, SPIRIT AND LIFE. THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU ARE SPIRIT, AND ARE LIFE. JOHN VI. 63. HE THAT REJECTETH ME, AND RE- CEIVETH NOT MY WORDS, HATH ONE THAT JUDGETH HIM: THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN, THE SAME SHALL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY. joa.\ xii. 48. - v ' v - r SP' - ^ c 0*3^ -i-i/crf M ' THE GREAT DISCOURSE OF JESUS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD A TOPICAL ARRANGEMENT AND ANALYSIS OF ALL HIS WORDS RECORDED IN THE NEW TESTA- MENT SEPARATED FROM THE CONTEXT NEW YORK ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & CO. 13 Copyright, 1890, BY ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH Co. JUIIN WILSON ANu SUN, CAMHKIUGE. This attempt to attain a more direct and personal contact with The Christ through His words than is afforded by a general reading of the Gospels, and to present the Divine Philosophy in its integrity is dedi- cated to all fellow-seekers after Spirit and Life, by A LAYMAN. CONTENTS. THE SON PAGE APOLOGIA ix THE GODHEAD 3 i. THE FATHER 3 His Divinity 6 His Humanity 19 His Mission 22 His Ministry 35 Mediator, Consoler, Intercessor, Re- deemer - 39 in. THE HOLY GHOST 43 THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND OF HEAVEN ... 49 THE KINGDOM ON EARTH 67 r. THE CHURCH THE HOUSE 67 ii. THE LAW, THE SCRIPTURES, AND THE PROPHETS . 71 in. THE OLD AND NEW DISPENSATION 75 THE FORERUNNER 79 JOHN THE BAPTIST 79 LIFE 83 .niinistrn anb passion. j i. THE DISCIPLES: Peter and Andrew 89 Matthew 89 Peter 89 Thomas 92 Judas Iscariot 92 MIRACLES vi CONTENTS. LIFE (continued}. PAGE ( Feeding ........... 93 Healing ........... 95 Raising from the Dead ...... 100 .Circumstance ......... 102 in. SENDING OF THE DISCIPLES: \ The Twelve I0 3 ( The Seventy . . 107 iv. SUFFERINGS AND TEMPTATIONS ....... 109 v. CHRIST'S PRAYERS ............ no vi. THE LAST SUPPER ............ 115 vn. BETRAYAL ............... 117 viii. CRUCIFIXION ..... , ......... 120 ix. WORDS ON THE CROSS ... ....... , . 121 x. DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION .... 122 xi. UTTERANCES AFTER RESURRECTION ...... 127 i. SECOND COMING, AND EVENTS PRECEDING . . .131 ii. JERUSALEM ............... 145 in. THE JEWS ............... 140 iv. THE SCRIBES, PHARISEES, AND SADDUCEES . . .15,3 v. CALLING OF THE GENTILES ......... 158 vi. SPECIAL UTTERANCES TO INDIVIDUALS ..... 160 DOCTRINE ................. 167 (Cfce Spiritual i. THE SOUL .......... ..... 167 ii. SPIRITUAL FOOD ............ , f 169 in. SPIRITUAL LIFE ............. 172 iv. SPIRITUAL DEATH ............ 176 v. RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD ........ 178 vi. THE JUDGMENT ............. 180 vn. PROMISES ................ 184 vin. PUNISHMENT AND HELL .......... 187 i. THE CALLS ............... 194 ii. FAITH ................. 196 HI. SALVATION THROUGH FAITH . . , . 200 CONTENTS. vii DOCTRINE (continued). PAGE iv. REPENTANCE ............ 202 v. BAPTISM ....... , ...... 206 vi. REGENERATION ............ 207 vn. WORKS .............. 209 vn r. THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS ..... 214 ix. LOVE ............... 215 x. CHARITY .............. 217 xr. FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION .... 220 xii. MERCY AND FORBEARANCE ....... 224 xin. SELF-RENUNCIATION .......... 225 xiv. PURITY AND SINGLENESS OF HEART .... 228 xv. PURITY OF SPEECH .......... 230 xvi. SUBJECTION OF THE FLESH ....... 233 xvn. OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION ...... 235 XVIIL FAITHFULNESS AND WATCHFULNESS .... 237 xix. STEADFASTNESS AND PERSEVERANCE . . . 240 xx. PATIENCE .............. 244 xxi. COURAGE .............. 245 xxn. NON-RESISTANCE ........... 246 xxin. HUMILITY AND SIMPLICITY ....... 248 xxiv. TRUST IN GOD'S PROVIDENCE ...... 252 xxv. GRATITUDE ............. 255 xxvi. RECTITUDE ............. 257 xxvii. SUBMISSION TO SECULAR AUTHORITY ... 258 xxvin. TOLERATION ............. 259 xxix. DUTY ............... 260 xxx. PERFECTION ............. 261 xxxi. THE BEATITUDES ........... 262 xxxn. ABSOLUTION ............. 264 i. SATAN AND SIN ........... 267 ii. BLASPHEMY ............. 270 in. SCEPTICISM ............. 271 iv. HYPOCRISY ............. 274 v. PRIDE ............... 276 vi. ANGER ............... 277 vn. MURDER .............. 278 vni. ADULTERY, FORNICATION, LASCIVIOUSNESS . 279 ix. DIVORCE . , ..... 281 viii CONTENTS. DOCTRINE (continued}. PAGE x. THEFT ............... 282 xi. FALSE WITNESS, DECEIT, FRAUD ..... 283 xn. EVIL EYE, WICKEDNESS, FOOLISHNESS . . . 284 XIII. COVETOUSNESS ............ 285 xiv. MATERIALISM AND WORLDLINESS ..... 286 xv. PROCRASTINATION ........... 291 xvi. JUDGING .............. 294 xvn. BLINDNESS OF HEART ......... 296 xvin. BACKSLIDING ............ 298 xix. SACRILEGE ............. 299 xx. DENUNCIATIONS ........... 300 i. THE ATONEMENT ........... 307 ii. PRAYER .............. 316 in. THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT ...... 321 IV. FOREORDINATION ........... 326 v. PROFESSION OF FAITH ......... 328 vi. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ....... 329 vn. LABOR AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT ..... 331 viii. EQUALITY UNDER THE ATONEMENT . . . . 335 ix. THE SABBATH ............ 337 x. MARRIAGE ............. 340 xi. CHILDREN ............. 341 xii. THE POOR ............ 343 xui. THE RICH ............. 344 <})C ID orb. FALSE PROPHETS, GUIDES, AND TEACHERS . 359 grrSe*^ r WVE*SIT7] APOLOGIA. ^ I^HIS work is the outcome of my own search for -L spirit and life, a labor so fruitful in peace, so decisive in result, that I have been led to hope it might have a use beyond my personal needs. At middle life I found myself without a creed, a Christian neither in faith nor work, out of sympathy with Christian ethics as adapted to the uses of modern so- ciety, and deeply antagonistic to organic Christianity as manifested in the Church. At the same time I did not acknowledge myself anti-Christian, nor had I any dis- position to drift into that spiritual fatalism which shelters the agnostic from the controversial storms that rage about Calvary. I was simply drifting rapidly away from the re- ligious traditions of my youth, flying no flag, and yet not prepared to cast overboard the banner of the cross, my course darkened by speculative doubts, and the philo- sophic craft, such as it was, in which I had embarked my soul, battered by continual and bitter tempests. As nearly as I can gather from intercourse with my fel- low-men my condition fairly represented that of many thousands about me, who, born and bred in a Christian community, and not openly at war with its philosophy, x APOLOGIA. have yet been thrown out of adjustment with its work- ing, through the operation of modern materialism and critical rationalism, a condition of restless, unsatisfied dissent, continually augmented by every new breath of controversy, by every failure of correspondence between the Faith and its professors, and leaving the man at odds with both worlds and himself. Yet I think that those in this condition, although intellectually wavering, can never settle into agnosticism, however long and far they wander from the truth. Having denied Him at the threshold of their hearts, though looking upon His face, they must wander unsatisfied, like the Jew, with the vision of Calvary always present, no matter how persist- ently avoided, and the echoes of the Divine voice ever ringing in their hearts, no matter how stifled, till He come again here or beyond. And so with me. Although the discord within kept me constantly at variance with the spirit and the life of truth, and each new failure of my intellect to an- swer the riddles of existence made my arraignments of Providence more uncompromising, I never lost con- sciousness of the Divine personality, nor cast off wholly my allegiance to Christianity as the religion of truth. I say this to my shame, for with the sense of the truth latent in my heart, the Spirit of Truth pleading in my conscience, and the path of truth open before me, I per- sisted in the way of those who compromise with their inclinations, and seek self- justification in the philosophy of the comfortable, upon which modern society builds APOLOGIA. xi fabric of its impiety to God and its injustice to man. To my condition might well be applied that which was written to the Laodiceans in Revelation : " I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would that thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art luke- warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and in- creased with goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked : I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see." There came a time, however, when I felt that either I must get my bearings and know plainly where I lay with reference to my faith in the God of my youth, His dealings with me, and mine with Him, or that I must face godless and alone that gray, awful waste of waters whose horizon is eternity, with no star in the infinite night for a pole, and no hope of a haven at any time. To live longer in such a state was neither honest nor tolerable. Far better to utterly renounce, if so be I must, even though the renunciation stripped me bare, than cling against conviction to a sentiment, however consoling, enshrined in a fable, however beautiful, solely through fear of the desolation that would follow its loss. Every field of human research was barren in food for my hunger. No Religion of Humanity, although it might xii APOLOGIA. give me something to live/^r, could give me anything to live on, much less to die on ; neither could modern neo-platonism, the Philosophies of the Absolute, or any stone of modern metaphysics, supply a substitute for the warm heart of God, the living fount of universal love and universal hope. Yet if I could not call Him Father in spirit and in truth I felt that I had no part nor lot in the great brotherhood of Him who, alone of all > 4o have spoken in all time, taught the Father- hood of God, but must accept what comfort I could get out of current isms and the growth of science, or with the agnostics set a hard face against fate. When I first set about a serious endeavor to draw out of the confusion of my doubts and perplexities a clear estimate of my position I began to recognize two impor- tant facts in my relation to Christianity : the first, that I knew very little of the philosophy of Christ's teaching ; the second, that my principal conceptions of Him came through the historical and physical phenomena of His life, in other words, that my mental attitude towards him had relation almost entirely to His historical and physical, and very little to His theo- ethical aspect. Upon reflection I saw that all my wonder and questionings, my incredulities and fears had their roots in His physical manifestations, and that my approaches along that line were always beset by ever recurring and increasing per- plexities. Furthermore, I remembered, as I reviewed the rationalistic assaults upon Christianity, that the line of attack was ever over the same field, and that all the en- ginery of critical warfare was of necessity planted upon that ground. The assault was ever on the man-Christ, upon the supposition that that once destroyed the God- Christ of necessity disappeared ; whereas it now began to APOLOGIA. xiii occur to me that the God- Christ loomed infinitely out of range, and could be reached by no bullet of logic or em- pirical synthesis, and that once apprehended immedi- ately the man-Christ became equally invulnerable. It was the God-Christ, then, that I wished to see and know, apart from the man- Christ, in order that by knowing the former I might understand the latter, and unite both in my heart ; and I found that it is in this way that He himself promises to be revealed as the truth and the life, and by no other, whereas it is by the other way that all sceptical criticism of necessity insists upon approach- ing Him. * * # It appeared very certain to my mind that the nature of spiritual truth was such that it could be apprehended only through spiritual faculties; that its proof must be intrinsic and could never by the nature of things be extrinsic, and that every effort to reason toward it through physical approaches must result only in nega- tion ; that to attempt to prove or disprove the truth of spiritual by the logic of material phenomena was an infinitely greater paradox than to measure a mother's ecstasy in algebraic terms, or to analyze grief by the chemistry of a tear. The laws by which the soul ap- prehends spiritual truth are not laws which have been or can be formulated through the Baconian method. Spiritual truths once accepted through the irresistible conviction of spiritual illumination give birth to that state called faith, which involves simply the acknowl- edgment of the inadequacy of our physical senses xiv APOLOGIA. to decide upon truth outside of the narrow environ- ment in which they are conditioned. I had been until then among the multitude of those who seek a sign, and to whom no sign is given save that of the Resurrection ; but I now perceived that if the word of Christ carried irresistible conviction of its truth when approached from the spiritual side, all attendant ma- terial phenomena stood on a relatively inferior plane, and the doubts and difficulties attending their accept- ance immediately dissolved. It seemed to my mind, the more I reflected upon it, that the position of so- called scientific rationalism toward Christianity, in as- suming to try the open secret of spiritual life in the criminal court of the empirical philosophy, along with the venerable errors of archaeology and physics, is most unscientific and irrational, and that of the two agnos- ticism is more reasonable and modest. In modern controversy the great fact that Divine wis- dom laid the foundations of His system on the broad and deep basis of the human affections, from which spring all impulses to right and wrong doing, and which in the last analysis determine our moral value, seems to have been lost sight of, as well as the fact that any cate- gorical definition of such a system is essentially impos- sible on any basis of physical analysis. When rational criticism turned its scalpel upon the body of organized theology it found a work, and a good work, in dissecting and amputating the formal and morbid accretions with which the vanity of man had encrusted the vital truth of APOLOGIA. xv God ; but when the knife probed further, its function ended, it could not dissect spiritual light, and its use ceased to be rational when the attempt was made. I therefore made up my mind to approach spiritual truth from its spiritual side, to acquaint myself fully with Christ's doctrine in His own words apart from any consideration of the narrative context, taking it directly from the lips of the Master, and meditating upon it in the quiet of my own soul free from the noise of every sort of controversy, theological or rational. I could not find all His words thus separated in any printed form, although many volumes of excerpts had been published, and I was therefore compelled to write them out. When I had done this the step that naturally followed was to arrange them, and it is the result of these operations that I have concluded to place at the service of all who may desire to pass the same way. It may perhaps seem strange that so important a crisis should be resolved by a transcription of that which was already manifest in a form accepted as sufficient by so many centuries ; and to that reasonable suggestion I can only reply that in the natural development of man his new intellectual growths evolve new demands for their nourishment, which the infinite adequacy of divine truth will meet and satisfy ; and that in this age of keen and xvi APOLOGIA. critical analysis, as in every other, the divine words will justify themselves to all earnest seekers who approach them in humility of heart and singleness of purpose, and in their integrity as a body of doctrine, indepen- dent of historical fact, will manifest their sufficiency to the reason as well as the heart. While eternal truth cannot vary, its presentations are infinite, and it is in the belief that this presentation of it may reach and satisfy or help some inquirer who, like myself, desires to see the entire recorded utterances of the Saviour in a separate and coherent body, that I have been led to put it into print. As I have said, I do not know and cannot find that this complete separation has been effected before. Per- haps in the belief that it has not been done I may be in error, in which case its re-presentation cannot do harm ; but in any event this formal arrangement was arrived at by an earnest desire to attain a closer knowledge of the word of Christ than had come to me through the read- ing and hearing of the New Testament as a narrative, and it has achieved in this respect an amount of good that I hope may not be limited to myself. It will be said that this result is a mosaic, whose com- bination may be affected by personal bias or error ; to which the reply is that any formal determination of Christ's doctrine is necessarily a mosaic, derived from the four Gospels and affected by the personal element in the individual student ; but that in the present instance the only speaker is the divine Author Himself, whose words are associated with no sectarian bias on the part of the compiler, his purpose being only to gather to- gether in the most coherent arrangement all utterances upon the same topic, leaving the references to explain APOLOGIA. xvii the normal position of each text, and thereby to present the divine philosophy in its integrity as its own witness, a compact and interdependent whole. One of the most surprising facts to me in this result has been its marvel- lous coherency when so separated from explanatory in- cident and comment in the context. I confess to having had small expectation of any very general coherency in such a combination of scattered texts, but under the careful scrutiny of study and meditation all the collected elements resolved themselves into a satisfying discourse upon each special topic, speaking to all humanity for all time. Nowhere else have I seen realized so fully the sublime conciseness of this delivery of truth to man, the holy grandeur of its reticence and completeness. The great silences are no less imposing and overwhelm- ing than the terrible directness and simplicity of its rhet- oric. In both the soul of man stands naked before its Maker, abashed and conscience-smitten as in the first day of sin, but to receive, instead of the curse, the absolu- tion ; instead of the rejection, reconciliation ; instead of the forfeiture, the promise. ' The method in the analysis here rr&iMiitTPhas been a very simple one : First, I have thought best to retain every recorded word attributed to Christ as a direct utterance in the books of the New Testament. Second, I have concluded to use the accepted version rather than the revised, for the simple reason that it is the familiar one. xviii APOLOGIA. Third, I have designated the topics after a careful study of each text many times gone over, assigning every text to as many topics as its construction would in my judgment fairly justify. Fourth, 1 have studied under each topic the mutual relation of all the texts assigned to it, and endeavored to arrange them to form a coherent discourse upon that topic, retaining the references to locate their true posi- tion in the gospel narrative. Fifth, I have endeavored to arrange the topics in a scheme of relation which shall bring kindred topics into proper association, and all into due subordination. Let no man's theology be offended by this work. Herein is no attempt to pad dogma and excite po- lemics. The simple motive that produced it was a search for truth by one who is neither a theologian nor a critic, but whose needs were satisfied by nothing less than a clear analysis of the words of the Master, a. comprehension of all he had said upon every topic he had discussed ; and, be it observed, the topics here given grew out of the study of the Word, and were not selected or arranged as a dogmatic skeleton for devel- opment. Especially was I fearful of infusing my own personality into the result by seeking to give doctrinal bias or notional development to any association of texts or selection of title. The titles were chosen as the best I could find to express the subject dwelt upon, and not because of any dogmatic association. If offence to any one should lie in a title let him substitute one APOLOGIA. xix that shall please him better, and remember that above all things I desire to avoid making the words of spirit and life unacceptable to any seeker after truth. Christ's discourse is not a theory of life seeking justification in the philosophies of men, but life itself finding justifica- tion in what it brings to the dead and dying soul "Though he were dead yet shall he live." It is not for dreaming and speculation, but for assimilation, re- generation, growth. With the words written in chronological sequence be- fore me, each verse from the beginning to the end was considered with reference to the topic or topics which naturally evolved from its meaning, and was labelled and left for future sorting. The number of topics re- sulting from this study I could only know when the last verse had been assigned. This done, the next step was to sort and study again with reference to the association and mutual relation of kindred texts. The discourse resulting from this is the whole of the Mas- ter's utterance upon that particular subject alone, and this is all that this treatment aims to be or to do. Jf any man seeks more he is grievously mistaken, and if in this assemblage of truth he does not find a larger revelation and a growing help it is I who am mistaken, and this book is not for him; or if he challenge the selection, or the arrangement, or the judgment that moulded the scheme I have no quarrel with him, but bid him God-speed in his search for a better way. One thing only I shall say in defence of this, namely, xx APOLOGIA. that I have used my best diligence to make it perfect according to the light that was given me, and have preferred to be scrupulous in giving every utterance its place in every topic clearly involved in its meaning, rather than economize in repetition. More than this, as this is no digest or compendium of the words of Christ, but a strict topical analysis in which everything should appear unchanged, but co-ordinated, I have pre- ferred to repeat even in the few cases where texts are verbally identical in two or more Gospels, rather than give several references to the same text. From this it results that many verses are often repeated and appear in extenso under various heads. But this is the glory of the Word, and he who sees but one application in the pregnant words that hold the universe is among the number of those who, " seeing, see not." But above all, let it not be inferred that anything in the purpose of this work tends to discredit the pre- eminence of the Gospels in their integrity, or the glory of the supreme epic of that life of sacrificial love. This is an attempt only to make clear the way by which to approach that life through the words of Him who is the way, the truth, and the life. For to us who have not lived in the wondrous aura of spiritual light that radiated from that human personality, who cannot drink from His lips, nor look into the infinite depths of His eyes, the closest touch must lie in the words that were spoken for us and for all time to come, the body in which He still lives for us, and which He foreknew APOLOGIA. xxi must satisfy our hunger and thirst for truth. I do not suppose that by this approach there will exist no per- plexities for the soul to brood upon, but they are per- plexities that diminish with contemplation ; while to him who approaches solely by the physical side, struggling toward the Cross through the war of controversy, the difficulties thicken at every step, and either he will be taken prisoner by the enemy, and led away captive, or fall exhausted with enervated faith or deadened facul- ties. O thready dialecticians of the word, let us first walk steadfastly in the way about which there is no dispute, and lo ! we shall find it leads where all things are made clear. Whatever may be said of the result, it is at least the whole of all that has been given to us of the divine Philosophy of Life by its Author, presented by itself. Its completeness and sufficiency, divorced from and independent of that local association which results from the narrative context, and which would seem at times to restrict the range of application of many utterances, is a wonderful witness to its divinity. There is hardly a word, even among the special utterances to individuals, that does not find an application and develop a signifi- cance for all time. * # * xxii APOLOGIA. Viewed alone as a body of doctrine and as a message of authority, the aspects of this supreme discourse pre- sent themselves to me in the following order : First, its inevitable truth. This truth is not of the reason, but dominating and guiding the reason. The reason assents through the overwhelming force of con- scious spiritual assent, and the contact once made in humility of heart with the spirit and the life, the words speak close into the heart and penetrate the vital system with the glow of new life, arousing the soul into a new existence. In the enchanted palace, overgrown with vines and noxious weeds, its windows choked and darkened, its chambers damp and unwholesome, deep within the shadow of the forest, sleeps the princess of the fable. Her court stands paralyzed, each with sus- pended function, life latent, but impotent to move until the vital touch of him, long foreordained to come, shall break the evil spell that holds all things bound to living death. The prince appears, the kiss is given, and in an instant all is life and light. Within God's temple of the body, overgrown with clinging weeds of earthy selfishness and greed, its win- dows choked and darkened, its chambers damp and unwholesome, deep in the shadow of spiritual darkness, sleeps the Soul. All its faculties stand paralyzed with suspended function, life latent, but impotent to act until the vital touch of Him "who maketh all things new," long foreordained to come, shall loose the curse of Sin that holds all things bound to death. The Prince of Peace appears, and with his kiss of reconciliation the Spirit enters, the Soul awakes with all its energies alive, the man lives, he sees through the Soul, the Soul looks through the cleared windows of the body, and behold ! APOLOGIA. xxiii the darkness vanished, everything glows with a new light, and all things are new. Second, its divinity. Infoliate in the truth and irradi- ating it lives the Spirit of Truth, and with the unfolding of truth to the spiritual eye comes the vision of the divinity within. We are first possessed by the truth and we know that the possession is not by our reason or by virtue of our own superior knowledge, but by com- munication from outside. We see by flashes, as the lightning reveals the world concealed by night, and we know that the light is not our own but from above and around us, " For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." We see at first for an instant, and perhaps the darkness returns, and the flash is not again for long ; but we have seen a fragment of the universe beyond ; we know that in the womb of night creation lives ; and as we grow in grace the light- ning surely will flash oftener and oftener, until we near the dawn of day when the Sun of Righteousness shall appear. The divinity of this truth is its essence. This is not man's truth. It is not that truth which lies within the grasp of the senses and the verification of the intellect. It does not adjust itself to formulas, nor express itself in terms which can be mechanically handled. Subtract from it plain morality, that which it has in common with all that has possessed the conscience of man in all ages and all philosophies, that heritage of right-seeing that comes xxiv APOLOGIA. as his birthright, and what an infinitude of righteous- ness above and beyond is still left. This wonderful struct- ure has not the tool-marks of man's handiwork anywhere upon it. Its foundations were laid down in the ages by man working blindly, as the laborer under the guidance of the great Architect ; but beside this pillar of light that stands to enlighten the world, what are the crumbling obelisks of human creeds and philosophies? Compared with its dayspring, what radiance do their blurred hiero- glyphs shed into the perishing soul of man ? Third, its infinite hostility, if I may use the term, to the philosophy of man's material development, and the religion of success, the emanation of his greeds and pleasures, with their plastic code of ethics and lex tali- onis, which first arrays man against his neighbor, and ultimately nation against nation in a struggle for suprem- acy; to a social compact based upon man's appetites, and sustained by the tremendous forces of selfishness and vanity, through the logic of whose laws he wrests his pleasure from the needs of his fellow ; to that indiffer- entism which is the moral coma preceding spiritual death, the poison of the lotus fruit of physical and intellectual self-indulgence. Against all these Christ has declared uncompromising war, and comes, not to bring peace, but the fire and sword of the Spirit, which also must set a man at variance with his neighbor, nation against nation, and even a household against itself. His vital principle of social and national development is the direct opposite of these motive impulses so insidiously APOLOGIA. xxv interpenetrating the life of modern society. It begins at the root of things, far back of the motives upon which history is built. It is the violated principle of life, the Law of Love brought back to earth, and manifest in His person through His sacrifice, and in His blood of the New Testament, which is to become the life blood of humanity. Between these opposing principles no compromise is possible ; and it is the reluctance of a large part of the Christian world to acknowledge the impossibility of any compromise between God's absolute law of love and man's law ot selfishness, to mark with a plain un- deviating line the separation between them, to bear unwaveringly to its logical consequences the law of self-abnegation, to stand unfalteringly upon the rock of Christ's word and mission, that dismembers the Church and weakens its power. The law of self-abnegation, which is the fruit of per- fect love, is the message of Christ to modern to all society : it is the divinely ordained path to that fuller relation which is denied to dialectical skill and the pride of intellect : it is the source of all essential dogma re- vealed by the Grace of the Spirit to the unselfish and submissive heart, "I am the way ; " " I am the door ; " "If any man will do his will, he shall know," and nineteen centuries of theological polemics have not suf- ficed to prepare a form of Christianity which can recon- cile the law of love and harmony in which God moves to the law of force and opposing interest in which society lives and moves and has its being ; therefore, all the efforts of modern temporizers and opportunists who in Christ's name adulterate the pure savor of the bread of life to the taste of the philosophic materialism of the xxvi APOLOGIA. age tend only to broaden the gulf between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of man, " so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot ; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence." Not only does Christianity appear positive in its hostility toward every development of materialism, but toward all other philosophical systems, and essentially so, for the reason that, whatever their ethical aim, their method of development is human and intellectual, from man towards God; whereas in Christianity the development is divine and emotional, from God to man. The philosophies reproach Christianity with be- ing a religion of emotion. This is a true charge and its chief glory, indeed, its pre-eminent stamp of divin- ity ; but the emotion implied in the reproach, physical and hysterical, is as far from the emotion of faith, which is spiritual and rational, as is the difference in the atti- tudes of the heart in the two systems. Remove the point of contact, movals, which is but the preliminary condition of Christianity evolved in the child-world by the stern training of the Law of the Old Dispensation, and there is no reconcilement possible between their theogonies and it. " All who came before me are thieves and robbers." APOLOGIA. xxvii Fourth, its simplicity. The record of the Messiah given to the world has bared His human life to the quick, stripped it relentlessly of all externals, and re- vealed the Word to humanity in the clear directness of His mission. The austerity with which the story of a life so full of marvel is limited to the simple facts related to His spiritual development and work is elo- quent of the Divine inspiration guiding the narrative. "He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory. I seek not mine own glory." From the beginning the miraculous, the personal and circumstantial, are sub- ordinated or wholly suppressed with a divine indiffer- ence for their importance in the eyes of men that seems marvellous to all generations, and the voice of the Redeemer sounds clear and penetrating above time, and place, and circumstance, exhorting always the heart of man to spirit and life. Is it for nothing that the door is shut upon twenty- seven years of that unique existence ; that no syllable discloses to the physical eye the person of the Son of man ; that no corner of the veil is lifted upon the per- sonal intercourse, so intimate, so tragic, of those three pregnant years? The wonderful silence of those his- torians of God, utterly obliterating their own personality, and refraining from the record of a single item of all the many incidents dear to the memory, and exalting to the heart, so natural to relate is it only the accident of a devout modesty? Did Mark gather nothing from the lips of Peter, or Luke from Paul but the stringent narrative of their text? In all the discourses of Christ the one circumstance of His life upon which He dwells, and towards which the solemn procession of His days inevitably leads, is His death. All else is ignored, and xxviii APOLOGIA. is but the frame in which is set the manifestation of His word to man. The one social picture upon which we are permitted to dwell is His sacrificial feast ; the one gift which He accepts at the hand of man is the ointment that anoints Him for his burial. " She hath wrought a good work upon me. Verily I say unto you, Whereso- ever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her." The hand of woman, first cursed of God, pours the chrism upon the head of the Messiah, and her act, accepted of. Him, crowns her with glory and forgiveness for all time. Fifth, its practical individualism, the key-note of which is, " The Kingdom of God is within you." It is the individual that must leaven the world. The function of the Church is not to de-individualize, to be vicarious, but to aid and encourage the person. Its function is to associate, to administer, to console, to strengthen. It was not commissioned to bear mankind's cross, but to each soul separately is said, " Take up thy cross and fol- low me." He was the man, the individual type, and in the temple of each human heart He is ready to take His abode. The way to truth and life is not through the Church, but through Him : " / am the door." The dealings of Christ are directly with the individual, His address is made directly to the ego, without formality or circumlocution. If the man will do the will of his Father he shall know of the doctrine. If any man serve Him him will the Father honor ; and if any man love Him APOLOGIA. xxix he will keep His words, and the Father will love him, and they will come to him and make their abode with him. As Christianity now confronts the individual, however, the relation is very different. There stands an elaborate mechanism between him and the Redeemer. There are centuries of theology and many elaborate formalities to perplex his judgment. The way is not plain, it is be- set with labyrinthine perplexities. It is not simply a choice of taking up the cross and following Him, but a choice of dogma and doctrinal distinctions. The Church has become the churches, each fencing in with jealous claim the bread of life, and we have seen in our days the spectacle of two great intellects, the one, armed with the dialectics of nineteen centuries, after a life of keenest study and controversial battle, laying down his arms and passing through the heavy portal of the Roman fortress ; the other, wearied and repelled, refusing alle- giance to all, and practising Christianity as a philosophy of stoical benevolence. But this Word of Life and of Spirit, pure and simple, demands little of exegesis in order to lead the soul to God, and admits of no compromise with expediency. It is the force of gravity of the spiritual universe, and the soul outside the influence of its laws is a pathless wanderer in the void of death. The part which "higher criticism," devout or sceptical, can play in any essential conversion of doubt and hesitation into faith and acceptance, or the converse, must of necessity be very small. The higher criticism appeals to the higher critics on both sides, and xxx APOLOGIA. belongs to the domain of controversy. There is no pro- vision in the philosophy of Christ's mission for a contro- versial proof of its truth, but everywhere in clear words the Divine call speaks to the individual heart of man with the uncompromising authority of eternal Omni- science. He who seeks shall find, and unto him who knocks it shall be opened ; but the way and the door are not through the higher criticism, nor indeed any criticism at all. There is, according to Christ's plain teaching, but one way to reach the life that He offers, and that way is not rational contention, but spiritual submission and regeneration. The same way that led to the hearts of t the unlettered poor who hung upon His footsteps, and through which the great empire of wretchedness was penetrated and quickened into a living church, is the way by which every heart must find Him to-day. In hu- mility, in contrition, in simple earnestness of purpose is the attitude His law demands, and into the soul so bowed the light of conviction will burst with overwhelming radiance. Nor need this fact discredit the labor of those many noble and devout men, learned and pure-hearted, who strive to make clear the eternal verities of God. Surely all the work of all the human race is not enough to demon- strate the conservation of divine truth throughout the universe; and equally sure it is that all this work of itself could lead no single soul to its Redeemer. The critical labor which day by day is unfolding corre- spondences unseen before, reconciling apparent contra- dictions unexplained before, and justifying the truth to the reason and senses is the work of divine light in the heart of man, but its bearing upon the believing heart is ex post facto. The soul reaches its Redeemer on APOLOGIA. XXXI its knees, not walking in the arrogance of questioning doubt. Whatever accretions of human fallibility overlay- ing the Word may be cut away by the higher criticism, the great central core of divine light is so supreme and sufficient to the acquiescent soul that the work does not concern his peace, but has its interest in the satisfaction of seeing truth justified and the ways of the Lord made straight. Happy the man who in humility and purity of purpose brings his heart to the feet of the Master, and in doing the will of the Father learns of this doctrine, whether it be of God or of man. C. W. L. OF THE TJHIVEKSIT7 THE GODHEAD. SPIRIT AND LIFE THE GODHEAD. i I. THE FATHER. AM the God of Abraham, and the God Math. xxii. 32. of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. I am the God of Abraham, and the God Mark xii. 26. of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? He is not the God of the dead, but the Mark xii. 27. God of the living. Hear, O Israel ; The Lord our God is one Mark xii. 29 . Lord. The God of Abraham, and the God of Luke xx. 37. Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of Luke xx . 3 s. the living : for all live unto him. God is a spirit : and they that worship John iv. 24. him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Why callest thou me good? there is none Math. xix. i 7 . good but one, that is, God. 4 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Why callest thou me good ? tkere is none Mark x. is. good but one, that is, God. Why callest thou me good ? none is good, Luke xviii. 19 save one, that is, God. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go John xiv. 28. away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I. All things are delivered unto me of my Math. xi. 27. Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. All things are delivered to me of my Luke x. 22. Father : and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. Not that any man hath seen the Father, John vi. 4 6. save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. My Father, which gave them me, is greater John x. 29. than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. And the Father himself, which hath sent John v. 37 . me, hath born witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. johnv. 17 But that the world may know that I love John xiv. 31. the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. THE FATHER. 5 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear John X v. s. much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. And call no man your father upon the Math, xxiii. 9 . earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. The things which are impossible with men Luke xviii. 27 are possible with God. With men this is impossible ; but with Math. xix. 26. God all things are possible. With men it is impossible, but not with Markx 27. God : for with God all things are possible. 6 SPIRIT AND LIFE. II. THE SON. HIS DIVINITY. I AND my Father are one. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. If God were your Father, ye would love j hn viii 42. me : for I proceeded forth and came from God ; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent John x. 30. John viii. 58. me. John xii. 45. John xiv. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also : and from hence- forth ye know him, and have seen him. Have I been so long time with you, and John xiv. 9. yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father ; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? I came forth from the Father, and am John xvi 28. come into the world : again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee : As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might John xvii. 3. know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. John xvii. i. John xvii 2. THE SON HIS DIVINITY. 7 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with John xvii. 5 . thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. For I have given unto them the words John xvii. 8. which thou gavest me ; and they have re- ceived them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. And all mine are thine, and thine are John xvii. 10. mine ; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but John xvii. n. these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. That they all may be one ; as thou, Father, John xvii. 21. art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I John xvii. 22. have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one : I in them and thou in me, that they may John xvii. 23. be made perfect in one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou John xvii. 24. hast given me, be with me where I am ; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Ye both know me, and ye know whence I John vii. 28. am : and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But I know him ; for I am from him, and John vii. 29. he hath sent me. I am the way, the truth, and the life : no John xiv. e. man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, John xiv. 10. and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself : but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. He that believeth on me, believeth not on John xii. 44 . me, but on him that sent me. Believe me that I am in the Father, and John xiv. n the Father in me : or else believe me for the very works' sake. If I do not the works of my Father, be- John x. 37 . lieve me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, be- John x. 3 s. lieve the works ; that ye may know, and be- lieve, that the Father is in me, and I in him. All things are delivered unto me of my Math. xi. 27 . Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. All things are delivered to me of my Fa- Luke x. 22 . ther : and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save John vi. 4 6. he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Ye neither know me, nor my Father : if John viii. 19. ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. THE SON HIS DIVINITY. 9 Dost thou believe on the Son of God ? John ix. 35 . I that speak unto thee am he. John iv. 26. Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that John ix. 37 . talketh with thee. Even the same that I said unto you from John viii. 25 . the beginning. All things that the Father hath are mine : John xvi. 15. therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew // unto you. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and John v. 21. quickeneth them ; even so the Son quicken- eth whom he will. For as the Father hath life in himself ; so John v. 26. hath he given to the Son to have life in him- self. And hath given him authority to execute John v. 27. judgment also, because he is the Son of man. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath John v. 22. committed all judgment unto the Son : That all men should honour the Son, even John v. 23. as they honour the Father. He that honour- eth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. All power is given unto me in heaven and Math, xxviii. 18 in earth. For the Son of man shall come in the Math. xvi. 27 . glory of his Father with his angels ; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye John i. 51. shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. TTHIVBRSIT7 10 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the Luke xxii. 6 9 . right hand of the power of God. Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto Math.xxvi. 64. you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. I am : and ye shall see the Son of man Mark xiv. 62. sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. At that day ye shall know that I am in my John xiv. 20 Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Whosoever therefore shall confess me be- Math. x. 32. fore men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, Math. x. 33 him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. John xv. 23. This is the work of God, that ye believe John vi. 29. on him whom he hath sent. Let not your heart be troubled ; ye be- John xiv. i. lieve in God, believe also in me. For the Father himself loveth you, because John xvi. 27. ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be Math. xi. 6. offended in me. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be Luke vii. 23. offended in me. I can of mine own self do nothing : as I John v. 30. hear, I judge : and my judgment is just ; be- cause I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. THE SON HIS DIVINITY. 1 1 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true : John viii. 16. for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. And he that sent me is with me : the John viii. 29. Father hath not left me alone ; for I do always those things that please him. And I seek not mine own glory : there is John viii 50. one that seeketh and judgeth. Now is the Son of man glorified, and God johnxiii. 3 i. is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also John xiii. 32. glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is John v. 3 i. not true. There is another that beareth witness of John v. 32. me ; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. If any man will do his will, he shall know John vii. 17. of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his John vii. 18. own glory : but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no un- righteousness is in him. If I honour myself, my honour is nothing : John viii. 54. it is my Father that honoureth me : of whom ye say, that he is your God : Yet ye have not "known him ; but I know John viii. 55- him : and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you : but I know him, and keep his saying. I receive not honour from men. John v. 4 i. 12 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But I receive not testimony from man : but John v . 34 . these things I say, that ye might be saved. But I have greater witness than that of John v. 3 6. John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father himself, which hath sent John v. 37 . me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye John v. 39. think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my John viii. 5 6. day : and he saw zV, and was glad. Though I bear record of myself, yet my John viii. 14. record is true : for I know whence I came, and whither I go ; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. It is also written in your law, that the tes- John viii. 17. timony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and John viii. 18. the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. I told you, and ye believed not : the John x. 25. works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. Go and shew John again those things Math. \\. 4 . which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the Math. xi. 5 lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. THE SON HIS DIVINITY. Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard ; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. Ye are from beneath , I am from above : ye are of this world ; I am not of this world. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before ? I am the bread of life : he that cometh to me shall never hunger ; and he that believ- eth on me shall never thirst. I am the living bread which came down from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. I am that bread of life. I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken ; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God? My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. John viii. 23. John iii. 13 John vi. 62. John vi. 35. John vi. 51. John vi. 48. John iv. 32. John x. 34. John x. 35. John x. 36. John v. 17. i 4 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son John v. 19. can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and shew- John v. 20 . eth him all things that himself doeth : and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. What think ye of Christ ? whose Son is he ? Math. xxii. 42 . How then doth David in spirit call him Math. xxii. 43 Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on Math. xxii. 44 . my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he Math, xxii 45 . his Son? How say the scribes that Christ is the Son Mark xii. 35 . of David? For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, Mark xii. 3 6. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself calleth him Lord ; Mark xii. 37 . and whence is he then his son? How say they that Christ is David's son? Lukexx. 4t . And David himself saith in the book of Luke xx. 42 . Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. Luke xx. 43 . David therefore calleth him Lord, how is Luke xx. 44 . he then his son? Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, Math. xvi. i 3 . am? THE SON HIS DIVINITY. I5 Whom do men say that I am ? Mark viii. 2 7 . Whom say the people that I am ? Luke ix. 18. But whom say ye that I am ? Math. xvi. 15. But whom say ye that I am ? Mark viii. 29 . But whom say ye that I am ? Luke ix. 20 . Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona : for Math, xvi 17. flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Did ye never read in the Scriptures, The Math xxi. 42 . stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner : this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes ? And whosoever shall fall on this stone Math. xxi. 44. shall be broken : but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And have ye not read this Scripture ; The Mark xii. 10. stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner : This was the Lord's doing, and it is mar- Mark xii. u vellous in our eyes ? What is this then that is written, The Luke xx. 17. stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall Luke xx. 18. be broken ; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. But I say unto you, That in this place is Math. xii. 6. one greater than the temple. I tell you that, if these should hold their Luke xix. 4 peace, the stones would immediately cry out. But if I with the finger of God cast out Luke xi. 20 devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. i6 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of Mark ii. 28. the sabbath. That the Son of man is Lord also of the Luke vi. 5. sabbath. If thou knewest the gift of God, and who John iv. 10. it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judg- Math. xii. 41. ment with this generation, and shall con- demn it : because they repented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in Math. xii. 42. the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the utter- most parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in Lukexi. 3 i. the judgment with the men of this genera- tion, and condemn them : for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the Luke xi. 32. judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for they repented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins Math. ix. s . be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk? THE SON HIS DIVINITY. i 7 But that ye may know that the Son of man Math. ix. 6. hath power on earth to forgive sins, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. Whether is it easier to say to the sick of Mark ii. 9 the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of Mark ii. 10 man hath power on earth to forgive sins, I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy Markii. n. bed, and go thy way into thine house. Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be for- Luke v. 23. given thee ; or to say, Rise up and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of Luke v 24 . man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. Neither be ye called masters : for one is Math. xxiu. 10. your Master, even Christ. This voice came not because of me, but John xii. 3 o. for your sakes. Thou sayest that I am a king. To this John xviii. 37 . end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. My kingdom is not of this world : if my John xviii. 3 6. kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now is my kingdom not from hence. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to Math. xxvi. 53 my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ? 1 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Thou couldest have no power at all against John xix. me, except it were given thee from above : therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. Thou sayest. Math. Thou sayest //. Mark xv. 2. Thou sayest //. Lukexxiii. 3 Ye say that I am. Luke xxh 7 o. For him hath God the Father sealed. John vi. 27. XX VII. II, THE SON HIS HUMANITY. HIS HUMANITY. OUFFER it to be so now: for thus it Math. Hi. i S . O becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. The foxes have holes, and the birds of the Math. viii. 20 . air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Foxes have holes, and birds of the air Luke ix. 5 s. have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Why trouble ye the woman ? for she hath Math. xxvi. 10. wrought a good work upon me. Why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a Markxiv. 6. good work on me. Let her alone : against the day of my John xii. 7 . burying hath she kept this. For ye have the poor always with you; Math. xxvi. n. but me ye have not always. For ye have the poor with you always, and Mark xiv. 7 . whensoever ye will ye may do them good : but me ye have not always. For the poor always ye have with you ; John xii. 8. but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment Math. xxvi. 12. on my body, she did it for my burial. She hath done what she could : she is Mark. xiv. 8. come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Math. xxvi. 13. gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 2O SPIRIT AND LIFE. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Markxiv. 9. gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. The Son of man came eating and drink- Math. xi. 19. ing, and they say, Behold a man glutton- ous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. The Son of man is come eating and Luke vii. 34. drinking ; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto Math. xxvi. 35. death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, unto death : Mark xiv. 34 . tarry ye here, and watch. Sleep on now, and take your rest : behold, Math. xxvi. 45 . the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Sleep on now, and take your rest : it is Mark xiv. 41. enough, the hour is come ; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Reach hither thy finger, and behold my Johnxx. 27 . hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side : and be not faithless, but believing. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup Math. xxvi. 39 . pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. O my Father, if this cup may not pass Math. xxvi. &. away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. THE SON HIS HUMANITY. 2 i Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Mark xiv. 3 6. thee ; take away this cup from me : never- theless not what I will, but what thou wilt. Father, if thou be willing, remove this Luke xxii. 42 . cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. Woman, behold thy son ! John xix. 26. I thirst. John xix. 28. Eli, Eli, lama Sabachthani ? My God, my Math, xxvii. 4 6. God, why hast thou forsaken me ? Eloi, Eloi, lama Sabachthani? My God, Mark xv. 34 my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I Luke xxiv. 39 . myself : handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Have ye here any meat ? Luke xxiv. 41. Children, have ye any meat ? John xxi 5. Come and dine. John xxi. 12. Give me to drink. John iv. 7 . 22 SPIRIT AND LIFE. HIS MISSION. HE that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Math. *;. 15. If any man have ears to hear, let Mark vii 16. him hear. For there is nothing hid, which shall not Mark iv. 22 . be manifested ; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. For nothing is secret, that shall not be Luke viii. 17. made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. For there is nothing covered, that shall LukexH.2. not be revealed ; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in Luke xii. 3. darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the house- tops. Is a candle brought to be put under a Markiv 2I . bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? No man, when he hath lighted a candle, Luke viii. 16. covereth it with a vessel, or putteth /'/ un- der a bed; but setteth it on a candle- stick, that they which enter in may see the light. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, Luke xi. 33. putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. THE SON HIS MISSION. 23 I am the light of the world : he that fol- John viii. 12. loweth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. To this end was I born, and for this cause John xviii 37 , came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. For judgment I am come into this world, John ix. 39. that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind. I can of mine own self do nothing : as I John v. 3 o. hear, I judge : and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. For I came down from heaven, not to do John vi. 3 s. mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath John vi. 39. sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent John vi. 40. me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlast- ing life : and I will raise him up at the last day. I am come a light into the world, that John xii. 46. whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and be- John xii. 47- lieve not, I judge him not : for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 24 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For God sent not his Son into the world John iii. r7 . to condemn the world ; but that the world through him might be saved. Ye judge after the flesh ; I judge no man. John viii. 15. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true : John viii. 16. for I am not alone, but I and the father that sent me. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not John xii. 4 s. my words, hath one that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself ; but the John xii. 49- Father which sent me, he gave me a com- mandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life John xii. 50. everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. As long as I am in the world, I am the John ix. 5 . light of the world. And this is the condemnation, that light John m. 19. is come into the world, and men loved dark- ness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the John m. 20. light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the John iii. 2 i. light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Are there not twelve hours in the day ? John xi. 9 If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. THE SON HIS MISSION, 2 But if a man walk in the night, he stum- John xi. 10. bleth, because there is no light in him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that en- John x. i. tereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in" by the door is the John x. 2 . shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep John x. 3. hear his voice : and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, John x. 4 . he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but John x. 5. will flee from him ; for they know not the voice of strangers. Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the John x. 7 . door of the sheep. I am the door : by me if any man enter John x. 9. in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and John x. 10 to kill, and to destroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd : the good shep- johnx n. herd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the John x. 12. shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 26 SPIRIT AND LIFE. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hire- John x. 13. ling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my John x. 14. sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know John x. 15. I the Father : and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of John x. 16. this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my father love me, because John x. 17. I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it Johnx. 18. down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This com- mandment have I received of my Father. My sheep hear my voice, and I know John x. 27. them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life ; and J hn x - 2 %- they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater J hn x - 2 9- than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. Think not that I am come to destroy the Math. v. 17. law, or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For the Son of man is not come to de- Luke ix. 56 stroy men's lives, but to save them. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is John v. 25. coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live. THE SON HIS MISSION. 27 Marvel not at this : for the hour is com- John v. 28. ing, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice. And shall come forth ; they that have John v. 29. done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resur- rection of damnation. They that be whole need not a physician, Math. ix. 12. but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I Math. ix. 13. will have mercy, and not sacrifice : for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. They that are whole have no need of the Mark ii. 17. physician, but they that are sick : I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. They that are whole need not a physician ; Luke v. 31. but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sin- Luke v. 32. ners to repentance. For the Son of man is come to save that Math, xviii. n. which was lost. For the Son of man is come to seek and Luke xix. 10. to save that which was lost. How think ye ? If a man have a hundred Math, xviii. 12. sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto Math, xviii. 13. you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. 28 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Think not that I am come to send peace on Math. x . 34 . earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance Math. x. 3S . against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes 'shall be they of his own Math. x. 3 6. household. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace Luke xii. ^i. on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division : For from henceforth there shall be five in Luke xii. 52. one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the Luke xii. 53 son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daugh- ter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daugh- ter-in-law against her mother-in-law. I am come to send fire on the earth ; and Luke xii 49 what will I, if it be already kindled ? The world cannot hate you ; but me it John vii. 7. hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not Luke ii. 49- that I must be about my Father's business? I must work the works of him that sent John ix. 4 . me, while it is day : the night cometh, when no man can work. But I have a baptism to be baptized with ; Luke xii. 50 and how am I straitened till it be accom- plished ! THE SON HIS MISSION. 29 Now is my soul troubled ; and what shall John xii. 27. I say ? Father, save me from this hour : but for this cause came I unto this hour. My meat is to do the will of him that sent John iv. 34. me, and to finish his work. My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent John vii. 16. me. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that re- John xiii. 20. ceiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me ; and he that receivet me receiveth him that sent me. It is written, Man shall not live by bread Math. iv. 4 . alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. It is written, That man shall not live by Luke iv. 4. bread alone, but by every word of God. This is the bread which cometh down John vi. S o. from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. This is that bread which came down from John vi. 58. heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my John vi. 55. blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my John vi 56. blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. Whosoever drinketh of this water shall J hniv *3- thirst again : But whosoever drinketh of the water that J hn iv - H. I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 3 o SPIRIT AND LIFE. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, be- Luke iv. is. cause he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Luke iv. 19. Lord. This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your Luke iv. 21 ears. Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Luke iv. 23. Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. Verily I say unto you, No prophet is ac- Luke iv. 24 . cepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows Luke iv. 25. were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land. But unto none of them was Elias sent, Luke iv. 26. save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time Luke iv. 27. of Eliseus the prophet ; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. I have many things to say and to judge of John viii. 26. you : but he that sent me is true ; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. It is not meet to take the children's bread, Ma * h - * v - 26 - and to cast // to dogs. THE SON HIS MISSION. Let the children first be filled : for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast /'/ unto the dogs. Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also : for therefore came I forth. I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also : for therefore am I sent. Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to- morrow, and the third day I shall be per- fected. Nevertheless I must walk to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following : for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Nine- vites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you ? Hear another parable : There was a cer- tain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country ; 31 Mark vii. 27. Mark i. 38. Luke iv. 43. John ix. }. John xi.4- Luke xiii. 32 Luke xiii. 33. Luke xi. 30. Luke xii. 14. Math, xxi 33. AND LIFE. And when the time of the fruit drew near, Math. xxi. 34. he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, Math. xxi. 35 and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than Math. xxi. 36. the first : and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, Math. xxi. 37 . saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, Math. xxi. 38. they said among themselves, This is the heir ; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of Math. xxi. 39. the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard Math, xxi 4 o. cometh, what will he do unto those husband- men? A certain man planted a vineyard, and set Mark xii. i. a hedge about zV, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husband- Mark xii 2. men a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vine- yard. And they caught him, and beat him, and Mark xii. 3 . sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another Mark xii. 4 servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. THE SON HIS MISSION. 