saying after this manner,
and another saying after that manner.  Then there
came out a spirit, and stood before tl:e Lord, and said
I will entice him.  And the Lord said unto himu
Wherewith 3  And he said, I will go out and be a
lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.  And the
Lord said, Thoulshalt entice him, and thou shalt also
prevail; go out', and do even. so. 2 Chron. xviii. 19,
20, 21.




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148. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath
spoken a thing, I the Lord God have deceived that
prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him,
and will destroy him from the midst of my people
Israel. Ezek. xiv. 9.
149. And I saw an angel come down from heaven,
having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great
chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon,
that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and
bound him a thousand years. And cast him into the
bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till
the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that
he must be loosed a little season. And shall go out
to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters
of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together
to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the
sea. Revel. xx. 1, 2,3, 8. 
150. He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in
his hand; he loveth to oppress. Hosea xii. 7.
151. The beginning of the word of the Lord by
Hosea; and the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto
thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms;
for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord. IHesea i. 2.
152. And I will make drunk her princes, and her
wise men, her captains and her rulers. and her
mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep,
and not wake, saith the king, whose name is the Lord
of hosts. Jer. li. 57.
153. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye
and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more,
because of the sword which I will send among you.
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MOSES.
154. 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 Egyptian
smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 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. Exodus ii. 1. 12.
155. Now therefore (says Moses) kill every male
among the little ones, and kill every woman that
hath known man by lying with him. But all the
women children, that have not known man by lying
with him, keep alive for yourselves. Numbers xxxi.
17, 18.
156. And Moses spake unto the people, saying,
Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them
go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of
Midian. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand
of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar
the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments. and
the trumpets to blow in his hand. Num. xxxi. 3-6.
DAVID.
And it came to pass in an evening tide, that David
arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of
the king's house, and from the roof he saw a young
woman washing herself, and the woman was very
beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired
after the woman: and one said, Is not this Bathsheba
the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.
And David sent messengers and took her; and she
came in unto him and he lay with her, (for she was
purified from her uncleanness,) and she returned
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and told David, and said, I am with child. And David
sent to Jacob, saying, Send me Uriah the Iittite.
And Joab sent Uriah to David. 2 Sam. xi. 2 to 6.
[The story then proceeds to represent David, the
man after God's own heart. as endeavoring to cajole
the poor cuckold Uriah.  But he returns to the war
without visiting his wife, and David sends a letter
with him to Joab, in which letter he orders Joab to
place Uriah in the front of the battle, and then leave
him so that he might be killed.  Joab obeys his orders,
Uriah is slaughtered, and he then takes Bathsheba
his wife and marries her in order that he might continue to gratify his lust upon her!]
158. And David laid up these words in his heart,
and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. And
he changed his behavior before them, and feigned
himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors
of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
I Sam. xxi. 12, 13.
159. Wherefore David arose, and went, he and
his men. and slew of the Philistines two hundred
men; and David brought their foreskins, and they
gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the
king"s son-in-law; and Saul gave him  Michal his
daughter to wife. 1 Samuel xviii. 27.
160. Now King David was old, and stricken in
years, and they covered him with clothes, but he gat
no heat.  Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let
there be sought for my lord the king, a young virgin,
and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish
him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the
king may get heat.  So they sought for a fair damsel
throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag
a Shunamite, and brought her to the king. And
the damsel, was very fair, and cherished the king, and
ministered to him; but the king knew her not. 1 King
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161. And David gathered all the people together,
and went to Babbah, and fought against it, and took
it.  And he took their king's crown from off his head.
(the weight whereof was a talent of gold, with the
precious stones,) and it was set on David's head. and
he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.  And he brouclht forth the people that were
therein, and put theize under sawcs, and sunder harrows
of iron, and uder axes of imon, and made them pass
through the brick-kiln; and thus did he unto ALL the
cities of the children of Ammon.  So David and all
the people returned unto Jerusalem. 2 Samuel xii.
29 to 31.
162. And behold (says David in his dying moments
to his son Solomron,) thou hast with thee Shimei the
son of Gera, a Benjamite, of Bahurim, which cursed
me with a grievous curse, in the day when I went to
Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at Jordan,
and I stcare to him by the Lord, sayings, I will not put
thee to death with the sword.  Now therefore hold him
not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and knowest
what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoary
head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 1 Kings
ii. 8, 9.
S OLO M ON.
193. And he had seven hundred uives princesses,,nd three hundred concubines; and his wives turned
away his heart. I Kings xi. 3.
164. I-ow  beautiful are thy feet with shoes, 0
princess daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like
jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Thy navel is like a round goblet which wanteth not
liquor; thy belly is like an heap of whliat set about
with lilies.  Thy two breasts are like two young roes
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like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon,  which
looketh toward Damascus. Solomon's Songs vii. 1 to 4.
JOSH UA.
165, 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.
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 womcan and all that she hath, as ye
sware unto her. Joshua vi. 21, 22.
16.6. And it was told Joshua, saying, the five kings
are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. And Joshua
said, Roll great stones by the mouth of the cave, and
set men by it for to keep them.  And stay you not.
but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost
of them, suffer them not to enter into their cities; for
the Lord your God hath delivered them into your
hand.  Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the
cave, and bring out these five kings unto me out of
the cave. And afterwards Joshua smote them, and
slew them, and hanged them on five trees; and they
were hanging upon the trees until the evening,
Joshua x. 17 to 26.
EZEKIEL.
167. Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the'
sixth part of an hin; from  time to time shalt thou
drink.  And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes and
thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man,
in their sight. And the Lord said, even thus shall
the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among
the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.  Then said
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not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in
pieces, neither came there abominable flesh into my
mouth.  Then said he unto me, Lo, I have given thee
cowns dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare
thy bread therewith. Ezekiel iv. 11 to 15.
ABRAHA M.
168. And Abraham journeyed from thence toward
the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and
Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.  And Abraham  said
of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.  But God came
to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said unto
him. Behold thou art but a dead man, for the woman
which thou hast taken; for she is a manws wife. But
Abimelech had not come near her; and he said,
Lord) wilt thou slay also a righteous nation I  Said
he not unto me She is my sister? and she, even she
herself said, Ite is my brother; in the integrity of my
heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Genesis xx. 1 to 5.
169. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this
bondwoman, and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with
Isaac. And Abraham rose up early in the morning
and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto
Hagar (putting it on her shoulder) and the child,
and sent her away, and she departed, and wandered
in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. Genesis xxi. 9, 10, 140
ISAAC.
170. And the men of the place asked him of his
wife; and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to




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say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the
place should kill nme for Rebekah, because she was
fair to look upon.  And it came to pass when he had
been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the
Philistines looked out at a window, and saw and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.  And
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold of a surety
she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister?
And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, lest I die
for her. Genesis xxvi. 7, 8, 9.
NOAH.
171. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken,
a(nd he was uncovered within his tent. And I-amn the
father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his' father, and
told his two brethren without. Genesis ix. 21, 22.
S AM I SO N.
172. Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there
an harlot and awent in unto her. Judges xvi. 1.
J T DA H.
173. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah
went down from  his brethren, and turned in to a
certain Adullamite, whose name was Ilirah.  And
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite,
whose name was Shuah; and he took her and wtent in'unto her. And she conceived and bare a son; and
he called his name Er. Gen. xxxviii. 1 to 3.
174. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy
brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to
thy brother.  And Onan knew that the seed should
not be his, and it came to pass when he went in unto
his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest




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that he should give seed unto his brother. Gene:is
xxxviii. 8, 9.
175. And it was.told Tamar, saying, Behold thy
father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and
covered her with a veil. and wrapped herself; and
sat in an open place which is by the way to Timnath,
for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not
given unto him  to wife.  When Judah saw her, he
thought her to be an harlot. because she had covered
her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and
said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in eunto thce;
(for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law;)
and she said, What uilt thou give me, that thou mayst
come in unto me?  And he said, I will send thee a
kid from the flock  and she said, Wilt thou give me
a pledge till thou send it. And he said, What pledge
shall I give thee. and she said, Thy signet and thy
bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand: and
he gave it her. and came in to her, and she conceived
by him. And she arose and wen-t away, and laid by
her veil from her, and put on the garments of her
widowhood. And Judah sent the kid by the hand
of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge
from the woman's hand, but he found her not. Then
he asked the men of that place saying, Where is the
harlot that was openly by the way-side  and they
said, there was no harlot in this place.  And he returned to Judah, and said I cannot find her; and
also the men of the place said, That there was no
harlot in this place. And Judah said, let her'take
it to her. lest we be shamed; behold I sent this kid,
and thou hast not found her. And it came to pass
about three months after, and it was told Judah saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and also behold, she is with child by whoredom;
and Judah said, Bring her forth and let her be burnt.
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in-law saying, By the man whose these are am I with
child; and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are
these, the signer and bracelets and staff:  And Judah
acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more
r'ighteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son; and he knew her again no more. And
it came to pass in the time of her travail, that behold
twins were in her womb. And it came to pass when
she travailed, that the one put out his hand; and the
midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread, saying, This came outfirst. And it came to
pass as he drew back his hand, and behold his brother
came out; and she said, IHow hast thou broken forth?
this breach be upon thee; therefore his name was
called Pharez. And afterwards came out his brother
that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his
name was called Zarah. Genesis xxxviii. 13 to 30.
LOT.
176. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the
mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he
feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he
and his two daughters. And the first-born said unto
the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man
in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all
the earth. Come let us make our father drink wine,
and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father. And they made their father drink
wine that night; and the first-born went in and lay
with her father; and he perceived not when she lay
down nor when she arose. And it came to pass on
the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger,
Behold I lay yesterday with my father; let us make
him drink wine this night also; and go thou in and
lie with him, that we may preserve seed of my father.
And they made their father drink wine that night
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he perceived not when she lay down nor when she
arose.  Thus were both the daughters of Lot with
ihild byt their FA THER. Gen. xix. 30 to 36.
RUTH.
177. Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and
put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the
floor  but make not thyself known unto the man,
until he shall have done eating and drinking.  And
it shall be when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark
the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in and
uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell
thee what thou shalt do. And when Boaz had eaten
and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie
down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came
softly and uncovered hisfeet and laid her down. And
it came to pass at midnight that the man was afraid,
and turned himself, and behold a woman lay at his
feet. And he said, Who art thou l and she answered,
I am Ruth, thine handmaiden; spread therefore thy
skirt over thine handmaiden, for thou art a near kinsman. And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my
daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the
latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou
followest not young men, whether poor or rich: and
now my daughter, fear not, 1 will do thee all that thou
requirest, for all the city of my people doth know that
thou art a virtuous woman. Ruth iii. 3 to 11.
RACHEL.
178. And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no
children, Rachel envied her sister, and said unto
Jacob. Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob's
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I in God's stead. who hath withheld from thee the
fruit of the womb: And sh!e said, Behold my maid
Bilhah, go in into her  and she shall bare upon my
knees, that I may also have children by her.  And she
gave him  Bilhah her handmaid to with; and Jacob
went in unto her.  And Bilhah conceived, and bare
Jacob a son. Genesis xxx. 1 to 5.
179. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into
Leah's tent, and into the two maid servants' tents;
but he found them not.  Then went he out of Lea's
tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.  Now Rachel
had taken the images, and put them into the camel's
furniture, and sat upon them, and Laban searched all
the tent but found them not.  And she said to her
father, Let it not displease my lord, that I cannot
rise up before thee: for the custom of women is upon
se: and he searched but found not the images. Gen.
xxxi. 33 to 35.
POTIP - AR'S  WIFE.
180. And it came to pass after these things, that
his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she
said, Lie with me.  But he refused, and said unto his
master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what
is with me in the house, and he hath committed all
that he hath to my hands.  There is none greater in
this house than I; neither hath he kept back any
thing from  me, but thee, because thou art his wife:
how th}en can I do this great wickedness, and sin
against God. And it came to pass as she spake to
Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her
to lay by her, or be with her.  And it came to pass
about this time that Joseph went into her house to do
his business: and there was none of the men of the
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her handy aundfled and got him  out.  And it came to
pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in
her hand, and was fled forth. that she called unto the
men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See,
he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he
came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud
voice.
She then told the same unblushing falsehood to
Pharaoh her husband as soon as he returned home;
when he becomes indignant, and orders poor Joseph
to be cast into prison. Gen. xxxix. 7 to 20.
R E        U BEN.
181. And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that
land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, hisfather's
concubine, and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob
were twelve. Gen. xxxv. 22.
182. Reuben (says Jacob) thou art my first-born,
my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, the excellency of power. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel, because thou
wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it;
he went up to my couch. Gen. xlix. 3, 4.
AMNO N.
183. And Amnon (David's eldest son). said unto
Tamar. Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may
eat of thine hand: and Tamar took the cakes which
she had made and brought them into the chamber to
Amnon her brother. And when she had brought
them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said
unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister. And she
answered him, Nay,'my brother, do not force me,
for no such thing ought to be done in Israel; do not
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thou this folly. And I, whither lli I cause my shanme
to go! and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the
fools in Israel; now, therefore, I pray thee, speak
unto the king: for he will not withhold me from thee.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but,
being stronger than she, fored her and lay with her.
2 Samuel xiii. 10 to 14,
A B SA L 0 M.
184 4nd Ahithophel said unto Absalon, [another of
David's sons] Go in unto thy father's concubines,
which he hath left to keep the house, and all Israel
shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father; then
shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong..
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the
house, and Absalom went in unto his father's concu-.
bines in the sight of all Israel. 2 Samauel  xvi. 21, 22'.
SHE CHE M.
185. And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she
bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the'
land: and when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hi"
vite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and
lay with her, and defiled her. Gen. lxxxiv. 1, 2.
CH RIST.
186. If any man come to' me, and hate not his'
father, and mother, and wife and children, and
brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple. Luke xiv. 26.
187. I am come to send fire on the earth', and what
will I if it be already kindled!  Suppose ye that I
am come to give peace on earth? I tell you nay; beue
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188. Think not that I come to send peace on earth;
I come not to send peace, but a sword.  For I am come
to set a man at variance against his father and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34, 35.
189. Then said he unto them, But now he that
hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip;
and he that hath no sword; let him sell his gariment
man,'d buy one. Luke xxii. 36.
190. But those mine enemies, which would not
that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay
them before me. Luke xix. 27.
191. 1He that believeth and is baptised shall be
saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mark xvi. 16.
192. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given
to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but unto
them that are without, all these things are done in
parables; That seeing they may see, and not perceive,
and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest
at any time they sholzd be'converted, and their sins
should be forgiven them. Mark iv. 11, 12.
193. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto
Bethphage, and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, be
sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto
them, Go your way into the village over against you;
and as soon as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt
tied, whereon never man sat; loose him  and bring
himn; and if any man.say unto you, Why do you
this  Say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and
straightway he will send him hither. Mark xi. I to 3.
194. And it came to pass that he went through
the corn-fields on the Sabbath-day, and his disciples
began as they went, to plhck the ears of corn. And
the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they o:n
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said unto them, have ye never read what David did
when he had neer1, and was a hungered, he and they
that were with him. How he went into the house
of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and
did eat the show-bread, which is not lawful to eat,
but for the priests, and gave also to them which were
with him!  Mark ii. 23 to 26.
195. Now there was there, nigh unto the mountain, a great herd of swine feeding. And all the
devils besought him saying, Send us into the swine,
that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus
gave them leave, and the unclean spirits went out,
and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea (they were
about two thousand) and were choked in the sea.
MIark v. 11 12.
196. And on the morrow, when they were come
from Bethany, he was hungry, and seeing a fig-tree
afar off, having leaves, he cane, if haply he might
find any thing thereon; and when he came to it he
found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was
not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No
man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever: and his disciples heard it. And in the morning, as they passed
by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots;
and Peter calling to remembrance, saith unto him,
Master, behold the fig-tree which thou cursedest is
withered away. Mark xi. 12, 13, 14, 20, 21.
[In the four preceding notes Christ is represented,
both as taking or destroying other people's property
himself, as well as allowing others to do it, which of
course is eminently moral. ]
PETER.
197. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it,
and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right
ear. The servant's name was Malchus. John xviii. 10.




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198. Then took they him  (Christ) and led him
and brought him into the high priest's house, and
Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled
a fire in the midst of the hall and were sat down
together, Peter sat down among them. But a certain
maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly
looked upon him, and said, this man was also with
him. And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know
him not. And after a little while another saw him,
and said, thou art also of them. And Peter said,
Man, Iam not. Luke xxii. 54 to 58.
PAUL.
199. I robbed other churches, taking wages of them,
to do ye service. 2 Cor. xi. 8.
200. For if the truth of God hath more abounded,
through my LIE unto his glory, why yet am I also
judged as a sinner T Romans iii. 7.
201. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 1 Cor. xiv. 38.
202. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men)
after the rudiments of the world, and not after
Christ. Col. ii. 8.
203. As we said before, so say I now again, If any
man preach any other gospel unto you, than ye have
received, let him be accursed. Gal. i. 9.
204. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,
let him be anathema maranatha. 1 Cor. xvi. 22.
205 A man that is an heretic after the first and
second admonition, reject. Titus iii. 10.
206. But Elymas the sorcerer, (for so his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away
the deputy from the faith. Then Saul (who also is
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on him  and said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all
righteousness, will thou not cease to pervert the right
ways of the Lord't And now behold, the hand of the
Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing
the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on
him a mist and a darkness: and he went about seeking some to lelad him by the hand. Acts xiii. 8 to 11.
BA N. ABAS ANI) PAUL.
207. And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in
every city where we have preached the word of the
Lord, and see how they do. And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was
Mark. But Paul thought not good to take him with
them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and
went  not with them, to the work.  And the contention was so sharp between them  that theyl departed
asunder one from  another; and so Barnabas took
Mark, and sailed into Cyprus.  And Paul chose
Silas, and departed, being recommended  by the
brethren unto the grace of God. Acts xv. 36 to 40.
JOHN.
208. If there come any unto you, and bring not
this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither
bid him God.speed. 2 John i. 10.
GENERAL.
209. So shall the king of Assyria lead away the
Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives,
young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their
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210. And it came to pass through the lightness of
her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and comEmitted adultery with stones and stocks. Jer. iii. 9.
211. Come down and sit in the dust, 0 virgin
daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no
throne, 0 daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt
no more be called tender and delicate.  Take the
mill-stones and grind meal; uncover thy locks, make
bare thy leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea. thy shame shall
be seen; I will take vengeance, and I will not meet
thee as a man. Isaiah xlvii. 1, 2, 3.
212. Ask ye now  and see whether a man doth
travail with child?  Wherefore do I see every man
with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and
all facesare turned into paleness' Jer. xxx. 6.
213. Like as a woman with child, that draweth
near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth
out in her pangs, so have we been in thy sight, 0
Lord. Isaiah xxvi. 17.
214. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be
troubled, ye careless ones; strip ye and make ye
bare, and gird sackcloth  upon  your loins. Isaiah
xxxii. 11.
215. Thus saith the Lord God, Thou shalt drink
of thy sister's cup deep and large; thou shalt be
laughed to scorn, and had in derision; it containeth
much.  Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and
sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation.
with the cup of thy sister Samaria. Ezek. xxiii.
32, 33.
216 He that is unjust, let him he unjust still; and
he which is filthy, let him  be filthy still; and he that
is righteous. let him be righteous still; and he that
is holy, let him be holy still. Revel. xxii. 11.
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from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water,
and be unclean until the even. And every garment
and every skin whereon is the seed of copulation,
shall be washed with water, and be'unclean until the
even.  The woman also with whom man shall lie
with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. And
if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be
upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all
the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. And if
a woman have an issue of her blood many days out
of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the
time of her separation; all the days of the issue of
her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation; she shall be unclean. This is the law of him
that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from
him, and is defiled therewith; and of her that is sick
of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the
man and of the woman, and of him  that lieth with
her which is unclean. Leviticus xv. 16, 17, 18, 24,
25, 32 33.
218. Then shall the father of the damsel, and her
mother, take and brine forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity, unto the elders of the city in the gate.
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity
be not found for the damsel; then they shall bring
out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and
the men of the city shall stone her with stones that
she die; because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to
play the whore in her father's house; so shalt thou
put evil away from among you. Deut. xxii. 15, 20, 21.
219. Then shall his brother's wife come unto him
in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from
off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and
say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not
build up his brother's house. Deut. xxv. 9.
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affections; for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature; and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the
women, burned in their lust one toward another; men
with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error
which was meet. Romans i. 26) 27.
221. Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will raise up
evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will
take thy wives before thine eyes. and give them
unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in
the sight of this Sun. 2 Samuel xii. 11.
222. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven,
a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under
her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
And she being with child, cried travailing in birth,
and pained to be delivered.  And there appeared
another wonder in heaven, and behold a great r3d
dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
crowns upon his heads.  And his tail drew the third
part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the
earth; and the dragon stood before the womnan which
was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as
soon as it was born. And she brought forth a manchild, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron,
and her child was caught up unto God, and to lis
throne. Rev. xii. 1 to 5.
223. And there was war in heaven; Michael and
his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon
fought and his angels. Rev. xii. 7.
224. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood; and his name is called, The Word of God.
And the armies which were in heaven followed him
upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean. Rev. xix. 13, 14.




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PASSAGES ABSURD AND UNNATURAL.
225. Then spake Joshua to the Lord, in the day
when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the
children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
Sun stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou moon in
the valley of Ajalon.  And the sun stood still, and
the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the
book of Jasher't  So the sun stood still in the midst
of heaven, and hastened not to go down about a whole
day. Josiua x. 12, 13.
226. The sun and moon stood still in their habitations; at the light of thine arrows they went, and at
the shining of thy glittering spear. Habbakuk iii. 1.1.
227. And Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a
strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry
land, and the waters were divided. 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. Exodus x-v.
21, 22.