33 And again he sent another ; and him they Mark xii. 5 . killed, and many others ; beating some, and killing some. Having yet therefore one son, his well be- Mark xii. 6. loved, he sent him also last unto them, say- ing, They will reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among them- Mark xii. 7 . selves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and Mark xii. s. cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the lord of the vine- Mark xii. 9 . yard do ? he will come and destroy the hus- bandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. A certain man planted a vineyard, and let Luke xx. 9. it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the Luke xx. m husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard : but the hus- bandman beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and Lukexx. n. they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do ? I will send my beloved son : it may be they will reverence him when they see him. Lukexx. 12. Luke xx - 34 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But when the husbandmen saw him, they Luke xx 14. reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir : come, let us kill him, that the in- heritance may be ours. So they cast him out of the vineyard, and Lukexx. 15. killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? He shall come and destroy these hus- Luke xx. 16. bandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. THE SON HIS MINISTRY. 35 HIS MINISTRY. WOMAN, what have I to do with thee ? John a. 4 . mine hour is not yet come. For even the Son of man came not to be Mark x. 45 . ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Even as the Son of man came not to be Math. xx. 28. ministered unto, but to minhter, and to give his life a ransom for many. Yet a little while is the light with you. John xii. 35. Walk while ye have the ligh", lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in dark- ness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, John xii. 36. that ye may be the children of light. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak John iii. n. that we do know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive not our witness. The harvest truly is plenteous, but the Math. ix. 37- labourers are few ; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, Math. ix. 38. that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. The harvest truly is great, but the labour- Luke x. 2. ers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labour- ers into his harvest. Say not ye, There are yet four months, John iv. 35. and then cometh harvest? behold, I say 36 SPIRIT AND LIFE. unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and John iv. 36. gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One sow- John iv. 37 . eth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye be- John iv. 38. stowed no labour : other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. Every kingdom divided against itself is Math. xii. 25 brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. And if a kingdom be divided against itself, Mark in. 24. that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, Mark m. 25. that house cannot stand. Every kingdom divided against itself is Luke xi. 17. brought to desolation ; and a house divided against a house falleth. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided Math. xii. 26 against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand ? How can Satan cast out Satan? Mark Hi. 23 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be Mark m. 26. divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. If Satan also be divided against himself. Luke xi. 18. how shall his kingdom stand ? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by Math. xii. 27. whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. THE SON HIS MINISTRY. 37 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by Luke xi. 19. whom do your sons cast them out ? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of Math. xii. 28. God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. But if I with the finger of God cast out Luke xi. 20 . devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. Or else, how can one enter into a strong Math. xii. 29. man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. No man can enter into a strong man's Mark 111.27. house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man ; and then he will spoil his house. When a strong man armed keepeth his Luke xi. 21. palace, his goods are in peace : But when a stronger than he shall come Luke xi. 22. upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is against me ; and Math. xii. 3 o. he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. He that is not with me is against me ; and Luke xi. 23. he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Can the children of the bridechamber Math. ix. 15. mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast. 3 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Can the children of the bridechamber Mark h. 19. fast, while the bridegroom is with them ? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. Can ye make the children of the bride- Luke v, 34. chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? THE SON MEDIATOR. 39 MEDIATOR, CONSOLER, INTER- CESSOR, REDEEMER. I AM the way, and the truth and the life : no John xiv. 6. man cometh unto the Father, but by me. I am the true vine, and my Father is the John xv. i. husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit John xv. a. he taketh away : and every branch that bear- eth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch John xv. 4. cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. He John xv. 5. that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit ; for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast John rv. 6k forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. As the Father hath loved me, so have I johnxv. 9. loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall John xv. 10. abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that Johnxv. u. my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 40 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Henceforth I call you not servants ; for John *v. 15. the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the John x . 7 . door of the sheep. I am the door : by me if any man enter in, John x 9. he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. Weep not. Luke vii. , 3 . Come unto me, all ye that labour and are Math. xi. 28. heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; Math. xi. 29. for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is Math. xi. 3 o. light. All that the Father giveth me shall come John vi. 37. to me ; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. If any man thirst, let him come unto me, John vii. 37. and drink. Let not your heart be troubled : ye be- John xiv. i, lieve in God, believe also in me. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give John xiv. 27. unto you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. In my Father's house are many mansions : John xiv, 2. if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, John xiv. 13. THE SON MEDIATOR. 41 that will I do, that the Father may be glori- fied in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will John xiv. 14. do it. And I will pray the Father, and he shall John xiv. 16. give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. John xvi. 23. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give /'/ you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my John xvi. 24. name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because Luke iv. 18. he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken- hearted, to preach deliverance to the cap- tives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Luke iv. 19. Lord. This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your Luke iv. 21. ears. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, John xii. 32. will draw all men unto me. These things have I spoken unto you, that John xvi. i. ye should not be offended. But these things have I told you, that John xvi. 4. when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, be- cause I was with you. 42 SPIRIT AND LIFE. These things I have spoken unto you, that John xvi. 33. in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. If the world hate you, ye know that it John xv. 18. hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would John xv. 19. love his own \ but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? Math. x. 29. and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all Math. x. 30 . numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more Math. 1.31. value than many sparrows. THE HOLY GHOST. 43 III. THE HOLY GHOST. AND I will pray the Father, and he shall John xiv. 16 give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world John xiv 17. cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy John xiv 26. Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, what- soever I have said unto you. But when the Comforter is come, whom I John xv. 26. will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is ex- John xvi 7 . pedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the John xvi. 8. world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment : Of sin, because they believe not on me ; John xvi. 9 , Of righteousness, because I go to my John xvi. 10. Father, and ye see me no more; 44 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Of judgment, because the prince of this John xvi. .' world is judged. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is John xvi. 13. come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatso- ever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive John xvi. 14. of mine, and shall shew // unto you. But ye shall receive power, after that the Acts i. s. Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, Math, xxviii. 19. baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. And when they bring you unto the syna- Lukexii. n. gogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say. But when they deliver you up, take no Math, x 19. thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the Lukexii. 12. same hour what ye ought to say. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit Math, x 20. of your Father which speaketh in you. It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh John vi. 63. profiteth nothing : the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Receive ye the Holy Ghost. John xx . 22 THE HOLY GHOST. 45 Verily I say unto you. All sins shall be Mark Hi. 28. forgiven unto the sons of men, and blas- phemies wherewith soever they shall blas- pheme : But he that shall blaspheme against the Mark Hi. 29. Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of Math. xii. 3 i. sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against Math. xii. 32. the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. And whosoever shall speak a word against Luke xii. 10. the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and John iii. 8. thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND OF HEAVEN. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND OF HEAVEN. THE kingdom of God cometh not with Luke xvii. 20 . observation : Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo Luke xvii. 21. there ! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of Mark i. 15. God is at hand : repent ye, and believe the gospel. Repent : for the kingdom of heaven is at Math. iv. 17. hand. And as ye go, preach, saying, The king- Math. x. 7 . dom of heaven is at hand. For all the prophets and the law proph- Math. xi. 13. esied until John. And from the days of John the Baptist Math. xi. 12. until now the kingdom of heaven suffer- eth violence, and the violent take it by force. And they shall come from the east, and Lukexiii. 29. from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And I say unto you, That many shall come Math. viii. from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. ^**"^ r TjiriVaSIT7; *"-'$& 5 o SPIRIT AND LIFE. Verily I say unto you, There be some Math. xvi. 2 s. standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Verily I say unto you, That there be some Mark ix. i. of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. But I tell you of a truth, there be some Luke ix. 27. standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. But if I with the ringer of God cast out Luke xi. 20. devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. So likewise ye, when ye see these things Luke xxi. 31. come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Even the very dust of your city, which Lukex. n. cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you : notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God ; Luke xii. 3 i. and all these things shall be added unto you. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and Math. vi. 33. his righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. For I say unto you, That except your Math. v. 20. righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of Mark iv. 30. God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 5I It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, Markiv. 3 i when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth : But when it is sown, it groweth up, and Mark iv. 32 . becometh greater than all herbs, and shoot- eth out great branches ; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain Math. xiii. 3 i. of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : Which indeed is the least of all seeds : but Math, xiii 32 . when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Unto what is the kingdom of God like ? Luke xiii. 18. and whereunto shall I resemble it ? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a Luke xiii. 19. man took, and cast into his garden ; and it grew, and waxed a great tree ; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a Math. xiii. 24. man which sowed good seed in his field : But while men slept, his enemy came and Math. xiii. 25. sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and Math. xiii. 26. brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came Math. xiii. 27. and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 52 SPIRIT AND LIFE. He said unto them, An enemy hath done Math xiii. 28. this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up ? But he said, Nay ; lest while ye gather up Math. xiii. 29. the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest : Math. xiii. 3 o. and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn. He that soweth the good seed is the Son Math. xiii. 37 . of man ; The field is the world ; the good seed are Math. xiii. 38. the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the wicked one ; The enemy that sowed them is the devil ; Math. xiii. 39 . the harvest is the end of the world ; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and Math. xiii. 40. burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth hir angels, Math. xiii. 41. and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire : Math. xiii. 42 . there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the Math. xiii. 43. sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. So is the kingdom of God, as if a man Mark iv. 26. should cast seed into the ground ; THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 53 And should sleep, and rise night and day, Mark iv. 27. and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of her- Mark iv. 28. self; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, im- Mark iv. 29. mediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of Luke xin. 20 . God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and Luke xiii. 21. hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, Math. xiii. 33 . which a woman took, and hid in three meas- ures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto Math. xiii. 4 4- treasure hid in a field ; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto Math. xiii. 45. a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls : Who, when he had found one pearl of Math. xiii. 46. great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto Math. xiii. 47. a net, that was cast into the sea, and gath- ered of every kind : Which, when it was full, they drew to Math. xiii. 48. shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 54 SPIRIT AND LIFE. So shall it be at the end of the world : the Math. xiii. 49 . angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of Math. xiii. 5 o. fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Therefore every scribe which is instructed Math. xiii. 52 unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. For the kingdom of heaven is as a man Math. xxv. 14. travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to an- Math. xxv. 15. other two, and to another one ; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents Math. xxv. 16. went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he Math. xxv. 17. also gained other two. But he that had received one went and Math. xxv. 18. digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long time the lord of those ser- Math. xxv. 19. vants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents Math. xxv. 20 . came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 55 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou Math. xxv. 2 i. good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents Math. xxv . 22 . came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents : behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good Math. xxv. 23. and faithful servant ; thou hast been faith- ful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he which had received the one talent Math. xxv. 24 . came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed : And I was afraid, and went and hid thy Math. xxv. 2 $. talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Math. xxv. 2 6. Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed : Thou oughtest therefore to have put my Math. xxv. 27 . money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, Math. xxv. 28. and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 5 6 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For unto every one that hath shall be Math.xxv. 29 . given, and he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into Math, xxv.so. outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. A certain nobleman went into a far country Luke xix. 12. to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and de- Luke xix. 13. livered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a Luke xix. i 4 . message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was re- Luke xix. 15. turned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy Luke xix. 16. pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good Luke xix. 17. servant : because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy Luke xix. 1 8. pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also Luke xix. J9 . over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, Luke xix. 20. here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin : THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 57 For I feared thee, because thou art an aus- Lukexix. 21. tere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own Luke xix. 22. mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow : Wherefore then gavest not thou my money Luke xix. 23 . into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? And he said unto them that stood by, Luke xix. 24 . Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath Luke xix. 25. ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That unto every one Luke xix. 26. which hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, which would not Luke xix. 27. that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; Math. xiii. 3 . And when he sowed, some seeds fell by Math. xiii. 4. the way side, and the fowls came and de- voured them up : Some fell upon stony places, where they had Math. xiii. 5. not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : And when the sun was up, they were Math. xiii. 6. scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away. 5 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And some fell among thorns ; and the Math xiii. 7 . thorns sprung up, and choked them : But other fell into good ground, and Math. xiii. s. brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Because it is given unto you to know the Math. xiii. n. mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Math. xiii. is. When any one heareth the word of the Math. xiii. 19. kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony Math. xiii. 20 . places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth Math. xiii. 21. for a while : for when tribulation or perse- cution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the Math. xiii. 22 . thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good Math. xiii. 23. ground is he that heareth the word, and un- derstandeth /// which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower Mark iv. 3. to sow : THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 59 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some Mark iv. 4 . fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where Mark iv. 5. it had not much earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth : But when the sun was up, it was scorched ; Mark iv. 6. and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the Mark iv. 7 . thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did Mark iv. 8. yield fruit that sprang up and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred. And he said unto them, Know ye not Mark iv. 13. this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? Unto you it is given to know the mystery Markiv. n. of the kingdom of God : but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables : The sower soweth the word. Mark iv. 14. And these are they by the way side, where Markiv. 15. the word is sown ; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are Mark iv. 16. sown on stony ground ; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness ; 60 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And have no root in themselves, and so en- Mark iv. 17. dure but for a time ; afterward, when afflic- tion or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among Markiv. 18. thorns ; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the de- Mark iv. 19. ceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on Markiv. 20. good ground ; such as hear the word, and re- ceive if t and bring forth fruit, some thirty- fold, some sixty, and some a hundred. A sower went out to sow his seed : and Luke viii. 5. as he sowed, some fell by the way side ; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock ; and as soon Luke viii. 6. as it was sprung up, it withered away, be- cause it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns ; and the Luke viii. 7. thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang Luke viii. 8. up, and bare fruit a hundredfold. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Unto you it is given to know the mys- Luke viii. 10. teries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not under- stand. Now the parable is this : The seed is the Luke via. n. word of God. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 61 Those by the way side are they that hear ; Luke viiL 12. then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should be- lieve and 'be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when Luke viii. 13. they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while be- lieve, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are Lukevui. 14. they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, Luke viii. 15. which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep */, and bring forth fruit with patience. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a cer- Math. xxii. 2 . tain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them Math. xxii. 3 . that were bidden to the wedding : and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Math. xxii. 4. Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner : my oxen and my fat- lings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their Math. xxii. 5 , ways, one to his farm, another to his mer- chandise : And the remnant took his servants, and Math. xxii. 6. entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 62 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But when the king heard thereof, he was Math. xxii. 7 . wroth : and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wed- Math. xxii. 8. ding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as Math. xxii. 9 . many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the high- Math. xxii. 10. ways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good : and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the Math. xxii. n. guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment : And he saith unto him, Friend, how Math. xxii. 12. earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind Math. xxii. 13. him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. Math. xxii. 14. And, behold, there are last which shall be Luke xiii. 30. first ; and there are first which shall be last. Verily I say unto you, Among them that Math. xi. n. are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstand- ing, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. But I say unto you, I will not drink hence- Math. xxvi. 29- forth of this fruit of the vine, until that day THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 63 when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no Mark xiv. 25. more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. For I say unto you, I will not drink of the Luke xxii. 18. fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Math. vii. 21. Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. THE KINGDOM ON EARTH THE KINGDOM ON EARTH, i. THE CHURCH. WHO is my mother ? and who are my Math. xii. 48. brethren? Behold my mother and my brethren ! Math. xii. 49 . My mother and my brethren are these Lukeviii. 21. which hear the word of God, and do it. For whosoever shall do the will of my Math. xii. 5 o. Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Who is my mother, or my brethren ? Mark iii. 33 . Behold my mother and my brethren ! Mark iii. 34. For whosoever shall do the will of God, Mark iii. 35- the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. But the hour cometh, and now is, when John iii. 23. the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit : and they that worship John iii. 24. him must worship him in spirit and in truth. By this shall all men know that ye are my John xiii. 35. disciples, if ye have love one to another. Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's Luke xii. 32. good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 68 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt Math. v. 13. have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth , good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that Math. v. 14. is set on a hill cannot be hid. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall Math, xviii. 18. bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are re- John xx. 23. mitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. Again I say unto you, That if two of you Math, xviii. 19. shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered to- Math, xviii. 20, gether in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Neither do men light a candle, and put it Math. v. 15. under a bushel, but on a candlestick ; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Math. xvi. 18. Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ; and the gates of hell shall not pre- vail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the Math, xvi 19. kingdom of heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. THE CHURCH. 69 And have ye not read this Scripture ; The Mark xii. 10. stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner : He that is not with me is against me ; and Lukexi. 23. he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for John xvii. 20. them also which shall believe on me through their word ; That they all may be one ; as thou, John xvii. 21. Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And except those days should be short- Math. xxiv. 22. ened, there should no flesh be saved : but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. And he shall send his angels with a great Math. xxiv. 3 i. sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. And except that the Lord had shortened Mark xiii 20, those days, no flesh should be saved : but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. And then shall he send his angels, and Mark xiii. 27. shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it Math, xviii. i? unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 70 SPIRIT AND LIFE. THE HOUSE. It is written, My house shall be called the Math, xxi 13 house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Is it not written, My house shall be called Markxi. 17. of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. Take these things hence ; make not my John ii. 16. Father's house a house of merchandise. It is written, My house is the house of Luke xix. 4 6. prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Math, xxiii. 16. Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing ; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor ! Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, Math, xxiii. i 7 . the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, Math, xxiii. 18. it is nothing ; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, Math xxiii. 19. the gift or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, Math, xxfii. 20 sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, Math, xxiii. 21. sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. THE LAW, SCRIPTURES, PROPHETS. 7 i II. THE LAW, THE SCRIPTURES, AND THE PROPHETS. THE law and the prophets were until Luke xvi. 16. John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. For all the prophets and the law prophe- Math. xi. 13 sied until John. Think not that I am come to destroy the Math. v. 17. law, or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and Math. v. 18 earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. And it is easier for heaven and earth to Luke xvi. 17. pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. For I say unto you, that this that is writ- Luke xxii. 37- ten must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors : for the things concerning me have an end. But how then shall the scriptures be ful- Math. xxvi. 54 . filled, that thus it must be ? The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is Mark xiv. 21. written of him : but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was Luke xxii. 22 determined : but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed ! 7 2 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But this cometh to pass, that the word John xv. 25. might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Luke xxiv. 46. Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day. fools, and slow of heart to believe all Luke xxiv. 23 . that the prophets have spoken. Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are John x . 34. gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the John x. 35. word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken ; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath John x. 3 6. sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God? It is also written in your law, that the tes- John viii. 17. timony of two men is true. 1 am one that bear witness of myself; and John viii. 18. the Father that sent me, beareth witness of me. Did ye never read in the Scriptures, The Math xxi. 42 . stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner : this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? And have ye not read this Scripture ; The Mark xn. 10. stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner ? What is this then that is written, The Lukexx. 17. stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? THE LAW, SCRIPTURES, PROPHETS. 73 This was the Lord's doing, and it is mar- Markxii. n. vellous in our eyes? Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye John v. 39. think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. Do not think that I will accuse you to the John v. 45. Father : there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have John v. 4 6. believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how John v. 47- shall ye believe my words? These are the words which I spake unto Lukexxiv. 44. you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet John vii. 19. none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? I was daily with you in the temple teach- Mark xiv. 49. ing, and ye took me not : but the Scriptures must be fulfilled. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all Lukexviii. 3 i. things that are written by the prophets con- cerning the Son of man shall be accom- plished. Ought not Christ to have suffered these Luke xxiv. 26. things, and enter into his glory? What is written in the law? how readest Luke x. 26 thou? Thou hast answered right : this do, and Luke x. 28 thou shalt live. 74 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would Math vii.. 12. that men should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the prophets. See thou tell no man ; but go thy way, Math. viii. 4 . shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. See thou say nothing to any man : but go Mark i. 44 . thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But go, and shew thyself to the priest, and Luke v. 14. offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Go shew yourselves unto the priests. Luke xvii. 14. Abraham saith unto him, They have Lukexvi. 29 . Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but Luke xvi. 30. if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Luke xvi. 3J . Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. For these be the days of vengeance, that Luke xxi. 22. all things which are written may be fulfilled. While I was with them in the world, I kept John xvii. 12 them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. OLD AND NEW DISPENSATIONS. 75 III. THE OLD AND NEW DISPEN- SATIONS. THINK not that I am come to destroy Math. v. 17. the law, or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. The law and the prophets were until Luke xvi. 16. John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilder- John vi. 49 . ness, and are dead. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave John vi. 32. you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh John vi. 33. down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. This is that bread which came down from John vi. 58. heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live forever. But the hour cometh, and now is, when John iv. 23 . the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seek- eth such to worship him. Drink ye all of it ; Math. xxvi. 27 . For this is my blcod of the new testa- Math. xxvi. 28. ment, which is shed for many for the remis- sion of sins. 76 SPIRIT AND LIFE. This is my blood of the new testament, Mark xiv. 24. which is shed for many. This cup is the new testament in my Luke xxii. 20 . blood, which is shed for you. This cup is the new testament in my i Cor. xi. 25. blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink //, in remembrance of me. All things are delivered unto me of my Math. xi. 27 . Father. All things are delivered to me of my Lukex. 22 . Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour John v . 25. is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live. THE FORERUNNER. THE FORERUNNER. JOHN THE BAPTIST. ELIAS truly shall first come, and re- Math. xvi;. store all things. And if ye will receive */, this is Elias, Math. xi. 14. which was for to come. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed Mark k 13. come, and they have done unto him whatso- ever they listed, as it is written of him. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness John v. 33. unto the truth. He was a burning and a shining light : and John v. 3S . ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. What went ye out into the wilderness to Math. xi. 7. see ? A reed shaken with the wind ? But what went ye out for to see ? A man Math. xi. 8. clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what went ye out for to see? A Math.xi. 9 . prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Be- Math. xi. 10. hold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily I say unto you, Among them that Math. xL . are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstand- 80 SPIRIT AND LIFE. ing, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater then he. What went ye out into the wilderness for Luke vii. 24 . to see ? A reed shaken with the wind ? But what went ye out for to see ? A man Luke vii. 25 clothed in soft raiment ? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. But what went ye out for to see? A Luke vii. 26. prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I Luke vii. 27. send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. For I say unto you, Among those that are Luke vii. 28. born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist : but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. The baptism of John, whence was it ? from Math. xxi. 25. heaven, or of men ? The baptism of John, was if from heaven, Mark xi. 3 o. or of men ? answer me. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, Luke xx. 4- or of men ? For John came neither eating nor drink- Math xi. 18. ing, and they say, He hath a devil. For John the Baptist came neither eating Luke vii. 33 bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil LIFE. LIFE. MINISTRY AND PASSION, i. THE DISCIPLES. YE are they which have continued with Luke xxii. 28. me in my temptations. Verily I say unto you, That ye which have Math. xix. 28. followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Luke xxii. 29. Father hath appointed unto me ; That ye may eat and drink at my table in Luke xxii. 30. my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall Math.xviii. 18. bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remit- John xx. 3 . ted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye re- tain, they are retained. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye John xv. 27 . have been with me from the beginning. Because it is given unto you to know the Math. xiii. u. mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 84 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Unto you it is given to know the mystery Markiv. n. 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 per- Mark iv. 12. ceive ; and hearing they may hear, and not understand ; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. Unto you it is given to know the mysteries Luke viii. 10. of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. But blessed are your eyes, for they see : Math. xiii. 16. and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many Math. xiii. 17. prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Blessed are the eyes which see the things Luke x. 23. that ye see : For I tell you, that many prophets and Luke x. 24. kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Have ye understood all these things ? Math. xiii. 5 i O ye of little faith, why reason ye among Math. xvi. s. yourselves, because ye have brought no bread ? Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? Mark viii. 17 perceive ye not yet, neither understand ? have ye your heart yet hardened ? THE DISCIPLES. 85 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, Markviii. is. hear ye not ? and do ye not remember ? How is it that ye do not understand? Markvm. 21. Do ye not yet understand, neither remem- Math. xvi. 9 . her the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up ? Neither the seven loaves of the four Math. xvi. 10. thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? When I brake the five loaves among five Mark viii. 19. thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? And when the seven among four thousand, Mark viii. 20. how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? How is it that ye do not understand that Math. xvi. n. I spake if not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Phari- sees and of the Sadducees ? I have yet many things to say unto you, John xvi. 12. but ye cannot bear them now. Doth this offend you ? johnvi.-6i. Will ye also go away ? John vi. 6 7 . Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of John vi. 70 . you is a devil? Go into the village over against you, and Math. i. 2. straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose ihem, and bring them unto me. Go your way into the village over against Mark xi. 2 . you : and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat ; loose him, and bring him. 86 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Go ye into the village over against you ; Luke xix. 30. in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat : loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man say aught unto you, ye Math. xxi. 3 . shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them. And if any man say unto you, Why do ye Mark xi. 3 . this ? say ye that the Lord hath need of him ; and straightway he will send him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose Luke xix. 31. him ? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. These things have I spoken unto you, John xiv. 25. being yet present with you. Neither be ye called masters : for one is Math, xxiii. 10. your Master, even Christ. When I sent you without purse, and scrip, Luke xxii. 35. and shoes, lacked ye any thing? But now, he that hath a purse, let him Luke xxii. 3 6. take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Then shall they deliver you up to be Math.xxiv. 9 . afflicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. But take heed to yourselves : for they Mark xiii. 9. shall deliver you up to councils ; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. But when they shall lead you, and deliver Mark xiii. THE DISCIPLES. 87 you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate : but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye : for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. And ye shall be hated of all men for my Mark xiii. 13. name's sake : but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Settle /'/ therefore in your hearts, not to Luke xxi. i 4 . meditate before what ye shall answer : For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, Luke xxi. 15. which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, Luke xxi. 16. and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends ; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my Luke xxi. 17. name's sake. But there shall not a hair of your head Luke xxi. is. perish. In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke xxi. 19. For the Father himself loveth you, be- johnxvi. 27 . cause ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. This voice came not because of me, but John xii. 3 o for your sakes. And ye are witnesses of these things. Luke xxiv. 4 g. It is enough. Luke xxii. 38. All ye shall be offended because of me Math. xxvi. 3 i this night : for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 88 SPIRIT AND LIFE. All ye shall* be offended because of me this Mark xiv. 27. night : for it is written, I will smite the Shep- herd, and the sheep shall be scattered. Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now John xvi. 32. come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto Math. xxvi. 3 s. death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto Mark xiv. 34 . death : tarry ye here, and watch. Sit ye here, while I shall pray. Mark xiv. 32 . What, could ye not watch with me one Math. xxvi. 40 . hour? Sleep on now, and take your rest : behold, Math. xxvi. 45. the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Sleep on now, and take your rest : it is Mark xiv. 4 i. enough, the hour is come ; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Let us pass over unto the other side. Mark iv. 35- Let us go over unto the other side of the Luke viii. 22 . lake. , Come ye yourselves apart into a desert Markvi. 3 i. place, and rest a while : Let us go into Judea again. John xi. 7 . Arise, and be not afraid. Math. xvii. 7. Peace be unto you: as my Father hath johnxx. 21. sent me, even so send I you. Receive ye the Holy Ghost : johnxx. 22 . THE DISCIPLES. 89 Go ye into all the world, and preach the Mark xvi. 15. gospel to every creature. And, behold, I send the promise of my Lukexxiv. 49. Father upon you : but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 3 i. PETER AND ANDREW. Follow me and I will make you fishers of Math, iv 19- men. Come ye after me, and I will make you Mark i. 17. to become fishers of men. MATTHEW. Follow me. Math - ix 9- Follow me. Mark ii. 14- PETER. Thou art Simon the son of Jona : thou John i. 42 . shalt be called Cephas. Launch out into the deep, and let down Luke v. 4. your nets for a draught. Fear not ; from henceforth thou shalt Luke v. m. catch men. Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- Jona : for Math. xvi. 17. flesh and blood hath not revealeth it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Math. xvi. 18. Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ; and the gates of hell shall not pre- vail against it. 9 o SPIRIT AND LIFE. And I will give unto thee the keys of the Math. xvi. 19. kingdom of heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. What thinkest thou, Simon ? of whom Math. xvii. 25. do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers ? Then are the children free. Math. xvii. 26. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend Math. xvii. 27. them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Get thee behind me, Satan : thou art an Math. xvi. 23 offence unto me : for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Get thee behind me, Satan : for thou Mark viii. 33. savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath de- Lukexxii. 3 i. sired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat : But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith Luke xxii. 32 . fail not : and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. What I do thou knowest not now ; but John xiii. 7 . thou shalt know hereafter. If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with John xiii. 8. me. THE DISCIPLES. 9 i He that is washed needeth not save to John xiii. 10. wash his feet, but is clean every whit : and ye are clean, but not all. Whither I go, thou canst not follow me John xiii. 3 6. now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake ? John xiii. 3 s. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. Verily I say unto thee, That this night, Math. xxvi. 34 . before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Verily I say unto thee, That this day, Mark xiv. 3 o. even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow Luke xxii. 34. this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. Simon, sleepest thou ? couldest not thou Mark xiv. 37, watch one hour? Put up thy sword into the sheath : the cup John xviii. n which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Suffer ye thus far. Luke xxii. S i. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more John xxi. 15. than these ? Feed my lambs. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? John xxi. 16. Feed my sheep. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? John xxi. i 7 . Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou John xxi. 18. wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walk- edst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy 9 2 SPIRIT AND LIFE. hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. Follow me. John xxi. 19. If I will that he tarry till I come, what John xxi. 22. is that to thee? follow thou me. THOMAS. Reach hither thy finger, and behold my John xx. 27. hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side ; and be not faithless, but be- lieving. Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou John xx. 29. hast believed : blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. JUDAS ISCARIOT. That thou doest, do quickly. John xiii. 27. MIRACLES FEEDING. 93 II. MIRACLES. FEEDING. Marriage in Cana. WOMAN, what have I to do with thee ? John H. 4- mine hour is not yet come. Fill the waterpots with water. John ii. 7 . Draw out now, and bear unto the governor John ii. s. of the feast. The Five Thousand. Whence shall we buy bread, that these John vi. 5. may eat? They need not depart ; give ye them to Math. xiv. 16. eat. Give ye them to eat. Mark vi. 37. Give ye them to eat. Luke ix. 13. Bring them hither to me. Math. xiv. 18. Make the men sit down. John vi. xo . Make them sit down by fifties in a Luke ix. 14. company. How many loaves have ye ? go and see. Mark vi. 38. Gather up the fragments that remain, John vi. 12. that nothing be lost. The Four Thousand. I have compassion on the multitude, be- Math. xv. 32. cause they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not 94 SPIRIT AND LIFE. send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. I have compassion on the multitude, be- Mark viii. 2. cause they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their Mark viii. 3 . own houses, they will faint by the way : for divers of them came from far. How many loaves have ye ? Math. xv. 34. How many loaves have ye ? Mark viii. 5. 95 H MIRACLES HEALING. HEALING. The Man with the Unclean Spirit. OLD thy peace, and come out of him. Marki. 25. Hold thy peace, and come out of him. Luke iv. 35. The Leper. I will ; be thou clean. Math, viii 3. See thou tell no man ; but go thy way, Math. viii. 4 shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. I will ; be thou clean. Mark i. 41. See thou say nothing to any man : but go Mark i. 44. thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. I will : be thou clean. Luke v. 13. Tell no man : but go, and shew thyself Luke v. 14. to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testi- mony unto them. The Paralytic. Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins be for- Math. ix. 2. given thee. Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. Mark ii. s . Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. Luke v. 20 . The Impotent Man. Wilt thou be made whole ? John v. 6. Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. John v. s. 96 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Behold, thou art made whole : sin no John v. 14. more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. The Withered Hand. Stand forth. Mark iii. 3 . Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. Luke vi. %. Stretch forth thine hand. Math. xii. 13 Stretch forth thine hand. Mark iii. 5. Stretch forth thine hand. Luke vi. 10. The Centurion's Son. I will come and heal him. Math. viii. 7 . Verily I say unto you, I have not found so Math. viii. 10 great faith, no, not in Israel. I say unto you, I have not found so great Luke vii. 9 . faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come Math. viii. n. from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be Math. viii. 12. cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Go thy way ; and as thou hast believed, Math. viii. 13. so be it done unto thee. The Legion of Devils. Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. Mark v. s. What is thy name ? Mark v. 9 . What is thy name ? Luke viii. 30. Go. Math. viii. 32. Go home to thy friends, and tell them Mark v. 19. MIRACLES HEALING. 97 how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. Return to thine own house, and shew how Luke viii. 39. great things God hath done unto thee. The Woman with the Issue. Who touched my clothes ? Mark v. 3 o. Who touched me ? Luke viii. 45. Somebody hath touched me : for I per- Luke viii. 46. ceive that virtue is gone out of me. Daughter, be of good comfort : thy faith Math. ix. 22. hath made thee whole. Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole ; Mark v 34 . go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. Daughter, be of good comfort : thy faith Luke viii. 4 s. hath made thee whole ; go in peace. The Two Blind Men. Believe ye that I am able to do this ? Math. ix. 2 s. According to your faith be it unto you. Math. ix. 29. See that no man know //. Math. ix. 30 . The Daiighter of the Canaanite Woman. It is not meet to take the children's Math. xv. 26. bread, and to cast it to dogs. O woman, great is thy faith : be it unto Math. xv. 28. thee even as thou wilt. Let the children first be filled : for it is Mark vii. 27. not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. For this saying go thy way; the devil is Mark vii. 29. gone out of thy daughter. 7 98 SPIRIT AND LIFE. The Deaf and Dumb Man of Decapolis. Ephphatha, Be opened. Mark vii. 34. The Blind Man at Bethsaida. Neither go into the town, nor tell it to Mark viii. 26. any in the town. The Lunatic Son. O faithless and perverse generation, how Math. xvii. 17 long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. O faithless generation, how long shall I be Mark ix. 19. with you ? how long shall I suffer you ? bring him unto me. faithless and perverse generation, how Luke ix. 41. long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. How long is it ago since this came unto Mark ix. 21. him? If thou canst believe, all things are possi- Mark ix. 23. ble to him that believeth. Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, Mark ix. 25. come out of him, and enter no more into him. The Man Blind from Birth. Neither hath this man sinned, nor his John ix. 3. parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 1 must work the works of him that sent johnix. 4 . me, while it is day : the night cometh, when no man can work. MIRACLES HEALING. 99 As long as I am in the world, lam the John ix. 5 . light of the world. Go, wash in the pool of Siloam. John ix. 7 . The Woman bowed down with a Spirit of Infirmity. Woman, thou art loosed from thine Luke xiii. 12. infirmity. The Ten Lepers of Samaria and Galilee. Go shew yourselves unto the priests. Luke xvii. 14. Were there not ten cleansed ? but where Luke xvii. 17. are the nine? There are not found that returned to give Luke xvii. 18. glory to God, save this stranger. Arise, go thy way : thy faith hath made Luke xvii. 19. thee whole. The Blind Men at Jericho. What will ye that I shall do unto you? Math. xx. 32. What wilt thou that I should do unto Mark x. 51. thee? What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? Lukexviii. 41. Go thy way ; thy faith hath made thee Mark x. 52. whole. Receive thy sight : thy faith hath saved Luke xviii. 42. thee. Servant of the High Priest. Suffer ye thus far. Luke xxii. 51. ioo SPIRIT AND LIFE. RAISING FROM THE DEAD. The Son of the Nobleman from Capernaum. EXCEPT ye see signs and wonders, ye John iv. 48. will not believe. Go thy way ; thy son liveth. John iv. 50. Widow's Son at Nain. Weep not. Lukevii. 13 Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. Lukevii. 14. Daughter of Jairus. Be not afraid, only believe. Mark v. 36. Fear not : believe only, and she shall be Luke viii. so . made whole. Give place : for the maid is not dead, but Math. ix. 24. sleepeth. Why make ye this ado, and weep ? the Mark v . 39. damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. Weep not ; she is not dead, but sleepeth. Luke viii. 52. Talitha cumi ; Damsel, (I say unto thee,) Markv. 4 i. arise. Maid, arise. Luke viii. 54 . Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, johnxi. n. that I may awake him out of sleep. Lazarus is dead. John xi. H. And I am glad for your sakes that I was John xi. 15. not there, to the intent ye may believe ; nevertheless, let us go unto him. RAISING FROM THE DEAD. 101 Thy brother shall rise again. joimxi. 23 . Where have ye laid him ? John xi. 34. Take ye away the stone. John xi. 39 . Said I not unto thee, that, if thou would- John xi. 4 o. est believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Lazarus, come forth. John xi. 43 . Loose him, and let him go. John xi. 44 . 102 SPIRIT AND LIFE. L CIRCUMSTANCE. First Miraculous Draught of Fishes. AUNCH out into the deep, and let Lukev. 4 . down your nets for a draught. Stilling of the Tempest. Peace, be still. Mark iv. 39. Walking on the Sea. Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid. Math. xiv. 27. Be of good cheer : it is I ; be not afraid. Mark vi. 50. It is I ; be not afraid. John vi. 20 . Come. Math. xiv. 29. O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou Math. xiv. 31. doubt? Finding of the Tribute Money. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend Math. xvii. 27. them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Cursing of the Fig Tree. Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward Math. xxi. 19. for ever. No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. Mark xi. 14. Second Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Cast the net on the right side of the ship, John xxi. 6. and ye shall find. G SENDING OF THE DISCIPLES. 103 III. SENDING OF THE DISCIPLES. THE TWELVE APOSTLES. O not into the way of the Gentiles, and Math. x. 5. into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not : But go rather to the lost sheep of the Math. x. 6. house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The king- Math. x. 7 . dom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise Math. x. s. the dead, cast out devils : freely ye have re- ceived, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass Math. x. 9 . in your purses ; Nor scrip for your journey, neither two Math. x. 10. coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves : for the workman is worthy of his meat. Take nothing for your journey, neither Luke ix. 3. staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money ; neither have two coats apiece. And into whatsoever city or town ye shall Math. x. n. enter, inquire who in it is worthy ; and there abide till ye go thence. In what place soever ye enter into a Mark vi. 10. house, there abide till ye depart from that place. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there Luke ix. 4 . abide, and thence depart. And when ye come into a house, salute it. Math. x. 12. 104 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And if the house be worthy, let your Math. x. 13. peace come upon it : but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor Math. x. 14. hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. And whosoever will not receive you, when Luke ix. 5 . ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more Math. x. 15. tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomor- rah in the day of judgment, than for that city. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor Markvi. n. hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the Math. x. 16. midst of wolves : be ye therefore wise as ser- pents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men : for they will deliver Math. x. 17. you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues ; And ye shall be brought before governors Math. x. 18. and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no Math. x. 19. thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. SENDING OF THE DISCIPLES. 105 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit Math. x . 20 . of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the Math. x. 2 i. brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my Math. x. 22. name's sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. They shall put you out of the synagogues : John xvi. 2 . yea, the time cometh, that whosoever kill- eth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, John xvi. 3 . because they have not known the Father, nor me. But when they persecute you in this city, Math. x. 23. flee ye into another : for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his master, nor Math. x. 24. the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as Math. x. 25. his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Remember the word that I said unto you, John xv. 20. The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also per- secute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. 106 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But all these things will they do unto you johnxv. 21. for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. Fear them not therefore ; for there is Math. x 26. nothing covered, that shall not be revealed ; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye Math. x. 27. in light : and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. He that receiveth you receiveth me ; and Math. x. 40. he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. SENDING OF THE DISCIPLES. 107 THE SEVENTY. Go your ways : behold, I send you forth Luke x. 3. as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes : Luke x. 4 . and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first Luke x. 5. say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your Luke x. 6. peace shall rest upon it : if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating Luke x. 7. and drinking such things as they give : for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and Luke x. 8. they receive you, eat such things as are set before you : And heal the sick that are therein, and Luke x. 9. say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and Luke x. 10. they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very dust of your city, which Lukex. H. cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you : notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God .is come nigh unto you. But I say unto you, that it shall be more Luke x. . tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. He that heareth you heareth me ; and he Luke x. 16 that despiseth you despiseth me; and he io8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. Behold, I give unto you power to tread Luke x. 19. on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy ; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that Luke x. 20. the spirits are subject unto you ; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. SUFFERINGS AND TEMPTATIONS. 109 IV. SUFFERINGS AND TEMPTATIONS. THE Son of man must suffer many Luke ix. 22. things. But first must he suffer many things, and Luke xvii. 25. be rejected of this generation. Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all Mark ix. 12. things ; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is come al- Math. xvii. 12. ready, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Luke xxiv. 4 6. Christ to suffer. A prophet is not without honour, save in Math.xiii. 57. his own country, and in his own house. A prophet is not without honour, but in Mark vi. 4. his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. Verily I say unto you, No prophet is ac- Luke iv. 24. cepted in his own country. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto Math. xxvi. 3 s. death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto Mark xiv. 34. death : tarry ye here, and watch. Ye are they which have continued with me Luke xxii. 28. in my temptations. no SPIRIT AND LIFE. V. CHRIST'S PRAYERS. FATHER, glorify thy name. John xii. 28. Father, I thank thee that thou hast John xi. 4 i. heard me. And I knew that thou nearest me always : John xi. 42. but because of the people which stand by I said //, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven Math. xi. 25. and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father ; for so it seemed good Math. xi. 26. in thy sight. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven Luke x. 21. and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; for so it seemed good in thy sight. Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy John xvii. i. Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee : As thou hast given him power over all John xvii. 2. flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might John xvii. 3 . know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth : I have John xvii. 4. finished the work which thou gavest me to do. CHRIST'S PRAYERS. in And now, O Father, glorify thou me with John xvii. 5. thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men John xvii. 6. which thou gavest me out of the world : thine they were, and thou gavest them me ; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things what- John xvii. 7 . soever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words John xvii. 8. which thou gavest me ; and they have re- ceived them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them : I pray not for the world, John xvii. 9 . but for them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are John xvii. 10. mine ; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but John xvii. n. these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world. I kept John xvii. 12. them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to thee ; and these John xvii. 13. things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. N I_have given them thy word; and the John xvii. M. H2 SPIRIT AND LIFE. world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them John xvii. 15. out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am John xvii. 16. not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word John xvii. 17. is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even John xvii. 18. so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that John xvii. 19. they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for John xvii. 20. them also which shall believe on me through their word ; That they all may be one ; as thou, John xvii. 21. Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I John xvii. 22. have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one : I in them, and thou in me, that they may John xvii. 23. be made perfect in one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou John xvii. 24. hast given me, be with me where I am ; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. CHRISTS PRAYERS. 113 O righteous Father, the world hath not John xvii. 25. known thee : but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, John xvii. 26. and will declare //; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. Math. xxvi. 36. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup Math. xxvi. 39. pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. O my Father, if this cup may not pass Math, xxvi 42. away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Mark xiv. 36. thee ; take away this cup from me : never- theless, not what I will, but what thou wilt. Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup Luke xxii. 42. from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Math. vi. 9. Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in Math. vi. 10. earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Math. vi. n. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive Math. vi. 12. our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but de- Math. vi. 13. liver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory ; for ever. Amen. 8 ii 4 SPIRIT AND LIFE. When ye pray, say, Our Father which art Luke xi. 2. in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. Luke xi. 3 . And forgive us our sins ; for we also for- Luke xi. 4 . give every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil. THE LAST SUPPER. II5 VI. THE LAST SUPPER. GO and prepare us the passover, that we Luke xxii. 8. may eat. Go ye into the city, and there shall meet Mark xiv. 13. you a man bearing a pitcher of water : follow him. And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to Mark xiv. 14. the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? Behold, when ye are entered into the city, Luke xxii. 10. there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the Lukexxii. . house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the pass- over with my disciples. Go into the city to such a man, and say Math. xxvi. is. unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand ; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. And he will shew you a large upper room Mark xiv. 1S . furnished and prepared : there make ready for us. And he shall shew you a large upper room Lukexxii. 12. furnished : there make ready. With desire I have desired to eat this Lukexxii. 15. passover with you before I suffer : n6 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For I say unto you, I will not any more Luke xxii. 16. eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the king- dom of God. Take, eat j this is my body. Math. xxvi. 26. Take, eat ; this is my body. Mark xiv. 22. This is my body which is given for you : Luke xxii. 19. this do in remembrance of me. Take, eat ; this is my body, which is i Cor. xi. 24 . broken for you : this do in remembrance of me. This cup is' the new testament in my Luke xxii. 20. blood, which is shed for you. Take this, and divide if among yourselves. Luke xxii. 17. This cup is the new testament in my i Cor. xi. 25. blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink if, in remembrance of me. Drink ye all of it. Math. xxvi. 27. For this is my blood of the new testa- Math. xxvi. as. ment, which is shed for many for the re- mission of sins. This is my blood of the new testament, Mark xiv. 24 . which is shed for many. But I say unto you, I will not drink hence- Math. xxvi. 29. forth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more Mark xiv. 25. of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. For I say unto you, I will not drink of the Luke xxii. 18. fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. THE BETRAYAL. 117 VII. THE BETRAYAL. THE Son of man shall be betrayed into Math. xvii. 22. the hands of men. Ye know that after two days is the feast Math. xxvi. 2. of the passover, and the Son of man is be- trayed to be crucified. Verily I say unto you, that one of you Math. xxvi. 2 \. shall betray me. I speak not of you all : I know whom I John xiii. is. have chosen : but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. Now I tell you before it come, that, when John xiii. 19. it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily I say unto you, One of you which Mark xiv. is. eateth with me shall betray me. Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of John xiii. 21. you shall betray me. But, behold, the hand of him that betray- Lukexxii. 21. eth me is with me on the table. He that dippeth his hand with me in the Math. xxvi. 23. dish, the same shall betray me. // is one of the twelve, that dippeth with Mark xiv. 20 . me in the dish. He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when John xiii. 26. I have dipped it. Thou hast said. Math. xxvL 25 That thou doest, do quickly. John xiii. 27. n8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. The Son of man goeth as it is written of Math. xxvi. 24 . him : but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is Markxiv. 21 written of him ; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was Luke xxii. 22 . determined : but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed ! Rise, let us be going : behold, he is at Math. xxvi. 4 6. hand that doth betray me. Rise up, let us go ; lo, he that betrayeth Mark xiv. 42 . me is at hand. Friend, wherefore art thou come ? Math. xxvi. so . Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with Luke xxii. 4 s. a kiss ? Whom seek ye ? John xvni. 4. I am he. John xviii. 5. Whom seek ye ? John xviii. 7. I have told you that I am he ; if therefore John xviii. 8. ye seek me, let these go their way. Are ye come out as against a thief with Math. xxvi. 55, swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. Are ye come out, as against a thief, with Markxiv 4 s. swords and with staves to take me? I was daily with you in the temple teach- Mark xiv. 4g . ing, and ye took me not : but the Scriptures must be fulfilled. THE BETRAYAL. 119 Be ye come out, as against a thief, with Luke xxii. 52 . swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the temple, Luke xxii. 53 . ye stretched forth no hands against me : but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the John xviii. 23. evil : but if well, why smitest thou me ? 120 SPIRIT AND LIFE. VIII. THE CRUCIFIXION. NOW is the judgment of this world: johnxii. 3 i. now shall the prince of this world be cast out. Let these sayings sink down into your Lukeix. 44 . ears : for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. For I say unto you, that this that is writ- Luke xxii. 37. ten must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors : for the things concerning me have an end. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the John iii. 14. wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, John xii. 32. will draw all men unto me. When ye have lifted up the Son of man, John viii. 28. then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself ; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. WORDS ON THE CROSS. 121 IX. WORDS ON THE CROSS. ATHER, forgive them; for they know Luke xxiii. 34 . A not what they do. Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou Luke xxiii. 43- be with me in paradise. Woman, behold thy son ! John xix. 26. Behold thy mother ! John xix. 27. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? Math. xxvii. 4 6. Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani ? Mark xv. 34 . I thirst. John xix. 28. It is finished. John xix. 30. Father, into thy hands I commend my Luke xxiii. 4 6. spirit. 122 SPIRIT AND LIFE. X. DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION. T^HE hour is come, that the Son of man John xii. 23. should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a John xii. 24. corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone : but if it die. it bringeth forth much fruit. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all Lukexviii. 3 i things that are written by the prophets con- cerning the Son of man shall be accom- plished. The Son of man must suffer many things, Luke ix. 22. and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. For he shall be delivered unto the Gen- Luke xviii. 32. tiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on : And they shall scourge him, and put him to Luke xviii. 33. death ; and the third day he shall rise again. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Math. xx. 18. Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to Math. xx. 19. mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him : and the third day he shall rise again. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Mark x. 33- Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief DEATH AND RESURRECTION, 123 priests, and unto the scribes ; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles : And they shall mock him, and shall Mark x. 34. scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him; and the third day he shall rise again. The Son of man is delivered into the hands Mark ix. 3 i. of men, and they shall kill him ; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. The Son of man shall be betrayed into the Math. xvii. 22. hands of men : And they shall kill him, and the third day Math. xvii. 23. he shall be raised again. But after I am risen again, I will go be- Math. xxvi. 32. fore you into Galilee. But after that I am risen, I will go before Mark xiv. 28. you into Galilee. Tell the vision to no man, until the Son Math. xvii. 9 . of man be risen again from the dead. For as Jonas was three days and three Math. xii. 40 . nights in the whale's belly ; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Destroy this temple, and in three days I John ii. 19. will raise it up. A little while, and ye shall not see me : John xvi. 16. and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I John xvi. 19. said, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, a little while, and ye shall see me ? Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye John xvi. 20 . 124 SPIRIT AND LIFE. shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice ; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sor- John xvi. 21. row, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remem- bereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow : but I John xvi. 22. will see you again, and your heart shall re- joice, and your joy no man taketh from you. These things have I spoken unto you in John xvi. 25. proverbs : but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name : and John xvi. 26. I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you. Yet a little while am I with you, and then John vii. 33 . I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : John vii. 34 . and where I am, thither ye cannot come. I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and johnviii. 21. shall die in your sins : whither I go, ye can- not come. Little children, yet a little while I am with John xiii. 33 . you. Ye shall seek me ; and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; so now I say to you. Let her alone : against the day of my John xii. 7 . burying hath she kept this. For in that she hath poured this ointment Math. xxvi. 12. on my body, she did it for my burial. DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 125 She hath done what she could : she is Mark xiv. s. come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. But the days will come, when the bride- Luke v. 35. groom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. But now I go my way to him that sent johnxvi. s . me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But because I have said these things unto John xvi. 6. you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is John xvi. 7 . expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me John xiv. 19. no more ; but ye see me : because I live, ye shall live also. And now I have told you before it come John xiv. 29. to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. But I have a baptism to be baptized with ; Luke xii. 50. and how am I straitened till it be accom- plished ! Therefore doth my Father love me, be- John x. 17. cause I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it John x. 18 down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. 126 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now John xvi. 32. come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. All ye shall be offended because of me Math. xxvi. 3 i. this night : for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. All ye shall be offended because of me Mark xiv. 27 . this night : for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. Whither I go, thou canst not follow me johnxiii. 3 6. now ; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. What and if ye shall see the Son of man John vi. 62. ascend up where he was before? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, John iii. 13. but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended John xx. 17. to my Father : but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to my God, and your God. UTTERANCES AFTER RESURRECTION. 127 XI. UTTERANCES AFTER THE RESUR- RECTION. WOMAN, why weepest thou? whom John xx. 15. seekest thou? Mary. John xx. 16. Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended John xx. 17. to my Father : but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. All hail. Math, xxviii. 9. Be not afraid : go tell my brethren that Math.xxviii.io. they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. What manner of communications are these Lukexxiv. i 7 . that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? What things ? Luke xxiv. 19. O fools, and slow of heart to believe all Luke xxiv. 25 . that the prophets have spoken : Ought not Christ to have suffered these Lukexxiv. 26. things, and to enter into his glory? Peace be unto you. Luke xxiv. 36. Peace be unto you. John xx. 19. Peace be unto you: as my Father hath John xx. 21. sent me, even so send I you. Why are ye troubled ? and why do Luke xxiv. 3 s. thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is Luke xxiv. 39. I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit 128 SPIRIT AND LIFE. hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Have ye here any meat? Lukexxiv. 41. These are the words which I spake unto Lukexxiv. 44. you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Lukexxiv. 4 6. Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : And that repentance and remission of sins Lukexxiv. 47. should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. Luke xxiv. 48. And, behold, I send the promise of my Luke xxiv. 49. Father upon you : but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Receive ye the Holy Ghost : John xx . 22 . Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remit- John xx. 23 . ted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. Go ye into all the world, and preach the Markxvi. 15. gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be Mark xvi. 16. saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that be- Mark xvi. 17. lieve ; In my name shall they cast out devils ; they shall speak with new tongues ; They shall take up serpents ; and if they Mark xvi. 18. drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt UTTERANCES AFTER RESURRECTION. 129 them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Peace be unto you. John xx. 26. Reach hither thy finger, and behold my John xx. 27. hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side ; and be not faith- less, but believing. Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou John xx. 29. hast believed : blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Children, have ye any meat ? John xxi. 5. Cast the net on the right side of the ship, John xxi. 6. and ye shall find. Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. John xxi. 10. Come and dine. John xxi. 12. Follow me. John xxi. 19. If I will that he tarry till I come, what is John xxi. 22. that to thee ? follow thou me. Wait for the promise of the Father, which Acts i. 4 - ye have heard of me. All power is given unto me in heaven and Math.xxviii.i8. in earth. For John truly baptized with water ; but Acts i. 5 . ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. It is not for you to know the times or the Acts i. 7. seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Acts i. 8. Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 I 3 o SPIRIT AND LIFE. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : Teaching them to observe all things what- Math.xxviii. soever I have commanded you : and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. THE PROPHECIES. i. SECOND COMING, AND EVENTS PRECEDING. HEREAFTER shall ye see the Son of Math. xxvi. 6 4 . man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. I am : and ye shall see the Son of man Mark xiv. 62. sitting on the right hand of power, and com- ing in the clouds of heaven. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the Luke xxii. 6 9 . right hand of the power of God. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter John i. 5 i. ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be Math. xxv. i. likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bride- groom. And five of them were wise, and five were Math. xxv. 2 . foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, Math. xxv. 3. and took no oil with them : But the wise took oil in their vessels with Math. xxv. 4. their lamps. 1 32 SPIRIT AND LIFE. While the bridegroom tarried, they all Math. xxv. 5. slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Math. xxv. 6. Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed Math. xxv. 7 . their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give Math. xxv. 8. us of your oil ; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; Math. xxv. 9 . lest there be not enough for us and you : but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bride- Math. xxv. 10. groom came ; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, Math. xxv. n. saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say Math. xxv. 12. unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore ; for ye know neither the Math. xxv. 13. day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of Math. xxiv. 6. wars : see that ye be not troubled : for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and Math, xxiv 7 . kingdom against kingdom : and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Math. xxiv. 8. SECOND COMING. 133 Then shall they deliver you up to be af- Math. xxiv. 9 . flicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and Math. xxiv. 10. shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and Math. xxiv. u. shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the Math. xxiv. 12. love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the Math. xxiv. 13. same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be Math. xxiv. 14. preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come. When ye therefore shall see the abomina- Math. xxiv. 15. tion of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand,) Then let them which be in Judea flee into Math. xxiv. 16. the mountains : Let him which is on the housetop not Math. xxiv. i 7 . come down to take any thing out of his house : Neither let him which is in the field re- Math. xxiv. 18. turn back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, Math. xxiv. i 9 . and to them that give suck in those days ! But pray ye that your flight be not in the Math. xxiv. 20 . winter, neither on the sabbath day : For then shall be great tribulation, such Math. xxiv. 21. as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 134 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And except those days should be short- Math. xxiv. 22. ened, there should no flesh be saved : but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, Math. xxiv. 23 . here is Christ, or there ; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and Math. xxiv. 24 . false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if // were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Math. xxiv. 25. Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Be- Math. xxiv. 26. hold, he is in the desert ; go not forth : be- hold, he is in the secret chambers; believe /'/ not. For as the lightning cometh out of the Math. xxiv. 27. east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcass is, there will Math. xxiv. 2 s. the eagles be gathereth together. Immediately after the tribulation of those Math. xxiv. 29. days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken : And then shall appear the sign of the Son Math. xxiv. 3 o. of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great Math. xxiv. 31. sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather SECOND COMING. 135 together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Now learn a parable of the fig tree ; When Math. xxiv. 32. his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh : So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these Math. xxiv. 33 . things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall Math. xxiv. 34. not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my Math. xxiv. 35- words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no Math. xxiv. 36. man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also Math. xxiv. 37. the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the Math. xxiv. 3 s. flood they were eating and drinking, marry- ing and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and Math. xxiv. 39. took them all away ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one Math. xxiv. 4 o. shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill ; Math. xxiv. 4 i. the one shall be taken, and the other left.. Watch therefore; for ye know not what Math. xxiv. 42. hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the Math. xxiv. 43 . house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and 136 SPIRIT AND LIFE. would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready : for in such Math. xxiv. 44 . an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, Math xxiv. 45. whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord Math. xxiv. 4 6. when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make Math. xxiv. 47 . him ruler over all his goods. But the days will come, when the bride- Mark n. 20 . groom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. And when ye shall hear of wars and ru- Mark xiii. 7 . mours of wars, be ye not troubled : for such things must needs be ; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and Mark xiii. 8. kingdom against kingdom : and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles : these are the beginnings of sorrows. But take heed to yourselves : for they Mark xiii. 9. shall deliver you up to councils ; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first be published Mark xiii. 10. among all nations. But when they shall lead you, and deliver Mark xiii. n. you up, take no thought beforehand what ye SECOND COMING. 137 shall speak, neither do ye premeditate ; but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye : for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. Now the brother shall betray the brother Mark xiii. 12. to death, and the father the son ; and chil- dren shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my Mark xiii. 13. name's sake : but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. But when ye shall see the abomination of Mark xiii. 14. desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains : And let him that is on the housetop not go Mark xiii. 15. down into the house, neither enter therein, to take anything out of his house : And let him that is in the field not turn Mark xiii 16. back again for to take up his garment. But woe to them that are with child, and Mark xiii. 17. to them that give suck in those days ! And pray ye that your flight be not in the Mark xiii. 18. winter. For in those days shall be affliction, such Mark xiii. 19. as was not from the beginning of the crea- tion which God created unto this time, neither shall be. And except that the Lord had shortened Mark xiii. 20. those days, no flesh should be saved : but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 1 3 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, Markxiii. 21. here is Christ ; or, lo, he is there ; believe him not : For false Christs and false prophets shall Mark xiii 22 rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed : behold, I have fore- Mark xiii 23 told you all things. But in those days, after that tribulation, Mark xiii. 24. the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the Mark xhi. 25. powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man Mark xm 26 coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and Mark xm. 27 . shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. Now learn a parable of the fig tree : When Mark xiii. 28. her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near : So ye in like manner, when ye shall see Mark xiii. 29 . these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, that this generation Mark xiii. 3 o. shall not pass, till all these things be done. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but Markxiii. 3 i. my words shall not pass away. But of that day and that hour knoweth Mark xiii. 32. no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. SECOND COMING. 139 Take ye heed, watch and pray : for ye Mark xiii. 33 . know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a Mark xiii. 34. far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore : for ye know not Mark xiii. 35. when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrow- ing, or in the morning : Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. Mark xiii. 3 6. For as the lightning, that lighteneth out Luke xvh. 24. of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven ; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall Luke xvii. 26. it be also in the days of the Son of man. But first must he suffer many things, and Luke xvii. 25. be rejected of this generation. They did eat, they drank, they married Luke xvii. 27. wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ; Luke xvii. 28. they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded ; But the same day that Lot went out of Luke xvii. 29. Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Luke xvii. 30. Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the Luke xvii. 3 i. 140 SPIRIT AND LIFE. housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away : and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Lukexvii. 32 . I tell you, in that night there shall be two Luke xvii. 34. men in one bed ; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together ; the Luke xvii. 35. one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field ; the one Luke xvii. 36. shall be taken, and the other left. Wheresoever the body is, thither will the Luke xvii. 37. eagles be gathered together. As for these things which ye behold, the Lukexxi 6. days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Take heed that ye be not deceived : for Luke xxi 8. many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and com- Luke xxi. 9. motions, be not terrified : for these things must first come to pass ; but the end is not by and by. Nation shall rise against nation, and king- Luke xxi. 10. dom against kingdom : And great earthquakes shall be in divers Lukexxi. . places, and famines, and pestilences ; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. But before all these, they shall lay their Luke xxi. 12. SECOND COMING. 141 hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And it shall turn to you for a testi- Luke xxi. 13. mony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to Luke xxi. 14. meditate before what ye shall answer : For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, Luke xxi. 15. which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, Luke xxi. 16. and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends ; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my Luke xxi. 17. name's sake. But there shall not a hair of your head Luke xxi. 18. perish. In your patience, possess ye your souls. Luke xxi. 19. And when ye shall see Jerusalem com- Luke xxi. 20. passed with armies, then know that the deso- lation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to Luke xxi. 21. the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out ; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that Luke xxi. 22 . all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, Luke xxi. 23. and to them that give suck, in those days ! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. I 4 2 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And they shall fall by the edge of the Luke xxi. 24 . sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in Luke xxi. 25. the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring ; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for Luke xxi. 26. looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man Luke xxi. 27. coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to Luke xxi. 2 s. pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth nigh. Behold the fig tree, and all the trees ; Luke xxi. 29 . When they now shoot forth, ye see and Luke xxi. 3 o. know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things Luke xxi. 3 i. come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation Luke xxi. 32. shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but Luke xxi. 33 . my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any Luke xxi. 34 . time your hearts be overcharged with surfeit- ing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. SECOND COMING. 143 For as a snare shall it come on all them Luke xxi. 35. that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that Luke xxi. 36. ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Let your loins be girded about, and your Luke xii. 35- lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait Luke xii. 36. for their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that, when he cometh and knock - eth, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord Luke xii. 37 when he cometh shall find watching : verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, Luke xii. 38. or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the Luke xii. 39 . house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also : for the Son Luke xii. 4 o. of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Who then is that faithful and wise steward, Luke xii. 42 . whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord Luke xii. 43. when he cometh shall find so doing. i 4 4 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will Luke xii. 44 . make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, Luke xii. 45. My lord delayeth his coming ; and shall be- gin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken ; The lord of that servant will come in a Luke xii. 4 6. day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord's Luke xii. 47 . will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit Luke xii. 4 s. things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required : and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of Mark viii. 38. me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me Luke ix. 26. and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, Luke xviii. 8. shall he find faith on the earth ? JERUSALEM. 145 II. JERUSALEM. O JERUSALEM, Jerusalem, thou that Math, xxiii. 37 . killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you Math. xxhi. 38. desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me Math, xxiii. 39. henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. If thou hadst known, even thou, at least Luke xix. 42. in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that Luke xix. 43. thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side. And shall lay thee even with the ground, Luke xix. 44. and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the Luke xih. 34. prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather 10 146 SPIRIT AND LIFE. her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you deso- Luke xiii. 35. late : and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. See ye not all these things? verily I say Math. xxiv. 2. unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Seest thou these great buildings? there Mark xiii. 2 . shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Luke xxiii. 28. me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the Luke xxiii. 29. which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the moun- Luke xxiii. 30. tains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green Luke xxiii. 3 i. tree, what shall be done in the dry? Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, John iv. 21. when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. And when ye shall see Jerusalem com- Luke xxi. 20. passed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to Luke xxi. 21. the mountains ; and let them which are in JERUSALEM. 147 the midst of it depart out ; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that Luke xxi. 22 . all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, Luke xxi. 23. and to them that give suck, in those days ! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the Luke xxi. 24 . sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. But I say unto you, Swear not at all ; Math, v. 34. neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : Nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : Math. v. 25 . neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. i 4 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. III. THE JEWS. I AM not sent but unto the lost sheep of Math. xv. 24. the house of Israel. But go rather to the lost sheep of the Math. x. 6. house of Israel. It is not meet to take the children's bread, Math. xv. 26. and to cast it to dogs. Let the children first be filled : for it is Mark vH. 27. not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast if unto the dogs. Ye worship ye know not what : we know John iv 22. what we worship ; for salvation is of the Jews. And I say unto you, That many shall come Math. viii. . from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven : But the children of the kingdom shall be Math. viii. 12. cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And they shall fall by the edge of the Luke xxi. 24 . sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet John vii. 19. none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? THE JEWS. 149 I have done one work, and ye all marvel. John vii. 21. I know that ye are Abraham's seed ; but John viii. 37. ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. Many good works have I shewed you from John x. 32. my Father ; for which of those works do ye stone me ? I speak that which I have seen with my John viii. 38. Father : and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. If ye were Abraham's children, ye would John viii. 39. do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that John viii. 4 o. hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. John viii. 4 i. If God were your Father, ye would love John viii. 42. me : for I proceeded forth and came from God : neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech ? John viii. 43. even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the John viii. 44 . lusts of your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye be- John viii. 45. lieve me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And John viii. 46. if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me ? 150 SPIRIT AND LIFE. He that is of God heareth God's words : John viii. 47 . ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. I have not a devil ; but I honour my John viii. 49- Father, and ye do dishonour me. If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : John ix. 41. but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth. But ye believe not, because ye are not of John x . 26. my sheep, as I said unto you. Verily I say unto you, That the publicans Math, xxi 31. and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of Ma h. xxi. 32. righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him : and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. If I tell you, ye will not believe : Luke xxii. 6 7 . And if I also ask you, ye will not answer Luke xxii. 68. me, nor let me go. But whereunto shall I liken this genera- Math. xi. 16. tion? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, And saying, We have piped unto you, and Math. xi. 17. ye have not danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. For John came neither eating nor drink- Math. xi. 18. ing, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, Math. xi. 19. and they say, Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. THE JEWS. 151 Whereunto then shall I liken the men of Luke vii. 3 i. this generation ? and to what are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in the Luke vii. 32. marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. For John the Baptist came neither eating Luke vii. 33. bread nor drinking wine ; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drink- Luke vii. 34. ing; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! But wisdom is justified of all her children. Luke vii. 35- My kingdom is not of this world : if my John xviii. 36. kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now is my kingdom not from hence. I spake openly to the world ; I ever taught John xviii. 20 . in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a Math. xxii. 2. certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them Math. xxii. 3. that were bidden to the wedding : and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Math. xxii. 4. Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner : my oxen and my fat- i52 SPIRIT AND LIFE. lings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage. But they made light of //, and went their Math. xxii. 5. ways, one to his farm, another to his mer- chandise : And the remnant took his servants, and Math. xxii. e. entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was Math. xxii. 7 . wroth : and he sent forth his armies, and de- stroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. i$ 3 IV. THE SCRIBES, PHARISEES, AND SADDUCEES. THE scribes and the Pharisees sit in Math.xxm. 2 . Moses' seat : All therefore whatsoever they bid you ob- Math, xxiii. 3 . serve, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not. Beware of the scribes, which love to go Markxii. 3 8. in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and Mark xii. 39 . the uppermost rooms at feasts. Beware of the scribes, which desire *to Luke xx. 46. walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the syna- gogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; Which devour widows' houses, and for a Luke xx. 47. shew make long prayers : the same shall receive greater damnation. Which devour widows' houses, and for a Mark xii. 40 . pretence make long prayers : these shall receive greater damnation. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, Luke xii. i. which is hypocrisy. For they bind heavy burdens and griev- Math, xxiii. 4. ous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders ; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. I 54 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But all their works they do for to be Math, xxiii. s . seen of men : they make broad their phy- lacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, Math, xxiii. 6. and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be Math, xxiii. 7 . called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. Let them alone : they be blind leaders of Math. xv . 14. the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Mark viii. i 5 . Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Math. xvi. 6. Pharisees and of the Sadducees. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 13. hypocrites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither surfer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 14. hypocrites ! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer : there- fore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 15. hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you also, ye lawyers ! for ye Luke xi. 4 6. lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. 155 Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken Luke xi 52. away the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 25. hypocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Now do ye Pharisees make clean the out- Luke xi 39. side of the cup and the platter ; but your inward part is full of ravening and wicked- ness. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that Math, xxiii. 26. which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Ye fools, did not he, that made that which Luke xi. 4 o. is without, make that which is within also ? But rather give alms of such things as ye Luke xi. 4 i. have ; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe Luke xi. 42. mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye love the Luke xi. 43 . uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greet- ings in the markets. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 27 hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. I 5 6 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Luke xi. 44. ocrites ! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. Even so ye also outwardly appear right- Math, xxi-'i. 28. eons unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. But I know you, that ye have not the love John v. 42 . of God in you. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of Math. xv. 7 . you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with Math. xv. s. their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips ; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching Math. xv. 9. for doctrines the commandments of men. Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypo- Mark vii. 6. crites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 29. ocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of Math, xxiii. 30. our fathers, we would not have been par- takers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, Math, xxiii. 31. that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Woe unto you ! for ye build the sepulchres Luke xi. 47. of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. 157 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the Luke xi. 4 s. deeds of your fathers : for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Fill ye up then the measure of your Math, xxiii. 32. fathers. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being Math. xii. 34 . evil, speak good things ? for out of the abun- dance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how Math, xxiii. 33. can ye escape the damnation of hell ? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you Math, xxiii. 34. prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your syna- gogues, and persecute them from city to city. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I Luke xi. 49. will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute : That upon you may come all the righteous Math, xxiii. 35. blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zach- arias son of Barachias, whom ye slew be- tween the temple and the altar : That the blood of all the prophets, which Luke xi. so . was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation ; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Lukexi. 51. Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple : verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall Math, xxiii. 36 come upon this generation. I 5 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. V. CALLING OF THE GENTILES. THEREFORE say I unto you, The king- Math, xxi 43 dom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And I say unto you, That many shall Math. viii. n. come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. And they shall come from the east, and Luke xiii. 29. from the west, and from the north, aiid/r0m the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be Math. xxiv. 14. preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall the end come. And the gospel must first be published Mark xiii. 10. among all nations. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, Math.xxviii 19. baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Go ye into all the world, and preach the Markxvi. 15. gospel to every creature. Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Luke xxiv. 46. Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; And that repentance and remission of sins Luke xxiv. 47. should be preached in his name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem. CALLING OF THE GENTILES. 159 The wedding is ready, but they which Math. xxii. 8. were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as Math. xxii. 9 . many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the high- Math. xxii. 10. ways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good : and the wedding was furnished with guests. And other sheep I have, which are not of John x. 16. this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 1 60 SPIRIT AND LIFE. VI. SPECIAL UTTERANCES TO INDIVIDUALS. NATHANAEL. T} EHOLD an Israelite indeed, in whom John i. 47 . JD is no guile ! Before that Philip called thee, when thou John i. 4 s. wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Because I said unto thee, I saw thee un- John i. 50. der the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. Give me to drink. John iv. 7 . Go, call thy husband, and come hither. John iv. 16. Thou hast well said, I have no husband : John iv. J7 . P'or thou hast had five husbands ; and he John iv. 18. whom thou now hast is not thy husband : in that saidst thou truly. ZACCHEUS, THE PUBLICAN. Zaccheus, make haste, and come down ; Luke \ix. s . for to-day I must abide at thy house. This day is salvation come to this house, Luke xix. 9. forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. THE BLIND MEN OF JERICHO. What will ye that I shall do unto you ? Math. xx. 32. SPECIAL UTTERANCES. 161 THE QUESTIONING SCRIBES. What question ye with them ? Mark k. 16. THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE. What wilt thou ? Math. xx . 21. What would ye that I should do for you ? Mark x. 3 6. Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to Math. xx . 22 . drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be Math. xx . 23. baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but // shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. Ye know not what ye ask : can ye drink Mark x . 38. of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I Mark x . 39 . drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized : But to sit on my right hand and on my left Mark x. 40. hand is not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. JESUS' BRETHREN. My time is not yet come : but your time John vii. 6. is always ready. The world cannot hate you ; but me it John vii. 7. hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 162 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Go ye up unto this feast : I go not up yet John vii. 8. unto this feast ; for my time is not yet full come. THE QUESTIONING SCRIBE. Thou art not far from the kingdom of Mark xii. 34. God. MARTHA. Martha, Martha, thou art careful and Luke x. 4 r. troubled about many things But one thing is needful ; and Mary hath Luke x. 42. chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS. I also will ask you one thing, which if ye Math. xxi. 24 . tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it ? from Math. xxi. 25. heaven, or of men ? I will also ask of you one question, and Mark xi. 29. answer me, and I will tell you by what au- thority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, Mark xi. 30 . or of men ? answer me. I will also ask you one thing ; and answer Luke xx. 3. me. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, Luke xx. \. or of men ? Neither tell I you by what authority I do Math. xxi. 27 . these things. SPECIAL UTTERANCES. 163 Neither do I tell you by what authority I Mark xi. 33. do these things. Neither tell I you by what authority I do Luke xx. 8. these things. THE DISCIPLES OF THE PHARISEES WITH THE HERODIANS. Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? Math. xxii. 18. Why tempt ye me ? Luke xx. 23 . THE HIGH PRIEST. Why askest thou me? ask them which John xviii. 21. heard me, what I have said unto them : be- hold, they know what I said. PILATE. Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did John xviii. 34. others tell it thee of me? DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE. THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, i. THE SOUL SPIRIT. YE know not what manner of spirit ye Luke ix. 55. are of. , That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; John Hi. 6. and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. A spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye Luke xxiv. 39. see me have. In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke xxi. ig. And fear not them which kill the body, Math. x. 28. but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall Mark via. 36. gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for Mark viii. 37 . his soul? For what is a man profited, if he shall gain Math. xvi. 26. the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; Math. xi. 29. for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 1 68 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all Math. xxii. 37- thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much Luke xii. 19. goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this Luke xii. 20. night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided. My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto Math. xxvi. 3 s. death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death : Mark xiv. 34. tarry ye here, and watch. Now is my soul troubled. John xii. 27 . Father, into thy hands I commend my Luke xxiii. 46. spirit. SPIRITUAL FOOD. 169 II. SPIRITUAL FOOD. LABOUR not for the meat which per- John vi. 27. isheth, but for that meat which endur- eth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you : for him hath God the Father sealed. It is written, Man shall not live by bread Math. iv. 4- alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. It is written, That man shall not live by Luke iv. 4 - bread alone, but by every word of God. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave John vi. 32. you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh John vi. 33- down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. I am that bread of life. John vi. 48. I am the bread of life : he that cometh to John vi. 35- me shall never hunger ; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilder- John vi. 49 . ness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down John vi. 50. from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down John vi. 51. from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever : and the bread that I 1 70 SPIRIT AND LIFE. will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye John vi. 53. eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Take, eat ; this is my body. Math. xxvi. 26. Take, eat ; this is my body. Mark xiv. 22. This is my body which is given for you : Luke xxii. 19. this do in remembrance of me. Take, eat ; this is my body, which is i Cor. xi. 24 . broken for you : this do in remembrance of me. Drink ye all of it ; Math. xxvi. 27 . For this is my blood of the new testament, Math. xxvi. 28. which is shed for many for the remission of sins. This is my blood of the new testament, Mark xiv. 24. which is shed for many. This cup is the new testament in my blood, Luke xxii. 20. which is shed for you. This cup is the new testament in my i Cor. xi. 25. blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my John vi. S4 . blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood John vi. 55. is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my John vi. 56. blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I John vi. 57. live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. SPIRITUAL FOOD. 171 This is that bread which came down from John vi. 58. heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. If thou knewest the gift of God, and who John iv. 10. it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. Whosoever drinketh of this water shall John iv. 13. thirst again : But whosoever drinketh of the water that John iv. 14. I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life. 1 7 2 SPIRIT AND LIFE. III. SPIRITUAL LIFE. TTj\\THER, the hour is come ; glorify thy John xvii. i. -L Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee : As thou hast given him power over all John xvii. 2. flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might John xvii. 3 . know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I am the way, the truth, and the life : no John xiv. 6. man cometh unto the Father, but by me. I am the resurrection, and the life: he John xi. 25. that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : And whosoever liveth and believeth in me John xi. 26. shall never die. Believest thou this ? Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that John v. 24- heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that be- John vi. 47- lieveth on me hath everlasting life. I am the bread of life : he that cometh to John vi. 35- me shall never hunger ; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. I am that bread of life. John vi. 48. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilder- John vi. 49- ness, and are dead. SPIRITUAL LIFE. 173 This is the bread which cometh down John vi. 50. from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down John vi. 51. from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye John vi. 53 . eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my John vi. 54 . blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. As the living Father hath sent me, and I John vi. 57 . live by the Father ; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. But whosoever drinketh of the water that John iv. 14. I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture John vii. 3 s. hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man John viii. 51. keep my saying, he shall never see death. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is John v. 25. coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, John v. 21. and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. I 7 4 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For as the Father hath life in himself; so johnv. 26. hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. For he is not a God of the dead, but of Luke xx . 3 s. the living : for all live unto him. And this is the will of him that sent me, John vi. 40. that every one which seeth the Son, and be- lieveth on him, may have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the John iii. 14. wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : That whosoever believeth in him should John iii. 15. not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave John iii. 16. his only begotten Son, that whosoever be- lieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. The life is more than meat, and the body Luke xii. 23. is more than raiment. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought Math. vi. 25. for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh John vi. 6 3 . profiteth nothing : the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and John iv. 36. gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may re- joice together. And whosoever will lose his life for my Math. xvi. 25. sake shall find it. SPIRITUAL LIFE. 175 But whosoever shall lose his life for my Mark viii. 3S . sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. But whosoever will lose his life for my Luke ix. 24. sake, the same shall save it. And whosoever shall lose his life shall pre- Luke xvii. 33 . serve it. And he that hateth his life in this world John xii. 25. shall keep it unto life eternal. My sheep hear my voice, and I know John x. 27. them, and they follow me : And I give unto them eternal life ; and John x. 28. they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Why callest thou me good? there is none Math. xix. 17. good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not Math. xix. is commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother : and, Math. xix. 19 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self. In my Father's house are many mansions : John xiv. 2 . if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I John xiv. 3 . will come again, and receive you unto my- self; that where I am, there, ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye John xiv. 4. know. And ye will not come to me, that ye might John v. 40. have life. And these shall go away into everlasting pun- Math. xxv. 46. ishment : but the righteous into life eternal. i 7 6 SPIRIT AND LIFE, IV. SPIRITUAL DEATH. VERILY, verily, I say unto you, If a johnviii. 51. man keep my saying, he shall never see death. And fear not them which kill the body, Math. x. 28. but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. And I say unto you my friends, Be not Luke xii, 4 . afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall Luke xii. 5 . fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Suppose ye that these Galileans were sin- Luke xiii. 2 . ners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye Luke xiii. 3 . shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower Luke xiii. 4 . in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye Luke xiii. 5. shall all likewise perish. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die John viii. 24. in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. SPIRITUAL DEATH. i 77 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain Math xvi. 26. the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For what shall it profit a man, if he shall Mark viii 3 6. gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for Mark viii. 37 . his soul? For what is a man advantaged, if he gain Luke ix. 25. the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away ? ^ For whosoever will save his life shall Math. xvi. 25. lose it. For whosoever will save his life shall Mark viii. 35 . lose it. For whosoever will save his life shall Luke ix. 24. lose it. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall Luke xvii. 33 . lose it. He that loveth his life shall lose it. John xii. 25 Follow me ; and let the dead bury their Math. viii. 22 . dead. Then shall he say also unto them on the Math. xxv. 4 i. left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. And these shall go away into everlasting Math. xxv. 46. punishment : but the righteous into life eternal. 12 I 7 8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. V. RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. BUT as touching the resurrection of the Math. nil. 31. dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God Math. xxii. 32. of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And as touching the dead, that they rise ; Mark xii. 26. have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the Mark xii. 27 . God of the living : ye therefore do greatly err. Now that the dead are raised, even Moses Luke xx. 37. shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of Luke xx. 3 s. the living : for all live unto him. Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor Math. xxii. 29. the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, Math. xxii. 3 o. nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Do ye not therefore err, because ye know Mark xii. 24. not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. 179 For when they shall rise from the dead, Mark xii. 25. they neither marry, nor are given in mar- riage ; but are as the angels which are in heaven. The children of this world marry, and are Luke xx. 34 . given in marriage : But they which shall be accounted worthy Luke xx. 35 . to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage : Neither can they die any more : for they Luke xx. 36- are equal unto the angels ; and are the chil- dren of God, being the children of the resur- rection. Marvel not at this : for the hour is com- John v. 28. ing, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth ; they that have John v. ZQ. done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the res- urrection of damnation. And this is the Father's will which hath John vi. 39. sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, John vi. 40. that every one which seeth the Son, and be- lieveth on him, may have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. i8o SPIRIT AND LIFE. VI. THE JUDGMENT. WHEN the Son of man shall come in Math. xxv. 31, his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory : And before him shall be gathered all na- Math. xxv. 32 . tions : and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats : And he shall set the sheep on his right Math. xxv. 33 . hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his Math. xxv. 34 . right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world : For I was a hungered, and ye gave me Math. xxv. 35. meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in : Naked, and ye clothed me. I was sick, Math. xxv. 3 6. and ye visited me : I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, say- Math. xxv. 37. ing, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took Math. xxv. 3 s. thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, Math. xxv. 39. and came unto thee? THE JUDGMENT 181 And the King shall answer and say unto Math. xxv. 40 . them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done /'/ unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done // unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the Math. xxv. 4 i. left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : For I was a hungered, and ye gave me Math. xxv. 42 no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : Math. xxv. 43. naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Math. xxv. 44- Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee ? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, Math. xxv. 45- I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did // not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting Math. xxv. 46. punishment : but the righteous into life eternal. So the last shall be first, and the first last : Math. xx. 16. for many be called, but few chosen. But many that are first shall be last ; and Math. xix. 30 . the last shall be first. But many that are first shall be last; and Mark x. 31. the last first. For the Son of man shall come in the Math. xvi. 27. glory of his Father with his angels ; and 1 82 SPIRIT AND LIFE. then he shall reward every man according to his works. At that day ye shall know that I am in my John xiv. 20. Father, and ye in me, and I in you. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Math. vii. 22. Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? And then will I profess unto them, I never Math. vii. 23. knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity. As therefore the tares are gathered and Math. xiii. 40. burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his Math. xiii. 41. angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of Math. xiii. 42. fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the Math. xiii. 43 . sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. So shall it be at the end of the world : Math. xiii. 49 . the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of Math. xiii. 50 fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Verily I say unto you, That ye which have Math. xix. 28. followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his THE JUDGMENT. 183 glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. That ye may eat and drink at my table in Luke xxii. 3 o. my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath John v. 22. committed all judgment unto the Son : And hath given him authority to execute John v. 27. judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 1 84 SPIRIT AND LIFE. VII. PROMISES. WHOSOEVER therefore shall break Math.v. i 9 . one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whoso- ever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. He that receiveth a prophet in the name Math. x. 4 i. of a prophet shall receive a prophet's re- ward ; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto Math. x. 42. one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. And every one that hath forsaken houses, Math. xix. 29. or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Verily I say unto you, There is no man Mark x. 29. that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive a hundredfold now Mark x. 3 o. in this time, houses, and brethren, and sis- ters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions ; and in the world to come eternal life. PROMISES. 185 Verily I say unto you, There is no man Lukexviii. 29. that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in Lukexviii. 30. this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. I am the bread of life : he that cometh to John vi. 35- me shall never hunger; and he that be- lieveth on me shall never thirst. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my John vi. 54 . blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. As the living Father hath sent me, and I John vi. 57. live by the Father : so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from John vi. 5 s heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. I am the resurrection, and the life: he John xi. 25 that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : And whosoever liveth and believeth in me John xi. 2 6. shall never die. Believest thou this ? But whosoever drinketh of the water that John iv. 14. I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. And this is the will of him that sent me, John vi. 4 o. that every one which seeth the Son, and be- lieveth on him, may have everlasting life : . and I will raise him up at the last day. 1 86 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Verily I say unto you, That ye which have Math. xix. 28. followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. That ye may eat and sit at my table in Luke xxii. 30. my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man johnviii. 51. keep my saying, he shall never see death. In my Father's house are many mansions : John xiv. 2 if // were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I John xiv. 3 will come again, and receive you unto my- self; that where I am, there ye may be also. I will not leave you comfortless : I will John xiv. 18. come to you. For where two or three are gathered to- Math, xviii. 20. gether in my name, there am I in the midst of them. PUNISHMENT AND HELL. 187 VIII. PUNISHMENT AND HELL. ENTER ye in at the strait gate : for Math. vii. 13. wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Every tree that bringeth not forth good Math. vii. 10- fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. And fear not them which kill the body, Math. x. 28. but are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall Luke xii. 5. fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. As therefore the tares are gathered and Math. xiii. 40. burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, Math. xiii. 41. and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do ini- quity ; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire : Math. xiii. 42 . there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. So shall it be at the end of the world : the Math. xiii. 49. angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : Math. xiii. 50 there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 1 88 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into Math. xxv. 3 o. outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And shall cut him asunder, and appoint Math.xxiv. 51. him his portion with the hypocrites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall he say also unto them on the Math. xxv . 4 t. left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. And these shall go away into everlasting Math. xxv. 4 6. punishment : but the righteous into life eternal. And shall come forth ; they that have John v . 29. done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the res- urrection of damnation. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it Math. v. 3 o. off, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it Math. v. 29 . out, and cast it from thee : for it is profit- able for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend Math, xviii. s. thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlast- ing fire. PUNISHMENT AND HELL. 189 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it Math, xviii. 9. out, and cast it from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye. rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it Markix. 43. is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : Where their worm dieth not, and the fire Mark ix. 44 . is- not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off : it Mark ix. 4 s. is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : Where their worm dieth not, and the fire Mark ix. 46. is not quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : Mark ix. 47. it is better for thee to enter into the king- dom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is Mark ix. 4 s. not quenched. He that believeth and is baptized shall be Mark xvi. 16. saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die John viii. 24. in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise Lukexiii. 3. perish. Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise Lukexiii. 5. perish. IQO SPIRIT AND LIFE. For I say unto you, That except your Math. v. 20. righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. But I say unto you, That whosoever is Math. v. 22. angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment : and whoso- ever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. But he that shall blaspheme against the Mark Hi. 29.. Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 14. ocrites ! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer : therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 15. ocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yoursehes. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how Math, xxiii. 33 . can ye escape the damnation of hell? There shall be weeping and gnashing of Luke xiii. 28. teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the king- dom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted Math. xi. 23. unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. PUNISHMENT AND HELL. 191 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted Luke x. 15. to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. Then said the king to the servants, Bind Math. mi. 13. him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And his lord was wroth, and delivered him Math, xviii. 34. to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do Math, xviii. 35. also unto you, if ye from your hearts for- give not every one his brother their tres- passes. The lord of that servant will come in a day Luke xii. 46. when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in Luke xvi. 23. torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, Luke xvi. 24. have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that Luke xvi. 25. thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tor- mented. And beside all this, between us and you Luke xvi. 26. there is a great gulf fixed : so that they 1 92 SPIRIT AND LIFE. which would pass from hence to you can- not ; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, Luke xvi. 27 . that thou wouldest send him to my father's house : For I have five brethren ; that he may tes- Luke xvi. 28. tify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. RIGHTEOUSNESS, i. THE CALLS. IF any man serve me, let him follow me; johnxii. 26. and where I am, there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that Math. xix. 21. thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell Mark x. 21. whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come, take up the cross and follow me. Yet lackest thou one thing : sell all that Luke xviii. 22. thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me. Follow me, and I will make you fishers of Math. iv. 19. men. Come ye after me, and I will make you to Mark i. 17. become fishers of men. Follow me. Mark ii. 14. Follow me. Luke v. 27. What seek ye ? John i. 38. Come and see. John i. 39 THE CALLS. 195 Follow me. John i. 43. Follow me ; and let the dead bury their Math. viii. 22. dead. Follow me. Luke ix. 59. Let the dead bury their dead : but go Luke ix. 60. thou and preach the kingdom of God. Follow me. Math. ix. 9. Come. Math. xiv. 29. Follow me. John xxi. 19. If I will that he tarry till I come, what is John xxi. 22. that to thee ? Follow thou me. Unto you that hear shall more be given. Mark iv. 24. 196 SPIRIT AND LIFE. II. FAITH. HAVE faith in God. Mark . 22. Let not your heart be troubled : ye John xiv. i. believe in God, believe also in me. This is the work of God, that ye believe John vi. 29. on him whom he hath sent. He that believeth on him is not con- John iii. 18. demned : but he that believeth not is con- demned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. He that believeth and is baptized shall be Mark xvi. 16. saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture John vii. 3 s. hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that be- John xiv. 12. lieveth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father. And these signs shall follow them that be- Mark xvi. 17. lieve ; In my name shall they cast out devils ; they shall speak with new tongues ; They shall take up serpents ; and if they Mark xvi. 18. drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid. Math. xiv. 27. Be of good cheer : it is I ; be not afraid. Mark vi. 50. FAITH. 