228. And MToses answered and said. But behold.
they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice 
for they will say, the Lord bath not appeared unto
thee.  And the Lord said unto him, What is that in
thine hand 3 and he said, A rod.  And he said, Cast
it on the ground: and it became a serpent; and
Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said unto
Moses, Put forth thine hand. and take it by the tail:
and he put forth his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand. Exodus iv. 1 to 4.
229. And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto
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land, that it may become lice throughout all the land
of Egypt.  And they did so; for Aaron stretched
out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the
earth, and it bcanme lice in man and in beast: all the
dust of the land became lice throughout all the land
of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not;
so there were lice upon man and upon beast. Exodus
viii. 16 to 18.
230. Make thee an ark of gopher-wood; rooms
shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within
and without with pitch.  And this is the fashion
which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark
shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty
cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.  A window
shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shall thou
finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set
in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third
stories shalt thou make it. And behold I, even I, do
bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven:
and every thing that is in the earth shall die.  But
with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou
shalt come into the ark; thou and thy sons. and thy
wife, and thy sons wives with thee.  And of every
living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou
bring into the ark, to keep them  alive with thee:
they shall be male and female.  Of fowls after their
kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind; two of every
sort shall come unto thee to keep them alive.  And
take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou
shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for
thee. and for them. Thus did Noah; according to
all that God commanded him, so did he. Gen. vi.
14 to 22.
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and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and
it was lifted up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth;
and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And
the waters prevailed exceedingly upo; the earth; and
all the high hills that were under the whole heaven,
were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters
prevail, and the mountains were covered. Gen. vii.
17 to 20.
232. Elias was a man subject to like passions as
we are, and prayed earnestly that it might not rain 
and it rained not on the earth by the space of three
years and six months. James v. 17.
233. And the Lord God formed man of the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. ii. 7.
234. And the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his
ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And
the rib which the Lord God had taken from man,
made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Gen. ii. 21, 22.
235. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon
Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of
heaven: and he overthrew those cities, and all the
plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that
which grew upon the ground.  But his (Lot's) wife
looked back fromr behind him and she became a pillar
of salt. Gen. xix. 24 to 26.
236. And hle (Jacob) dreamed, and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to
heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and
descending on it. 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. Gen.
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237. And it came to pass, as they still went on
and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of
fire, and horses of fire, and  parted  them  both
asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into
heaven. 2 Kings ii. 11.
238. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish
(which Christ tells us in Matt. xii. 40, was a whale.)
to swallow up Jonah.  And Jonah was in the belly of
the fish three days and three nights.  Then Jonah
prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly:
and the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out
Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah i. 17, and ii. 1, 10.
239. And he found a new jaw bone of an ass, and
put forth his hand and took it, and and slew a thousand men therewith.  And Samson said, With the
jaw  bone of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Judges xv. 15, 16.
240. And it came to pass, when she (Delilah)
pressed him  (Samson) daily with her words, and
urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
that he told her all his heart, and said unto her,
There hath not come a razor upon my head, for I
have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's
womb; If I be shaven then my strength will go fron
me, and I shall become weak, and like any other man.
The story then proceeds to represent Delilah as betraying Samson into the hands of the Philistines, who
shave off the hair from his head, and afterwards put
out his eyes and imprison him. In course of time
his hair begins to grow again, when his strength
returns. The Philistines then take him  to their
temple that he may make sport for them, and Samson then says unto the lad that held him by the hand,
Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the
house standeth, that I may lean upon them. Now
the house was fill of men and women, and all the
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upon the roof about three thousand men and women
that beheld while Samson made sport.  And Samn
son took hold of the two middle pillars, upon which the
house stood, and on which it was borne up. of the one
with his right hand and.of the other with his left;
and Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines,
and he bowed himself with all his might; and the house
fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were
therein; so the dead which he slew at his death,
were more than they which he slew  in his life.
Judges xvi. 16 to 30.
241. And these tliree men, Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego, fell down bound in the midst of the
fiery burning furnace.  Then Nebuchadnezzar came
near to the mouth of the fiery burning furnace, and
spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
ye servants of the most high God. come fbrth and
come hither.  Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth of the midst of the fire.  And the
princes, governors, and  captains, and the king's
counsellors, beihg gathered together, saw these men
upon whose bodies the fire had no power' nor was a
hair of their head singed, neither were their coats'changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them,
Daniel iii. 23, 26, 27.
242. Then the king commanded, and they brought
Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions.  Now the
king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom
thou servest continually he will deliver thee.  Then
the king arose ^ry early in the morning, and went
in haste unto the den of lions. And when he came
to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto
Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, 0
Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God whom
thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from
the lions?  Then said Daniel unto the king, 0 king,
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shut the lions' mouths that they have not hurt me 
forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me,
and also before thee. 0 king, have I done no hurt,
Daniel vi. 16, 19; 20, 21, 22.
243. And God saw the light that it was good; and
God divided the light from the cdarkness, Gen. i. 4.
244. And God made two great lights; the greater
light to rule the dayS and the lesser light to rule the
night; he made the stars also. And God set them
in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon
the earth. Gen. i. 16, 17.
245. And there shall be upon ever'y hig h mountaini
and upon every high hill, rivets and streams of waters,
in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers
fall. Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the
light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be
seven-fold., as the light of seven days in the day that
the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and
healeth the stroke of their-wound. Isaiah xxx. 25, 26.
246. Again the Devil taketh him  (Christ) up into
an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him  ALL
the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,
Matt. iv. 8.
247. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and
carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me
down in the midst of the valley which was full of
bones. And caused me to pass by them round abot;
and behold, there were very many in the open valley 
and lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me,
Son of man, can these bones live 3 And I answered,
0 Lord God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me,
Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, 0
ye dry bones hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith
the Lord God unto these bones. Behold I will cause
breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.  And I will
lay sinews upon you, and bring up flesh upon you,
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ye shall live, and ye shall know  that I am  the
Lord.  So I prophesied as I was commanded; and
as I prophesied there was a noise and behold a shaking, and the bones came together bole to his bone. And,
when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up
upon them, and the skin covered them  above; but
there was no breath in them. Then said he unto
me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man,
and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God, Come
from  the four winds, 0 breath, and breathe upon
these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as
he commanded me, and the breath came into them,
and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Ezek. xxxvii. 1 to 10.
248. And it came to pass, as they were burying a
man, that behold, they spied a band of men, and
they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha  and
when the man was let down, and touched the bones of
Elisha, he revived, and stood sup on his feet. 2 Kings
xiii. 21.
249. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in
the which all that are in the graves shall hear his
voice. John v. 28.
250. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump, (for the trumpet shall sound) and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed. 1 Corinth xv. 52.
251. For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ
shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain,
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with
the Lord. 1 Thessa. iv. 16, 17.
252. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened; and another
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dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books according to their works.. And
the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell deliveredl uep the dead which W'ere in
them; and they were judged every mnan actording
to their works.  And death and hell were cast into
the lake of fire.  This is the second death.. Rev.
xx. 127 13 I14.
253. Fo' I aln he thal livelth and was dead; andm
behold I am  alive for ever more.  Amen; cand.have
the keys of hell cand of death. Rev. i. 18..
254. But Miary stood without at thte sepulchre,
weeping; and as she weopt she;stooped dowa., and
looked ihto the sepulchre.  And seeth two angels inwhite, sitting the o.e at the head, and the other at
the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.  And
they say unto her:  Woman, why weepest thou?  She
saith unto them  Because they have taken away my
Lord, and I know not wh ere they have laid him.