197 It is I ; be not afraid. John vi. 20. Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? Math. viii. 26. Why are ye so fearful ? how is it that ye Mark iv. 4 o. have no faith? Where is your faith? Luke viii. 25. Be not afraid, only believe. Mark v . 36. Fear not : believe only, and she shall be Luke viii. 50 . made whole. If thou canst believe, all things are possible Mark ix. 23 . to him that believeth. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in Math. xxi. 22 . prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Therefore I say unto you, What things so- Mark xi 24. ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Verily, I say unto you, If ye have faith, Math. xxi. 21. 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 re- moved, and be thou cast into the sea ; it shall be done. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever Mark xi 23. shall say unto this mountain, Be thou re- moved, and be thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall be- lieve that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith. For verily I say unto you, If ye have faith Math. xvii. 20. as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place ; and it shall remove : and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 198 SPIRIT AND LIFE. If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, Luke xvii. 6. ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should obey you. Believe ye that I am able to do this ? Math. ix. 2 s. Do ye now believe ? John xvi. 31. According to your faith be it unto you. Math. ix. 29. Verily I say unto you, I have not found so Math. viii. 10. great faith, no, not in Israel. I say unto you, I have not found so great Luke vh. 9 . faith, no. not in Israel. Go thy way ; and as thou hast believed, Math. viii. 13. so be it done unto thee. Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith Math. . 22 . hath made thee whole. O woman, great is thy faith : be it unto Math, xv 28. thee even as thou wilt. Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole ; Mark v. 34 . go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. For this saying go thy way ; the devil is Mark vii. 29 . gone out of thy daughter. Go thy way ; thy faith hath made thee Mark x. 52. whole. Thy faith hath saved thee ; go in peace. Luke vii. 50. Daughter, be of good comfort : thy faith Luke viii. 4 s. hath made thee whole ; go in peace. Arise, go thy way : thy faith hath made Luke xvii. i 9 . thee whole. Receive thy sight : thy faith hath saved Luke xviii. 42 . thee. And I am glad for your sakes that I was John xi. 15. not there, to the intent ye may believe ; nevertheless let us go unto him. FAITH. 199 Said I not unto thee, that, if thou would- John xi. 4 o. est believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Dost thou believe on the Son of God? John ix. 35. And I knew that thou hearest me always : John xi. 42 . but because of the people which stand by I said it t that they may believe that thou hast sent me. Reach hither thy finger, and behold my John xx. 27 . hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side ; and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou John xx. 29 hast believed : blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, Luke xvih. &. shall he find faith on the earth ? 200 SPIRIT AND LIFE. III. SALVATION THROUGH FAITH. VERILY, verily, I say unto you, He johnvi. 47 . that believeth on me hath ever- lasting life. I am the resurrection, and the life : he John xi. 25 . that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : And whosoever liveth and believeth in me John xi. 2 6. shall never die. Believest thou this? And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the John iii. 14. wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : That whosoever believeth in him should John iii. 15. not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave John iii. 16. his only begotten Son, that whosoever be- lieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. He that believeth on him is not con- John iii. 18. demned : but he that believeth not is con- demned already, because he hath not be- lieved in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that John v 24. heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from death unto life. SALTATION THROUGH FAITH. 201 And this is the will of him that sent me, John vi. 40. that every one which seeth the Son, and be- lieveth on him, may have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. He that believeth and is baptized shall be Mark xvi. 16. saved. 202 SPIRIT AND LIFE. IV. REPENTANCE. REPENT : for the kingdom of heaven is Math. iv. 17. at hand. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of Mark i. 15. God is at hand : repent ye, and believe the gospel. What man of you, having a hundred sheep, Luke xv. 4. if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found //, he layeth it on Luke xv. 5. his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth to- Luke xv. 6. gether his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be Luke xv. 7 in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Either what woman having ten pieces of Luke xv. 8 silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek dili- gently till she find it ? And when she hath found //, she calleth Luke xv. 9 her friends and her neighbours together, say- ing, Rejoice with me ; for I have found the piece which I had lost. REPENTANCE. 203 Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in Luke xv. 10. the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. But what think ye ? A certain man had Math. xxi. 2 s. two sons ; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not ; but Math. xxi. 29 . afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said Math. xxi. 3 o. likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir ; and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his Math. xxi. 3 i. father? Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the king- dom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of Math. xxi. 32. righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him : and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. A certain man had two sons : Luke xv. n. And the younger of them said to his Luke xv. 12. father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son Luke xv. 13. gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his sub- stance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a Luke xv. 14. mighty famine in that land ; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a Luke xv 15. 204 SPIRIT AND LIFE. citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly Luke xv. 16. with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, Luke xv. 17. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I per- ish with hunger ! I will arise- and go to my father, and will Lukexv. is. say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy Luke xv. 19. son : make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But Luke xv. 20. when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have Lukexv. 21. sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring Luke xv. 22 . forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill Luke xv. 23. *'/ ; and let us eat, and be merry : For this my son was dead, and is alive Luke xv. 24 again ; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field : and Luke xv. 25. as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. REPENTANCE. 205 And he called one of the servants, and Luke xv. 26. asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is Luke xv. 27. come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in : Luke xv. 28. therefore came his father out, and entreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, Luke xv. 29 . these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy command- ment ; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends : But as soon as this thy son was come, Luke xv. 3 o. which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever Lukexv. 3 i. with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, Luke xv. 32 . and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found. Suppose ye that these Galileans were sin- Luke xiii. 2 . ners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye Luke xiii. 3 . shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower Luke xiii. 4. in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye Luke xiii. 5 . shall all likewise perish. 206 SPIRIT AND LIFE. V. BAPTISM. VERILY, verily, I say unto thee, Except John iii. $ a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, Math.xxviii. 19. baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. He that believeth and is baptized shall be Mark xvi. 16. saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned. The baptism of John, whence was it ? from Math. xxi. 25. heaven, or of men ? The baptism of John, was it from heaven, Mark xi. 3 o. or of men ? answer me. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, Luke xx. 4 . or of men ? For John truly baptized with water ; but Acts i. 5. ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. REGENERATION. 207 VI. REGENERATION. VERILY, verily, I say unto thee, Ex- John Hi 3- cept a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a John iii. 5 . man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; John iii. 6. and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must John iii. 7 . be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and John iii. 8. thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest John iii. . not these things? Now ye are clean through the word which John xv. 3 . I have spoken unto you. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto Math. ix. 16. an old garment ; for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into old Math. ix.i 7 . bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. 208 SPIRIT AND LIFE. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth Mark u. 21- on an old garment ; else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth new wine into old Mark ii. 22 . bottles; else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bot- tles will be marred : but new wine must be put into new bottles. No man putteth a piece of a new garment Luke v. 36. upon an old ; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old Luke v. 37. bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bot- Luke v. 3 s. ties ; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine Luke v. 39 . straightway desireth new ; for he saith, The old is better. 209 WORKS. VII. WORKS. WHO is my mother, or my brethren ? Mark iu. 33 . Behold my mother, and my brethren ! Mark iii. 34 . For whosoever shall do the will of God, Mark iii. 3S . the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do Luke vi. 4 e. not the things which I say? Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Math. vii. 21 Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. If any man will do his will, he shall know John vii. 17. of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. Let your light so shine before men, that Math. v. 16. they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear John xv. s. much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. If I do not the works of my Father, be- John x. 37 . lieve me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, be- John x. 3 s. lieve the works ; that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Math. vii. 22. Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? H 210 SPIRIT AND LIFE. and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? And then will I profess unto them, I never Math. vii. 23 . knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these say- Math. vii. 24 . ings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : And the rain descended, and the floods Math. vii. 25 came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings Math. vii. 26. of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : And the rain descended, and the floods Math. vii. 27 . came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it. Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth Luke vi. 47 . my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like : He is like a man which built a house, and Luke vi. 4 s. digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock : and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it ; for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like Luke vi. 49 . a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth ; against which the stream WORKS. 211 did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell ; and the ruin of that house was great. A certain man went down from Jerusalem Luke x. 30. to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain Lukex. 31. priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the Luke x. 32. place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, Luke x. 33 came where he was ; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his Luke x. 34. wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he Luke x. 35. took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him : and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, Luke x. 36. was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? Go, and do thou likewise. Luke x. 37 A certain man had a fig tree planted in Luke xiii. 6. his vineyard ; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his Luke xiii. 7. vineyard, Behold, these three years I come 212 SPIRIT AND LIFE. seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; why cumbereth it the ground ? And he answering said unto him, Lord, Luke xiii. 8. let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then Luke xiii. 9 . after that thou shalt cut it down. Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; Math. xiii. 3. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by Math. xiii. 4 . the way side, and the fowls came and de- voured them up : But other fell into good ground, and Math. xiii. 8. brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. But he that received seed into the good Math. xiii. 23 ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth /// which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower Mark iv. 3 . to sow : And it came to pass as he sowed, some Mark iv. 4 . fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And other fell on good ground, and did Mark iv. 8. yield fruit that sprang up and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundred. And these are they which are sown on Mark iv. 20. good ground ; such as hear the word, and re- ceive //, and bring forth fruit, some thirty- fold, some sixty, and some a hundred. WOR.KS. Either make the tree good, and his fruit Math. xii. 33. good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt : for the tree is known by his fruit. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do Math. vii. 16. men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? For every tree is known by his own fruit. Luke vi. 44. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Even so every good tree bringeth forth Math. vii. 17. good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, Math. vii. 18. neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For a good tree bringeth not forth cor- Luke vi. 43. rupt fruit ; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good Math. vii. 19. fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know Math. vii. 20. them. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you^, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John xv. 16. Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward Math. xxi. J9 . for ever. No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for Mark xi. M . ever. 214 SPIRIT AND LIFE. VIII. THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS. THOU shalt love the Lord thy God with Math. xxii. 37 . all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. Math. xxii. 3 s. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt Math. xxii. 39 . love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Math. xxii. 40. law and the prophets. The first of all the commandments is t Mark xii. 29. Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God Mark xii. 30. with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou Mark xii. 31. shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would Math. vii. . that men should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the prophets. And as ye would that men should do to Luke vi. 31. you, do ye also to them likewise. LO^E. 215 IX. LOVE. ANEW commandment I give unto you, John xiii. 34 . That ye love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. This is my commandment, That ye love John xv. 12. one another, as I have loved you. These things I command you, that ye love John xv. \j. one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my John xiii. 35. disciples, if ye have love one to another. Greater love hath no man than this, that a John xv. 13. man lay down his life for his friends. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Math. v. 43 . Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, Math. v. 44. bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which de- spitefully use you, and persecute you ; That ye may be the children of your Math. v. 4.5. Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the un- just. For if ye love them which love you, what Math. v. 4 6. reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what Math. v. 47. 216 SPIRIT AND LIFE. do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would Math. vii. 12. that men should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the prophets. But I say unto you which hear, Love your Luke vi. 27 enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for Luke vi 28. them which despitefully use you. For if ye love them which love you, what Luke vi 32 . thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good Luke yi. 33 to you, what thank have ye ? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope Luke vi. 34. to receive, what thank have ye ? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, Luke vi. 35 . and lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. If a man love me, he will keep my words : John xiv. 23. and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my John xiv. 24 . sayings : and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. CHARITY. 21; X. CHARITY. IT is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts xx. 35. Give, and it shall be given unto you ; Luke vi. 3 s. good measure, pressed down, and shaken to- gether, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. Give to him that asketh thee, and from Math. v 42 . him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Give to every man that asketh of thee ; Luke vi. 3 o. and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. Sell that ye have, and give alms ; provide Luke xii. 33 . yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that Main. xix. *i. thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell Mark x. 21. whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Yet lackest thou one thing : sell all that Luke xviii. 22 thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me. 218 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For where your treasure is, there will your Luke xii. 34. heart be also. Take heed that ye do not your alms before Math. vi. r. men, to be seen of them : otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do Math. vi. 2 . not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their re^ ward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left Math. vi. 3 . hand know what thy right hand doeth : That thine alms may be in secret : and Math. vi. 4 . thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. When thou makest a dinner or a supper, Luke xiv. 12. call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, Luke xiv, 13. the maimed, the lame, the blind : And thou shalt be blessed ; for they Luke xiv. 14. cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow Mark xii. 43 hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance ; Mark xii. 44 . but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. CHARITY. 219 Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor Luke xxi. 3 . widow hath cast in more than they all : For all these have of their abundance cast Luke xxi. 4 . in unto the offerings of God : but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. But rather give alms of such things as ye Luke xi. 41. have ; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves Luke xvi. 9 . friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 220 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XL FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILI- ATION. BATHER, forgive them; for they know Luke xxiii. 34 . JL not what they do. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. Luke vi. 37 . Take heed to yourselves : if thy brother Luke xvii. 3 . trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven Luke xvii. 4 . times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. I say not unto thee, Until seven times: Math. xvhi. 22 . but, Until seventy times seven. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye Mark xi. 25. have aught against any ; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Mark xi. 26. Father which is in heaven forgive your tres- passes. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the Math. v . 23 . altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee ; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and Math. v. 24 . go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Math. vi. 14. heavenly Father will also forgive you : FORGIVENESS AND RECONC1LIA TION. 2 2 1 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, Math. vi. 15. neither will your Father forgive your tres- passes. Agree with thine adversary quickly, while Math. v . 25. thou art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no Math. v. 26. means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. When thou goest with thine adversary to Luke xii. s s. the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him ; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, Luke xii. 59 . till thou hast paid the very last mite. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened Math, xviii. 23 . unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one Math, xviii. 24. was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Math, xviii. 25. lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and wor- Math, xviii 26 shipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved Math, xviii. 27 . 222 SPIRIT AND LIFE. with compassion, and loosed him, and for- gave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found Math, xviii. 28. one of his fellow servants, which owed him a hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow servant fell down at his Math, xviii. 29. feet, and besought him, saying, Have pa- tience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not : but went and cast him Math, xviii. 3 o. into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow servants saw what was Math, xviii. 3 i. done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called Math, xviii. 32. him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me : Shouldest not thou also have had com- Math, xviii. 33. passion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee ? And his lord was wroth, and delivered Math, xviii. 34 . him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do Math, xviii. 35. also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Simon, I have somewhat to say unto Luke vii. 40 . thee. There was a certain creditor which had Luke vii. 41. two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION. 223 And when they had nothing to pay, he Luke vii. 42. frankly forgave them both. Tell me there- fore, which of them will love him most ? Thou hast rightly judged. Luke vii. 43 . Seest thou this woman? I entered into Luke vii. 44 . thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss : but this woman, Luke vii. 45. since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint : Luke vii. 4 e. but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, Luke vii. 47 . which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 224 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XII. MERCY AND FORBEARANCE. BLESSED are the merciful : for they Math. v. 7 . shall obtain mercy. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father Luke vi. 36. also is merciful. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I Math. ix. 13. will have mercy, and not sacrifice. Moreover if thy brother shall trespass Math, xviii. 15. against thee, go and tell him his fault be- tween thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with Math, xviii. 16. thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell Math, xviii. 17. it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. Then the lord of that servant was moved Math xvm. 27 . with compassion, and loosed him, and for- gave him the debt. Shouldest not thou also have had compas- Math, xviii. 33. sion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee ? MERCY AND FORBEARANCE. 225 XIII. SELF-RENUNCIATION. IF any man will come after me, let him Math. xvi. 24. deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Whosoever will come after me, let him Mark viii. 34. deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. If any man will come after me, let him Luke ix. 23. deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose Math. xvi. 25. it : and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For whosoever will save his life shall lose Mark viii. 35. it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For whosoever will save his life shall lose Luke ix. 24. it : but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man profited, if he shall Math. xvi. 26. gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For what shall it profit a man, if he shall Mark viii. 3 6. gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for Mark viii. 37 his soul? 15 226 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain Luke ix. 25. the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? He that loveth father or mother more Math. x. 37 . than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and fol- Math. x. 3 s. loweth after me, is not worthy of me. If any man come to me, and hate not his Lukexiv. 26. father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, Luke xiv. 27 . and come after me, cannot be my disciple. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that Luke xiv. 33 . forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. He that findeth his life shall lose it : and Math. x. 39 . he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall Luke xvii. 33 . lose it ; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. He that loveth his life shall lose it ; and John xii. 25. he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. For which of you, intending to build a Luke xiv. 28. tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficients finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the founda- Luke xiv. 29. tion, and is not able to finish it, all that behold // begin to mock him, SELF-RENUNCIATION. 227 Saying, This man began to build, and was Luke xiv. 3 o. not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war against Luke xiv. 31. another king, sitteth not down first, and con- sulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way Luke xiv. 32- off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. 228 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XIV. PURITY AND SINGLENESS OF HEART. BLESSED are the pure in heart : for they Math, v. 8. shall see God. A good man out of the good treasure of Math. xii. 35. the heart bringeth forth good things : and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. A good man out of the good treasure of Luke vi. 45. his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not Mark x. 15. receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not Luke xviii. i/ receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein. Hear, and understand : Math. xv. 10. Not that which goeth into the mouth de- Math. xv. n. fileth a man ; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Are ye also yet without understanding ? Math. xv. 16. Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever Math.xv. 17. entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the Math. xv. & PURITY OF HEART. 229 mouth come forth from the heart ; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, Math. xv. 19. murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : These are the things which defile a man : Math. xv. 20. but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Hearken unto me every one of you, and Mark vii. 14. understand : There is nothing from without a man, that Mark vii. 15. entering into him can defile him : but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. Are ye so without understanding also ? Do Mark vii. 18. ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him ; Because it entereth not into his heart, but Mark vii. 19. into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? That which cometh out of the man, that Mark vii. 20. defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, Mark vii. 21. proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, Mark vii. 22 lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : All these evil things come from within, and Mark vii. 23. defile the man. Ye have heard that it was said by them of Math. v. 27 . old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : 230 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But I say unto you, That whosoever look- Math. v. 28. eth on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ? Math. ix. 4. The light of the body is the eye : if there- Math. vi. 22. fore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body Math. vi. 23. shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness? No man can serve two masters : for either Math. vi. 24 . he will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. The light of the body is the eye : there- Luke xi. 34. fore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore, that the light which Lukexi. 35 . is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, Luke xi. 36. having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. O generation of vipers, how can ye, be- Math. xii. 34- ing evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt Math. iv. 7 . the Lord thy God. It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord Luke iv. 12. thy God. PURITY OF HEART. 231 No servant can serve two masters : for Luke xvi. 13. either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. But rather give alms of such things as ye Lukexi. 4 i. have ; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 232 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XV. PURITY OF SPEECH. BUT I say unto you, That every idle Math. \\\. 3 6. word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, Math. xii. 37 . and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Again, ye have heard that it hath been Math. v. 33 said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : But I say unto you, Swear not at all ; Math. v. 34 . neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: Math. v. 55 neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, Math. v. 3 6. because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; Math. v. 37 . Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, Math xxiii. 2C sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, Math, xxiii. 21 sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, swear- Math, xxm. 2: eth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. SUBJECTION OF THE FLESH. 233 XVI. SUBJECTION OF THE FLESH. T T 7HEREFORE if thy hand or thy foot Math, xviii. & V V offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into ever- lasting fire. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it Math. v. 29. out, and cast it from thee : for it is profit- able for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, Math, xviii. 9. and cast it from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it Math. v. 30. off, and cast // from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off : it Mark ix. 43- is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : Where their worm dieth not, and the fire Mark ix. 44 . is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off : it Mark ix. 45 . is better for thee to enter halt into life, than 234 SPIRIT AND LIFE. having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : Where their worm dieth not, and the fire Mark ix. 46. is not quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : Mark ix. 47 . it is better for thee to enter into the king- dom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : Where their worm dieth not, and the fire Mark ix. 4 s. is not quenched. For every one shall be salted with fire, Mark ix. 49. and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by Math. xvii. 21 prayer and fasting. This kind can come forth by nothing, but Mark ix. 29. by prayer and fasting. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the Math. vi. 16. hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine Math. vi. 17. head, and wash thy face ; That thou appear not unto men to fast, Math. vi. 18. but unto thy Father which is in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION. 235 XVII. OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION. IF ye love me, keep my commandments. John xiv. 15. He that hath my commandments, and John xiv. 21. keepeth them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I John xv. 14. command you. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his John vii. is. own glory : but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no un- righteousness is in him. And I seek not mine own glory : there is John viii. 5 o. one that seeketh and judgeth. If any man will do his will, he shall know John vii. 17. of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup Math. xxvi. 39 . pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Mark xiv. 3 6. thee ; take away this cup from me : never- theless, not what I will, but what thou wilt. O my Father, if this cup may not pass Math. xxvi. 42. away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup Luke xxii. 42. SPIRIT AND LIFE. from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. Put up thy sword into the sheath : the cup johnxviii. n. which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? And he that sent me is with me : the John viii. 29. Father hath not left me alone ; for I do always those things that please him. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, Math.xxviH 19. baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : Teaching them to observe all things what- Math.xxviii. 