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back,'and saw Jeszus stanCdi.ng, and knew not that it was
Jesus.  Jesus saith unto her, WVoman, why weepest
*thou T whom. seekest thou? she, supposing hma to be
the gardeaer. saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne
him hence, tell me where thou hast laid hmn, and I
will take him  away.  Jesus saith unto her, Mlary,:she turned herself, and said unto h'm,  Babboni,
which is to say Master. John xx. 1i to 16.
255. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didy-sus, was not with them  when Jesus came.  The
other disciples therefore saith unto him, We have
seen the Lord.  But he said unto them, Except I
shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put
my finger into the print of the nai.ls, and thrust my
hand into his side, I will not believe.  And after,eight days again  his disciples were within, and
Thomas with them.then;came Jesus, the door being
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shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto
you.  Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy
finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy
hand, and thrustit i into my side; and be not faithless
but believing. John xx. 24 to 27.
356. Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And
none of his disciples durst ask him, Who art thou'.
knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh
and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
This now was the third time that Jesus showed himself
to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead,
John xxi. 12 to 14.
257. And when he had spoken these things while
they beheld. he was taken up, and a cloud received him
out of their sight.  And while they looked steadily
toward heaven, as he went up, behold two men stood
by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men
of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go
into heaven. Acts i. 9 to 11.
258. Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard
behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed
be the glory of the Lord from  his place.  So the
Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in
bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of
the I ord -was strong upon me. Ezek. iii. 12, 14.
259. And he put forth the form of an hand, and
took me by a lock of mine head, and the Spirit ift me
up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the
visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner
gate. that looketh toward the north, where was the
seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to
jealousy. Ezek. viii. 3.
260. And Habbakuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.  Then the
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him by the hair of his head, and through the vehemer.c
of his spirit, set him in Babylon over the den. And
Habbakuk cried, saying, 0 Daniel, Daniel, take the
dinner which God hath sent; thee. Bel and the Dragon, xxxv. 6: 7.
261. Then the high priest rose up, and all they
that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees) and were filled with indignation.  And laid
their hands on the Apostles, and put them in the
common prison. But the angel of the Lord by night
opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, an4
said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people, all the words of this iife. Acts v. 17 to 20.,262. And behold, there was a great earthquake;
for the angel of the Lord descended from  heaven,
and came and rolled back the stonle from the door, and
sat upon it. Matt. xxviii. 2.
263. And the angel of the Lord came again the
second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and
eat, because thy journey is too great for thee. I
Kings xix. 7.
264.. Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end
of his staff that was in his hand. and touched the
fesh and the unleavened cakes; a.nd there rose up
fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the
unleavened cakes.  Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. Judges vi. 21.
265. Then Tobit called his son Tobias, and said
unto him, My son, see that the man have his wages,
which went with thee, and thou must give him nlore,
So he called the angel, and he said unto hil, Take
half of all that ye have breought, and go awcay in
safety. Tobit xii. 1, 5.
266. Then the woman came and told her husband,
saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of - an  agel of God,.




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viry terrible; but I asked him  not whence he was,
neither told he me his name. Judges xiii. 6.
267. Whose throne is inestimable, whose glory
may not be comprehended, before whom the hosts of
angels stand with trembling. 2 Esdras viii. 21.
268. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Exodus
xxii. 18.
269. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water pots
with water.  And they filled them up to the brim.
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear
unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
NWhen the ruler of the feast had tasted the water
that was made vwine, and knew  not whence it was,
(but the servants which drew the water knew,) the
governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith
nnto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth
good wine; and when men have well drunk, then.
that which is worse; but thou hast kept the good
wine until now.  This beginning of miracles did
Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. John ii. 7 to 11.
270. And Jesus said unto the Centurion, Go thy
way; and as thou hast believed. so be it done unto
thee.  And his servant was healed in the self same
hour. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house 
he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
And he touched her hand and the/ ever left her; and she
arose and ministered unto them. Matt. viii. 13, 14, 15,
271. And when he was entered into a ship, his
disciples followed him. And behold there arose a
great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was
covered with the waves; but he was asleep.  And his
disciples came to him and awoke him, saying, Lord
save us; we perish.  And he faith unto them, Why
are ye fearful, 0 ye of little faith. Then he arose,
and rebu.ced te  the   ns ad the sea; and there was a
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272. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus
went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the
disciples saw hlim walking on the sea, they were
troubled, saying, It is a spirit: and they cried out
for fear.  But straightway Jesus spake unto them,
saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
And Peter answered him, and said. Lord, if it be
thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he
said, Come. And when Peter was come down out
of the ship, he walked on the uwater, to go to Jesus.
Matt. xiv. 25 to 29.
273. And Jesus arose and followed him. so did his
disciples. And when Jesus came into the ruler's
house, and saw tLe minstrels and the people making
a noise, He said unto them, Give place  for the maid
is not dead, bat sleepeth, and they laughed him to
scorn. But, when the people were put forth, he
went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
Matt. ix. 19, 23, 24, 25.
274. And behold, a woman which was diseased with
an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him,
and touched the hem of his garment. For she said
within herself, If I may but touch his garment I shall
be uhole.  But Jesus turned him  about, and when
he saw her he said, Daughbter, be of good comfort;
thy faith hath made thee whole; and the woman'was
made whole from that hour. Matt. ix. 20 to 22.
275. And when he had thus spoken, he cried with
a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.  _And he that was
dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes and his face was bound about with a napkin,
Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
John xi. 43, 44.
276. And when the day began to wear away, then
came the twelve and said unto him, send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge and get victuals: for we




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are here in a desert place.  But be said unto ther,
give ye them to eat, and they said, we have no more
but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go
a-nd buy imeat for all this people.  For there were
about ive thousand men. And he said to his disciples, make them  sit down by fifties in a company,
And they did so, and made them all sit down. Then
he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking
up to heaven he blessed them, and brake, and gave
o the disciples to set before the multitude. And they
did eat and were allfilled, and there was taken up of
fiagments that remained to them tweive baskets.
277. And when the day of'Pentecost was fully
eoine, they were all with one accord in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as
of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house
where they were sitting. And there appeared unto
them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon
each of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the
spirit gave them utterance. Acts ii. I to 4.
278. And he (Moses) was there with the Lord
forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread
ntor drink water; and he wrote upon the tables the
words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Exod,
xxxiv. 28.
279. And the angel of the Lord came again the
second time, and touched him 1. and said, arise and
eat, because thy journey is too great for thee.  And
he arose, and( did eat and drink, and went in the
strength of that meat forty days and forty nights,
unto HIoreb the Mount of God. I Kings xix. 7, 8.
280. Moreover he said unto me, son of man, eat
that thou findest~ eat this roll, (of a book) and go
speak unto the house of Israel.  So I opened my
mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. And he
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fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then
did I eat it, and it was in my mouth as honey for
sweetness. Ezek. iii. I to 3.
281. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord,
she fell down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger
was kindled. and he smote the ass with a staff. And
the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said
unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou
hast smitten me these three times. Numn. xxii. 27, 28.
282. And I beheld, and lo, the eagle rose upon
her talons, and spake to her feathers, saying, watch
not all at once; sleep every one in his own place,
and watch by course, &c. Then I heard a voice
which said unto me. look before thee, and consider
the thing that thou seest.  And I beheld, and lo, as
it were a roaring lion chased out of the wood; and
I saw that he sent out a man's voice unto the eagle,
and said, H-ear thou, I will talk with thee, and the
highest shall say unto thee, &c. 2 Esdras xi. 7) 8,
and xxxvi. 7, 8.
283. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; yea, let them turn
every one from his evil way, and from the violence
that is in their hands. Jonah iii. 8.
284. And I took it and drank; and when I had
drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew inr my breast, for my spirit strengthened my
memory. 2 Esdras xiv. 40.
285, In the lips of him  that hath understanding
wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that
is void of understanding. Prov. x. 13.
286. Jesus answered and said unto them, verily I
say unto you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall
not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also,
if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done. Matt.
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287. Aric the Lord said, if ye had faith as a grazir
of mustard seed, ye. might say muto this sycamine tree.
b  thoLu plucked up by the root, and be thou planted
in the sea; and it should obeyg  ou. Luke xvii. 6.
288. Tlerefore   I  say unto you, what things soever
ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them. Mark xi. 24.
2'9. Pray without eeasing. 1 Thess. v. 17.
29'. Who is the imag-e of the invisible God, the
first-born, of every creature. Coloss. i.. 5.
291. While we lbok not at tlings whlich are seen,
but at the thirgs- whieh are not seen; for the things
which are seen are temporal, Wut the things which
are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinth. iv. 18.
292. And it came to pass, as he was albne praying,
his disciples were with kim; and h asked them, saying, whom say the peopie that I am. Luke ix. I82923. I ancd mr Father are oone. John x. 3-.
294. For tlere are three that bare record in heavenz
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these
three ar one. 1 John, v. 7.
295. And David daneed before the Lord with all his
mnight: an'd Ia-vid was girded with a linen ephod. 2
Sam-uel vi. 14.
296A. Ard aTl the host of heaven shalT be dissolved~
and the heavens shall be rolked together as a serofl; and
all their host shall fall down as the leaf falleth off from
the vine, and as a falling fi from the fig tree. Isaiah
xxxiv. 4.
297. And I saw a new heaver  and a anew earth 
for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea. Rev. xxi. 1.
298. Then said the Lord unto Moses, behoYd I will
rain breadd fom heaven for you; and the people shall
go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I




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may prove them, whether they will walk in my law
or no. And they gathered it every morning, ever,
man according to his eating; and when the sun waxe(
hot it melted. Exod. xvi. 4, 21.
299. And it came to pass as they fled from befor<
Israel. and were in the going down to Beth-horon
that the Lord cast dotwn great stones from heaven upoi
them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more
which died with hailstones, than they whom  the
children of Israel slew with the sword. Joshua x. 11
300. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upor
Gomorrah, brimrstone and fire fiom the Lord out oj
heaven. Gen.,ix. 24.
301. And Elijah answered and said to the captair
of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down
from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty, and
there came down fire from heaven and consumed him
and his fifty. 2 Kings i. 10.
302. And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against
you, and he shut up the heaven that there be no rain,
and that the land yield not her fruit, and lest ye
perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord
giveth you. l)eut. xi. 17.
303. T1hen heaven is shut up and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against thee; if they pray
toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn
from  their sin. when thou afflictest them. 1 Kings
viii. 35.
304. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years
ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether
out of the body I cannot tell; God knoweth) such an
one caught up to the third heaven. 2 Corin. xii. 2.
305. And when he had opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven about the space of half an
hour. Rev. viii. 1.
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opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard
was as it were a trumpet talking with me; which
said, come up hither, and 1 will shew thee things
which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in
the spirit  and behold a throne was set in heaven,
and one sat on the throne.  And he that sat was to
look upon like a jasper, and a sardine stone; and
there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight
like unto an emerald.  And round about the throne
were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw
four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment,
and they had on their heads crowns of gold.  And
out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings, and voices, and there were seven lamps of fire
burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits
of God. And before the throne there was a sea of
glass like unto the crystal; and in the midst of the
throne, and round about the throne were four beasts
full of eyes before and behind.  And the first beast
was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and
the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth
beast was like a flying eagle.  And the four beasts
had each of them six wings about him, and they were
full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night,
saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty which
was, and.is, and is to come. Rev. iv. 1 to 8.
[This is a very beautiful description of heaven-it
almost equals in absurdity and extravagance the wild
dreams of Mahomnet.]
307. And when they shall have finished their testimony. the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless
pit shall make war against themn, and shall overcome
them, and kill them. Rev. xi. 7.
[It appears, then, from  this and the preceding
note. that there are beasts both in hell and in heaven;
whether these angelic creatures have immortal souls
or not, the theologians may decide.]
Also Notes 73, 74, and 76.




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PASSAGES CONTRADICTORY.
308. And he shall judge among many people, and
rebuke among people afar off; and they shall beat
their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into
pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up a sword against
nation, neither shall shey learn war any more. Micah.
iv. 3.
309. Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your
pruning-hooks inlto spears; let the weak say, 1 am
strong. Joel iii. 10.
310. Though I speak with the tongues of men and
of angels and have not charity,  I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.  And though I have
the gift of prophecy. and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains, and have no charity,
I am nothing. I Cor. xiii. 1, 2.
311. And as we said before, so say I now again,
If any man preach any other gospel unto you, than
that ye have received, let him be accursed. Gal. i. 9.
312. Whosoever haleth his brother is a murderer;
and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. I John iii. 15.
313. If any man come to me, and hate not his
father and mother, and wife, and children, and
brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple. Luke xiv. 26.
314. Then said Jesus unto them, put up again thy
sword into his place; for all they that take the sword
shall perish with the sword. Matt. xxvi. 52.
315. Then said he unto them, but now  he that
hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip;
and he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and
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316. But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil; but
whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to
him the other also. Matt. v. 39.
317. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his
blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man.
Gen. ix. 6.
318. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute
you. Matt. v. 44.
319. Then said he unto his disciples, it is impossible but that offences will come; but woe unto him
through whom they come. Luke xvii. 1.
320. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor
hear your words; when ye depart out of that house
or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Matt. x. 14.
321. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.
Exodus xx. 3.
322. And God said, let us make man in OUR image,
after our likeness  and let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen.
i. 26.
323. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,
nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generations of them
that hate me. Exod. xx. 5.
324. The soul that sinneth it shall die; the soN
shall NOT bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall
the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the
wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Ezek.
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not; according unto that which is written in the book
of the law of 3Moses, wherein the Lord commanded,
saying, the fathers shall not be put to death for the
childrenil nor the children be put to death for hthefthers;
but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
2 Kings xiv. 6.
326. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy,
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God;
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within
thy gates. Exod. xx. 8, 9, 10.
327. And he entered again into the synagogue;
and there was a man there which had a withered
hand. And they watched him, whether lie would
heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse
him. And he saith unto the man which had the
withered hand, stand forth. And he said unto them,
is it law;ful to do good on the Sabbath clays or to do
evil? to save life, or to kill  but they held their
peace.  And when he had looked round about on
them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of
their hearts, he saith unto the man, stretch forth thine
hand; and he stretched it out, and his hand was
restored whole as the other. Mark iii. 1 to 5.
328. Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy
days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee. Exod. xx. 12.
329. Thou shalt not kill. Exod. xx. 14.
330. But those mine enemies, which would not
that I should reign over them, bring hither, and
slay them before me. Luke xix. 27.
331. And he said unto them, thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, put every man his sword by his side,
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camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man
his companion, and every man his neighbor. Exod.
xxxii. 27.
332. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Exodus
xx. 14.
333. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this
wise: whea as his mother Mary was espoused to
Joseph, before they came together, she was foulnd
with child of the Holy Ghost. Matt. i. 18.
Vide Note 141.
334. Thou shalt not steal. Exod. xx. 15.
335. And I will give this people favor in the sight
of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass, that
when ye go, ye shall not go empty. But every woman
shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold,
and raiment; and ye shall put them upon your sons
and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. Exodus iii. 21. 22.
Vide Note 142.
336. The Lord is good to all; and his tender mercies
are over all his works. Psalms cxiv. 9.
337. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember
that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait
for him  in the way when he came up from  Egypt.
Now go, and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all
that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man
and woman, ifantt and sovkling, ox and sheep, camnel
and ass. 1 Sam. xv. 2, 3.
338. The Lord is gracious, andfull of compassion;
slow to anger, and of great mercy. Psalm cxlv. 8.
339. And he smote the men of Beth-Shemeth,
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and ten men: and the people lamented, because the
Lord had smitten many of the people with a great
slaughter. 1 Samuel vi. 19.
340. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage.? he retaineth not his anger
for ever, because he delighteth in  mercy. Micah.
vii. 18.
341. And when the Lord thy God shall deliver
them before thee, thou shalt smite them and utterly
destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them. Deut. vii. 2.
342. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power,
and will not at all acquit the wickted; the Lord hath
his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the
clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum i. 3.
343. So shall it be at the end of the world: the
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from
among the just.  And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew xiii. 49, 50. 
344. And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know
the Lord; for they shall all know me, from the least
of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more. Jer. xxxi. 34.
345. Behold all souls are mine, as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine; the soul
that sinneth it shall die. Ezek. xviii. 4.
346. And rend your heart and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
347. And I will bring distress upon men, that they
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against the Lord; and their blood shall be poured out
as dust, and their fleshl as the dung. Zeph. i. 17.
348. The Lord is not slack concerninghis promise)
(as some men count slackness,) but is long suffering
to usward, not willi.g that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance. 2 Peter iii, 9.
349. The Lord hath made all things for himself;
yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Prov. xvi. 4.
350. For thou lovest all things that are and abhorrest
nothing which thou hast made: for never wouldst
thou have made any thing if thou hadst hated it.
Wis. of Sol. xi. 24.
351. For God loveth none but him tltat dwedleth with
wisdom. Wis. of Sol. vii. 28.
352. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of
God our Saviour'; Who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. I Tim,
ii. 3, 4.
353. And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a LIE. 2 Thes. ii. 11.
354. Yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the
Lord is not equal, 0, house of Israel, are not m~y
ways equal? are not your ways unequal  Ezekiel
xviii. 29.
355. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy
God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special
people unto hirrself above all people that are upon the
face of the earth. Deut. vii. 6.
356, Lying' lips are abomination to the Lord; but
they that deal truly are his delight. Prov. xii. 22.
357. Now therefore behold, the Lord hath put a
lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and
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358. For God sent not his son into the world, to
condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved. John iii. 17.
359. Think not that I am  come to send peace on
earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.  For I
am come to set a man at variance against his father,
and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34, 5.
Also Notes 186 and 187.
360. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get
wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding.
Prov. iv. 7.
361. For in much wisdom  is much grief; and he
that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Eccles.
i. 18.
362. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the
midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents, and
harmless as doves. Matt. x. 16.
363. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of
the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding
of the prudent. I Cor. i. 19.
364. The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree;
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Psalms xcii.
12.
365. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth
it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none
considering that the righteous is taken away friom the
evil to come. Isaiah lvii. 1.
366. As it is written, There is none righteous, no,
not ONE. Romans iii. 10.
367. Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another, that ye may be healed.  Theeffectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
James v. 16.
368. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thes, v. 17.
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369. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will
hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many
prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah i. 15.
370. Therefore we conclude, that a man isjustified
by faith without the deeds of the law. Romans iii. 28.
371. Ye see then how that by works a man is justiied, and not byfaith only. James ii. 24.
372. For by grace are ye saved through faith, and
that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephes.
ii. 8.
373. But wilt thou know, 0 vain man, that faith
without works is dead? James ii. 20.
374. As the cloud is consumed, and vanisheth
away; so he that goeth down to the grave, shall come
up no more. Job vii. 9.
375. And the graves were opened; and many
bodies of saints which slept arose, And came out of the
graves after his resurrection and went into the holy
city, and appeared unto many. Matt. xxvii. 52, 53.
Also Notes 254, 255, 256 and 257.
376. In the beginning God ereated the heaven and
the earth. Gen. i. 1.
377. And -the earth was without form and void.
Gen. i. 2.
378. And God saw the light that it was good; and
God divided the light from the darkness. Gen i. 4.
[This was on thefirst day.]
379. And God made two great lights; the greater
light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night, he made the stars also. Gen. i. 16. LThis was
on thefourth day.]
380. And God saw every thing that he had made.
and behold, it was very good, and the evening and
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381. The earth was also corrupt before God; and
the earth was filled with violence. Gen. vi. 11.
382. Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints,
yea, the heavens are not clean in  his sight. Job
xv. 15.
383. ALL things were made by him; and without
him was not any thing made that was made. John
i. 3.
384. For by him were all things created that are in
heaven, or that are in earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him  and
for him. Coloss. i. 16.
385. For God made not death; neither hath he
pleasure in the destruction of the living. Wis. of Sol.
i. 13.
386. For God is not theauthor of confusion, but of
peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1 Cor. xiv. 33.
387. One generation passeth away, and another
generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever.
Eccles. i. 4.
388. All these things live and remain for ever, for
all uses, and they are all obedient. Eccles. xlii. 23.
389. So shall it be at the end of the world; the
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from
among the just. Matt. xiii. 49.
390. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief
in the night'; in the which the heavens shall pass away
with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are
therein, shall be burnt up. 2 Peter iii. 10.
Also Note 294.
391. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his
favor is life; weeping may endure for a night, but
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392. And the Lord's anger was kindled against
Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness
forty years, until all the generation that had done
evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. Numb.
xxxii. 13.
393. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with
evil, neither tempteth he any man. James i. 13.
394. And it came to pass after these things, that
God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham,
and he said, Behold, here I am. Gen. xxii. 1.
395. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from  evil.  For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Matt. vi. 13.
396. And no man hath ascended up into heaven but
he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man
which is in heaven. John iii. 13.
397. And it came to pass, as they still went on
and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of
fire, and horses of fire. and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2 Kings ii. 11.
398. And I (Jesus,) say unto you, my friends,
Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after
that have no more that they can do. Luke xii. 4.
399. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee;
for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews
sought to kill him. John vii. 1.
400. For there are three that bear record in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and
these three are one. 1 John v. 7.
401. And the Lord God said) Behold, the man is
become as one of us, to know good and evil. And
now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat and live for ever. Gen. iii. 2.
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ye are called in one hope of your calling. One
Lord, one faith, one baptism.  One God and father
of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you
all. Ephesians iv. 4 to 6.
403. For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1
Timothy ii. 5.
404. Remember the former things of old; for I
am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there
is none like me. Isaiah xlvi. 9.
405. land my father are one. John x. 30.
406. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe
the works; that ye may know and believe that the
Father is in me, and I in him. John x. 38.
407. I am the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman. John xv. 1.
408. And the Father himself, which hath sent me,
hath born witness of me.  Ye have neither heard
his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. John v. 37.
409. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all
things into his hand. John iii. 35.
Also Note 401.
410. No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father,
he hath declared him. John i. 18.
411. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the
light which no man can approach unto, whom no man
hath seen nor can see; to whom be honor and power
everlasting. 1 Timothy vi. 16.
412. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face
as a man speaketh unto his friend. Exod. xxxiii. 11.
413. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and
Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they
saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet
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it were the body of heaven in his clearness. Exod.
xxiv. 9, 10.
Also Notes 17, 132, 133, 134, 135 and 136.
414. And he said, Thou canst not see my face 
for there shall no man see me% and live. Exodus
xxxiii. 20.
415. And Jacob called the name of the place
Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my
life is preserved. Gen. xxxii. 30.
Also Note 410.
416. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming in
the which all that are in the graves shall hear his
voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John
v. 28, 29.
417. And I saw the dead(7 simall and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened; and another
book was opened, which is the book of life; and the
dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Rev. xx. 12.
418. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing beftlleth them; as the
one dieth so dieth the other; yea, they have all one
breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence over a
beast; for all is vanity.  All go unto one place; all
are of the dust, and.all turn to dust again. Who
knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and
the spirit of the beast that goeth downward, to the
earth! Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing
better than that a man should rejoice in his own
works, for that is his portion; for who shall bring
him to see what shall be after him? Eccle. iii. 19
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419. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given
1ll things into his hand. John ii. 35.
420. For though he (the Son) was crucified through
weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we
also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by
the power of God toward you. 2 Cor. xiii. 4.
421. And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver
in the temple: and departed, and went and kanged
himself. Matt. xxvii. 5.
422. Now this man (Judas) purchased a field with
the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong., he burst
asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Acts i. 18.
423. And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves
have ye 1 and they said seven and a few little fishes.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave
thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples.
and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all
eat, and were filled; and they took up of the broken
meat that was left, seven baskets full. And they that
did eat were four thousand men, beside women and
children.  Matt. xv. 34 to 38.
424. But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat,
and they said, We have no more but five loaves and.,two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all
this people. For there were aboutfive thousand men.
And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by
fifties in a company. Then he took the five loaves
and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven he
blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to
set before the multitude. And they did eat, and
were all filled - and there was taken up of fragments
that remained to them twelve baskets. Luke ix. 13,.4, 16, 17.
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425. And sot up over his head, his accusation
written, this is Jesus the King of the Jews. Matt.
xxvii. 37.
426. And the superscription of his accusation was
written over, the King of the Jews. Mark xv. 26.
427. And a superscription also was written over
him, in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew,
this is the King of the Jews. Luke xxiii. 38.
428. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the
cross, and the writing was Jesus of Nazareth the King
of the Jews. John xix. 19.
429. But, while he thought on these things, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared unto him (Joseph) in
a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not
to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is
conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. Matt. i. 20.
[In the following note the Angel is represented,
not as appearing unto Joseph, as above, but unto
Mary his wife.]
430. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary;
for thou hast found favor with God.  And behold,
thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a
son, and shalt call his name Jesus.  Then said Mary
unto the angel, how shall this be, seeing I know not
a man T  And the angel answered and said unto her,
the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also
that holy thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be
called the Son of God. Luke i. 30 to 35.
431. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to
dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary
Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.
Matt. xxviii. 1.
432. And when the Sabbath was past; Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,
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anoint him. And very early in the morning, the
first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre
at the rising of the sun. Mark xvi. 1, 2.
433. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene, early, when it was yet cark, unto the sepulchre,
and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
John xx. 1.
434. Now upon the first day of the week, very
early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre,
bringing the spices which they had prepared, and
certain others with them.  Luke xxiv. 1.
[The individuals spoken of in this note as coming
to the sepulchre, we learn in the 10th v. are Mlary
iMagdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of
James, and other women. Now we are told in note
430, (Mark xvi. 1) that it was Mary Magdalene,
Mary the mother of James, and Salome, that came;
in note 429 (Matt. xxviii. 1) that it was only Mary
Magdalene, and the other Mary; and in note 431
(John xx. 1) that it was only Mary Magdalene.]
435. And behold there was a great earthquake;
for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven,
and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and
sat upon it. Matt. xxviii. 2.
436. And they said among themselves, who shall
roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre.
(And when they looked they saw that the stone was
rolled away;) for it was very great. And entering
into the sepulchre, they saw a young man (the angel
of the Lord) sitting on the right side, clothed in a
long white garment; and they were affrighted. Mark
xvi. 3, 4, 5.
[Thus, in one of these notes the angel is represented
as sitting outside the sepulchre upon the stone which
he rolled from the door, and in the other, as sitting
within the sepulchre on the right side.]
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437. And they entered in, and found not the body
of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass; as they
were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men
(angels of the Lord) stood by them in shining garments. Luke xxiv. 3 and 4.
[In notes 435, 436, and 438, the angels of the
Lord are represented, not as standing, as above, but
as sitting.]
438. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre
weeping; and as she wept she stooped down, and
looked into the sepulchre. And seeth two angels in
white, sitting, the one at the head, and the other at
the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. John xx..11,12.
[In this, and note 437, there are represented as
being two angels, while according to notes 435 and
434, there was only one. In this note also, as well
as in note 434, we are told that they had white garments on, and in note 435, we are told they were
shniing garments.  We are likewise told in this note,
that Mary merely looked into the sepulchre; while in
note 436. we are positively informed, that she and
those who accompanied her, went into it.]
439. And the angel answered and said unto the
women, fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus,
which was crucified.  He is not here; for he is risen,
as he said; come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Matt. xxviii. 5, 6.
440. And when she had thus said, she turned
herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not
that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou  whom seekest thou  She, supposing
him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou
hast borne him  hence, tell me where thou hast laid
him, and I will take him  away. Jesus saith unto
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hRabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto
her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto
my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto
them. I ascend unto my Father, and your Father,
and to my G(od, and your God. John xx. 14 to.17.
[In the former of these notes, the angel is represented as telling the women of Christ's rising from
the dead; in the latter, Christ is represented as
telling them himself. 
441. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he
is risen from the dead  and behold, he goeth before
you into Galilee; there shall ye see himi.  Lo, I have
told you. Then the eleven disciples w'ent awcay into
Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed
them.  And when they saw him they worshilped him;
but some doubted. Matt. xxvWii7. 7, 16) 17.
442. And( they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered
together, and them  that were with them, Saying,
the Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon.
And they told what things were done in the way, and
how he was known of them  in breaking of bread.
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the
midst of th/em, and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you. Luke xxiv. 33 to 36.
[Now we are told in the first of these notes. that
the eleven disciples went to Galilee to meet Jesus
according to appointment, where they saw him, and
worshipped him; while in the latter we are informed
that they did no such thing, but that Jesus appeared
unto them quite unexpectedly, as they were assembled
together at Jerusalem.]
443. So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them.
(the eleven apostles that sat at meat,) he was received
up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Mark xvi. 19.




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404. And he led them (the eleven Apostles) out as
far as to Bethany; and he lift up his hands, and
blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed
them, he was parted from them, and carried up into
heaven. Luke xxiv. 50, 51.
[So we learn from one of these notes, that Christ
ascended into heaven, from the place where the apostles
vwere sat at meat, after he had done speaking to them;
and from the other, that he first led them out to Bethany, and that then his ascension took place. 
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