20 . soever I have commanded you : and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. FAITHFULNESS, WATCHFULNESS. 237 XVIII. FAITHFULNESS AND WATCH- FULNESS. HE that is faithful in that which is Luke xvi. 10. least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in Luke xvi. n. the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye have not been faithful in that Luke xvi. 12. which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own ? Who then is a faithful and wise servant, Math. xxiv. 45. whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord Math. xxiv. 46. when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make Math. xxiv. 47. him ruler over all his goods. Who then is that faithful and wise steward, Luke xii. 42 . whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his lord when Luke xii. 43. he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will Luke xii. 44. make him ruler over all that he hath. 238 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But know this, that if the goodman of the Math. xxiv. 43. house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready : for in such Math. xxiv. 44 an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Let your loins be girded about, and your Luke xii. 35 . lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait Luke xii. 36. for their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that, when he cometh and knock- eth, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord Luke xii. 37. when he cometh shall find watching : verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, Luke xii. 38. or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the Luke xii. 39- house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also : for the Son Luke xii. 40 . of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. And that servant, which knew his lord's Luke xii. 47. will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. FAITHFULNESS, WATCHFULNESS. 239 But he that knew not, and did commit Luke xn. 4 s. things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required ; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Watch ye therefore, and pray always. Luke xxi. 36. Watch therefore; for ye know not what Math. xxiv. 42. hour your Lord doth come. W T atch therefore ; for ye know neither the Math. xxv. 13. day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into Math. xxvi. 41. temptation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Take ye heed, watch and pray : for ye Mark xiii. 33 . know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking Mark xiii. 34. a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore : for ye know not Mark xiii. 3S . when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. Mark xiii. 3 6. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Mark xiii. 37 . Watch. Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into Mark xiv. 3 s. temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Pray that ye enter not into temptation. Luke xxii. 40. Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye Lukexxii. 4 6. enter into temptation. 240 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XIX. STEADFASTNESS AND PERSE- VERANCE. No man, having put his hand to the Luke ix. 62. plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my John viii. 31. disciples indeed ; And ye shall know the truth, and the John viii. 32. truth shall make you free. And ye shall be hated of all men for my Math. x. 22. name's sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But he that shall endure unto the end, Math. xxiv. 13 the same shall be saved. And ye shall be hated of all men for my Mark xiii. 13. name's sake : but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; Math. xiii. 3 . And when he sowed, some seeds fell by Math. xiii. 4 . the way side, and the fowls came and de- voured them up : Some fell upon stony places, where they Math. xiii. 5. had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : And when the sun was up, they were Math. xiii. 6. scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away. STEADFASTNESS, PERSEVERANCE. 241 And some fell among thorns ; and the Math. xiii. 7 . thorns sprung up, and choked them : But other fell into good ground, and Math. xiii. s. brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Math. xiii. 9 . Hear ye therefore the parable of the Math. xiii. 18. sower. When any one heareth the word of the Math. xiii. 19. kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony Math. xiii. 20. places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; Yet hath he not root in himself, but Math. xiii. 21. dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the Math. xiii. 22. thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good Math. xiii. 23. ground is he that heareth the word, and un- derstandeth if; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower Mark iv. 3 . to sow : And it came to pass, as he sowed, some Mark iv. 4 . 16 242 SPIRIT AND LIFE. fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it Mark iv. 5 . had not much earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth : But when the sun was up, it was scorched ; Mark iv. 6. and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the Mark iv. 7 . thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. - And other fell on good ground, and did Mark iv. s. yield fruit that sprang up, and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Mark iv. 9 . Know ye not this parable ? and how then Mark iv. 13. will ye know all parables ? The sower soweth the word. Mark iv. 14. And these are they by the way side, where Mark iv. 15. the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are Mark iv. 16. sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so Markiv. 17 endure but for a time : afterward, when afflic- tion or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among Mark iv. is. thorns ; such as hear the word, STEADFASTNESS, PERSEVERANCE. 243 And the cares of this world, and the de- Mark iv. 19. ceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on Mark iv. 20. good ground ; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty- fold, some sixty, and some an hundred. Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the Math. v. 13. salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Salt is good : but if the salt have lost his Mark ix. 50. saltness, wherewith will ye season it ? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Salt is good : but if the salt have lost his Luke xiv. 34. savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for Luke xiv. 35. the dunghill ; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 244 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XX. PATIENCE. IN your patience possess ye your souls. Luke xxi. 19. It is not for you to know the times or Acts i. 7 . the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. COURAGE. 245 XXI. COURAGE. BE not afraid, only believe. Mark v. 36. Be of good cheer; it is I; be not Math. xiv. 27 . afraid. Be of good cheer: it is I ; be not afraid. Markvi. 50 . It is I ; be not afraid. John vi. 20 . Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? Math. viii. 26. Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye Markiv. 40. have no faith? Arise, and be not afraid. Math. rvii. 7. Fear not : believe only, and she shall be Lu^e viii. 50. made whole. 246 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XXII. NON-RESISTANCE. YE have heard that it hath been said, An Math. v . 38. eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : Math. v. 39. but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, Math. v. 4 o. and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a Math. v . 41. mile, go with him twain. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Math. v. 43 . Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, Math. v. 44. bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which de- spitefully use you, and persecute you ; But I say unto you which hear, Love your Luke vi. 27 . enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for Luke vi. 28. them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the Luke vi. 29. one cheek offer also the other ; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every man that asketh of thee; Lukevi. 30 . and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. NON-RESISTANCE. 247 That ye may be the children of your Fa- Math. v. 45. ther which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Put up again thy sword into his place : for Math. xxvi. 52. all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 248 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XXIII. HUMILITY AND SIMPLICITY. BLESSED are the poor in spirit : for Math. v. 3 . theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are the meek : for they shall in- Math. v. 5 . herit the earth. What was it that ye disputed among your- Mark ix. 33 . selves by the way? If any man desire to be first, the same shall Mark ix. 3S . be last of all, and servant of all. But be ye not called Rabbi : for one is Math, xxiii. 8. your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. But he that is greatest among you shall be Math, xxiii. n. your servant. I tell you, this man went down to his house Luke xviii. 14. justified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be Math, xxiii. 12. abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. What I do thou knowest not now ; but John xiii. 7 . thou shalt know hereafter. If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with John xiii. 8. me. He that is washed needeth not save to John xiii. 10. wash his feet, but is clean every whit : and ye are clean, but not all. HUMILITY AND SIMPLICITY. 249 Know ye what I have done to you ? John xiii. 12. Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say John xiii. 13. well ; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have John xiii. 14. washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye John xiii. 15. should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant John xiii. 16. is not greater than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye John xiii. * 7 . do them. Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles Math. xx. 2S . exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but Math. xx. 26. whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; And whosoever will be chief among you, Math. xx. 27. let him be your servant : Ye know that they which are accounted to Mark x. 42 . rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and their great ones exercise author- ity upon them. But so shall it not be among you : but Mark x. 43. whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister : And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, Mark x. 44 . shall be servant of all. The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship Luke xxii. 2S . over them ; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. 250 SPIRIT AND LIFE. But ye shall not be so : but he that is Luke xxii. 26. greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at Luke xxii. 27. meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that sit- teth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. When thou art bidden of any man to a Luke xiv. 8. wedding, sit not down in the highest room ; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him : But when thou art bidden, go and sit Luke xiv. 10. down in the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher : then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. And he that bade thee and him come and Luke xiv. 9. say to thee, Give this man place ; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be Luke xiv. n. abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not Markx. 15. receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Verily I say unto you, Except ye be con- Math, xviii. 3 . verted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself Math, xviii. 4- as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. HUMILITY AND SIMPLICITY. 251 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not Luke xviii. 17. receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. Whosoever shall receive this child in my Luke ix. 48. name receiveth me ; and whosoever shall re- ceive me, receiveth him that sent me : for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven Math. xi. 25. and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father ; for so it seemed good Math. xi. 26. in thy sight. 252 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XXIV. TRUST IN GOD'S PROVIDENCE. THEREFORE I say unto you, Take no Math. vi. 25. thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow Math. vi. 26. not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add Math. vi. 27. one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Math. vi. 2 s. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin : And yet I say unto you, That even Solo- Math. vi. 29 . mon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of Math. vi. 30. the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith ? Therefore take no thought, saying, What Math. vi. ?i. shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles Math. vi. 32. seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. TRUST IN GOD'S PROVIDENCE. 253 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and Math. vi. 33. his righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow : Math. vi. 34. for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Are not five sparrows sold for two farth- Luke xii. e. ings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are Luke xii. 7 . all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many sparrows. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought Luke xii. 22, for your life, what ye shall eat ; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. Consider the ravens : for they neither sow Luke xii. 24. nor reap ; which neither have storehouse nor barn ; and God feedeth them : how much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with taking thought Luke xii. 25. can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing Luke xii. 26. which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow : they Luke xii. 27 toil not, they spin not ; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is Luke xii. 2 s. to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven ; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith ? 254 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what Luke xii. 29 . ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the Luke xii. 30. world seek after : and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God ; Luke xii. 31. and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's Luke xii. 32. good pleasure to give you the kingdom. GRATITUDE. 255 XXV. GRATITUDE. GO home to thy friends, and tell them Mark v. 19. how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. Return to thine own house, and shew how Luke viii. 39. great things God hath done unto thee. See thou tell no man ; but go thy way, Math. viii. 4. shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. See thou say nothing to any man : but go Mark i. 44. thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. Tell no man : but go, and shew thyself to Luke v. 14. the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, ac- cording as Moses commanded, for a testi- mony unto them. Were there not ten cleansed ? but where Luke xvii. r 7 . are the nine? There are not found that returned to give Luke xvii 18. glory to God, save this stranger. Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. Luke vii. 40. There was a certain creditor which had Luke vii. 41. two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he Luke vii. 42. frankly forgave them both. Tell me there- fore, which of them will love him most? 256 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Thou hast rightly judged. Luke vii. 43. Seest thou this woman ? I entered into Luke vii. 44 . thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss : but this woman, Luke vii. 45 . since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint : Luke vii. 4 6. but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, Luke vii. 47 . which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. Thy sins are forgiven. Luke vii. 4 s. Thy faith hath saved thee ; go in peace. Luke vii. S o. RECTITUDE. 257 XXVI. RECTITUDE. ENTER ye in at the strait gate : for Math. vii. 13. wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for Luke xiii. 24 . many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is Math. vii. M. the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye Luke xii. 57 . not what is right ? 258 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XXVII. SUBMISSION TO SECULAR AUTHORITY. SHEW me the tribute money. Math. xxii. ig. Whose is this image and superscription ? Math. xxii. 20. Render therefore unto Caesar the things Math. xxii. 21. which are Caesar's ; and unto God the things that are God's. Why tempt ye me ? bring me a penny, Mark xii. 15. that I may see it. Whose is this image and superscription ? Mark xii. 16. Render to Caesar the things that are Mark xii. 17. Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. Shew me a penny. Whose image and Luke xx, 24. superscription hath it? Render therefore unto Caesar the things Luke xx. 25. which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do Math. xvii. 25. the kings of the earth take custom or tribute ? of their own children, or of strangers ? Then are the children free. Math. xvii. 26. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend Math. xvii. 27. them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee. TOLERATION. 259 XXVIII. TOLERATION. him not : for there is no man Mark ix. 39. JL which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our Mark ix. 4 o. part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of Mark . 41. water to drink in my name, because ye be- long to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. Forbid him not : for he that is not against Luke ix. 5 o. us is for us. 26o SPIRIT AND LIFE. XXIX. DUTY. BUT which of you, having a servant Luke xvii. 7 . ploughing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make Luke xvii. &. ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thy- self, and serve me till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Doth he thank that servant because he Luke xvii. 9 . did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done Luke xvii. 10. all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do. PERFECTION. 261 XXX. PERFECTION. BE ye therefore perfect, even as your Math. v. 4 8. Father which is in heaven is perfect. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that Math. xix. 2 i. thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell Markx. 2 i. whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that Lukexviii 22 . thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me. The disciple is not above his master : but Luke vi. 40 . every one that is perfect shall be as his master. 262 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XXXI. THE BEATITUDES. LESSED are the pure in heart : for they Math. v. 8. JD shall see God. Blessed be ye poor : for yours is the king- Luke vi. 20. dom of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for Math. v . 10. righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is Math. v. 3. the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the peacemakers : for they Math. v. 9 . shall be called the children of God. Blessed are the meek : for they shall in- Math. v. 5 . herit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and Math. v. 6. thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are ye that hunger now : for ye Luke vi. 21. shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now : for ye shall laugh. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall Math. v. 4 . be comforted. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall Math. v. 7 . obtain mercy. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, Math, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. THE BEATITUDES. 263 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, Luke v5. 22. and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad : for great Math. v. 12. is your reward in heaven : for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : Luke vi. 23. for, behold, your reward is great in heaven : for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be Math. xi. e. offended in me. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be Luke vii. 23. offended in me. But blessed are your eyes, for they see : Math. xiii. 16. and your ears, for they hear. Blessed are the eyes which see the things Luke x 23 . that ye see. Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the Luke xi. 28. word of God, and keep it. 264 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XXXII. ABSOLUTION. WHOSESOEVER sins ye remit, they John H. 23. are remitted unto them ; and whose- soever sins ye retain, they are retained. Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Luke xxiv. 46. Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : And that repentance and remission of sins Luke xxiv. 47. should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins be for- Math. ix. 2 . given thee. For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be Math. ix. 5 . forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man Math. ix. 6. hath power on earth to forgive sins, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. Mark . 5. Whether is it easier to say to the sick Mark H. 9 . of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man Mark ii. 10. hath power on earth to forgive sins, I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, Mark ii. u. and go thy way into thine house. Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. Luke v. 20. Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be for- Luke v. 23. given thee ; or to say, Rise up and walk ? ABSOLUTION. 265 But that ye may know that the Son of man Luke v. 24. hath power upon earth to forgive sins, I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. Thy sins are forgiven. Luke vii. 4 8. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall Math, xviii. is, bind on earth shall be bound in heaven : and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Math. xvi. is. Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church ; and the gates of hell shall not pre- vail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the Math. xvi. 19. kingdom of heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. SIN. i. SATAN AND SIN. I BEHELD Satan as lightning fall from Luke x. is. heaven. Get thee hence, Satan : for it is written, Math. iv. J0 . Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Get thee behind me, Satan : for it is Luke iv. s. written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Get thee behind me, Satan : thou art an Math. xvi. 23 . offence unto me : for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Get thee behind me, Satan : for thou Mark viii. 33 . savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. Ye are of your father the devil, and the John viii. 44. lusts of your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speak- eth of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it. How can Satan cast out Satan? Markiii. 23 . 268 SPIRIT AND LIFE. If Satan also be divided against himself, Luke xi. 18. how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided Math. xii. 26. against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand ? And if Satan rise up against himself, and Mark iii. 26. be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by Math. xii. 27 . whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by Luke xi. 19. whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever John viii. 34. committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house John viii. 35. forever : but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, John viii. 36. ye shall be free indeed. When any one heareth the word of the king- Math. xiii. 19. dom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. And these are they by the way side, where Mark iv. 15. the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and tak- eth away the word that was sown in their hearts. Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath de- Lukexxii. 3 . sired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. SATAN AND SIN. 269 Hereafter I will not talk much with you : John xiv. 3 o. for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Depart from me, ye cursed, into ever- Math. xxv. 41. lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 270 SPIRIT AND LIFE. II. BLASPHEMY. FOR out of the heart proceed . . . Math. xv. 19. blasphemies. For from within, out of the heart of men, Markvii. 2 i, 2 2. proceed . . . blasphemy. And whosoever shall speak a word against Luke xii. 10. the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner Math. xii. 31. of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against Math. xii. 32. the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Verily I say unto you, All sins shall Mark Hi. 28. be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme : But he that shall blaspheme against the Mark iii. 29. Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation : SCEPTICISM. 271 III. SCEPTICISM. BUT there are some of you that believe John vi. 64. not. He that believeth and is baptized shall be Mark xvi. 16. saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned. He that believeth on him is not con- John iii. 18. demned: but he that believeth not is con- demned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou Math.xiv. 3t doubt ? Why reason ye these things in your hearts ? Mark ii. s. What reason ye in your hearts ? Luke v. 22 . Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will John iv. 48. not believe. O faithless and perverse generation, how Math. xvi;. 17. long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. O faithless generation, how long shall I be Mark ix. 19. with you ? how long shall I suffer you ? bring him unto me. O faithless and perverse generation, how Luke ix. 4 i. long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. Because of your unbelief : for verily I say Math, xvii 20. unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mus- tard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place ; and it shall 272 SPIRIT AND LIFE. remove : and nothing shall be impossible unto you. And if any man hear my words, and be- John xii. 47. lieve not, I judge him not : for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not John xii. 48. my words, hath one that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. But he that denieth me before men shall Luke xii. 9 . be denied before the angels of God. But I said unto you, That ye also have John vi. 36. seen me, and believe not. And ye will not come to me, that ye John v. 40. might have life. If I had not come and spoken unto them, John xv . 22 . they had not had sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin. If I had not done among them the works John xv. 24. which none other man did, they had not had sin : but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. And ye have not his word abiding in you : John v. 38. for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die John viii. 24. in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. I am come in my Father's name, and ye John v. 43. receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour John v. 44. one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? SCEPTICISM. 273 Do not think that I will accuse you to the John v. 45. Father : there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have John v. 4 6. believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall John v. 47. ye believe my words ? If I have told you earthly things, and ye John iii. 12. believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? And because I tell you the truth, ye believe John viii. 45. me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And John viii. 4 6. if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth God's words : John viii. 47 . ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Verily, verily, I say unto the e, We speak John iii. n. that we do know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive not our witness. 18 274 SPIRIT AND LIFE. IV. HYPOCRISY. BEWARE ye of the leaven of the Phari- Lukexii. ,. sees, which is hypocrisy. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do Math. vi. 2. not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypo- crites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the Math. vi. 16. hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. i 4 . hypocrites ! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer : there- fore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Which devour widows' houses, and for a Mark xii. 40 . pretence make long prayers : these shall receive greater damnation. Which devour widows' houses, and for a Luke xx. 47 . shew make long prayers : the same shall receive greater damnation. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii 13. hypocrites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 15. HYPOCRISY. 275 hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 25. hypocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 27 . hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Luke xi. 44. hypocrites ! for ye are as graves which ap- pear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy Math. xv. 7 . of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with Math. xv. 8. their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips ; but their heart is far from me. Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypo- Mark vii. 6. crites, As it is written, This people honour- eth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Math, xxiii. 29. hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous. Even so ye also outwardly appear right- Math, xxiii. 28. ecus unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 276 SPIRIT AND LIFE. V. PRIDE. FOR from within, out of the heart of Markvii.2i )2 2. men, proceed . . . pride. Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye love the Luke xi. 43 . uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greet- ings in the markets. Beware of the scribes, which love to go in Mark xii. 3 s. long clothing, and love salutations in the market-places, And the chief seats in 'the synagogues, and Mark xii. 39- the uppermost rooms at feasts. Beware of the scribes, which desire to Lukexx. 4 6. walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the syna- gogues, and the chief rooms at feasts. But all their works they do for to be seen Math, xxiii. 5. of men : they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, Math, xxiii. 6. and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be Math, xxiii. 7 . called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be Lukexiv. n. abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be Math, xxiii. 12. abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. ANGER. 277 VI. ANGER. BUT I say unto you, That whosoever is Math. v. 22. angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment : and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but who- soever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 2/8 SPIRIT AND LIFE. VII. MURDER. FOR out of the heart proceed . . . Math. xv. 19. murders. For from within, out of the heart of men, Mark V H. 21. proceed . . . murders. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the com- Math. xix. \? mandments. Thou shalt do no murder. Math. xix. 18. Ye have heard that it was said by them of Math. v. 2 i. old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whoso- ever shall kill shall be in danger of the judg- ment. Do not kill. Mark x. 19. Do not kill. Luke xviii. 20. Ye are of your father the devil, and the John viii. 44. lusts of your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning. ADULTERY AND FORNICATION. 279 VIII. ADULTERY, FORNICATION, LAS- C1VIOUSNESS. FOR from within, out of the heart of men, Mark vii.2i,2 2 . proceed . . . adulteries, fornications, . . . lasciviousness. For out of the heart proceed . . . adul- Math. xv. 19. teries, fornications. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the com- Math. xix. 17. mandments. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Math. xix. 18. Do not commit adultery. Mark x . 19. Do not commit adultery. Luke xviii. 20 . Ye have heard that it was said by them of Math. v . 27. old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : But I say unto you, That whosoever look- Math. v . 28. eth on a woman to lust after her hath com- mitted adultery with her already in his heart. But I say unto you, That whosoever shall Math. v. 32 . put away his wife, saving for the cause of for- nication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is di- vorced committeth adultery. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put Math. xix. 9. away his wife, except */ be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adul- tery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. Whosoever shall put away his wife, and Markx. n. 280 SPIRIT AND LIFE. marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her hus- Mark x. 12. band, and be married to another, she com- mitteth adultery. Whosoever putteth away his wife, and Luke xvi. is. marrieth another, committeth adultery : and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. All men cannot receive this saying, save Math. xix. n. they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so Math. xix. 12. born from their mother's womb : and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive iV, let him receive //. DIYORCE, 281 IX. DIVORCE. IT hath been said, Whosoever shall put Math. v. 31. away his wife, let him give her a writ- ing of divorcement : But I say unto you, That whosoever shall Math. v. 32. put away his wife, saving for the cause of for- nication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is di- vorced committeth adultery. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put Math. xix. 9. away his wife, except if be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adul- tery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry Mark x. 1 1. another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her hus- Mark x. 12. band, and be married to another, she com- mitteth adultery. Whosoever putteth away his wife, and Luke xvi - l8 - marrieth another, committeth adultery : and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. What did Moses command you ? Mark x. 3. Moses because of the hardness of your Math. xix. & hearts suffered you to put away your wives : but from the beginning it was not so. For the hardness of your heart he wrote Mark x. 5. you this precept. 282 SPIRIT AND LIFE. X. THEFT. FOR out of the heart proceed . . . thefts. Math. xv. 19. For from within, out of the heart of Markvii. 2 i, 2 2. men, proceed . . . thefts. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the com- Math. xix. 17. mandments. Thou shalt not steal. Math. xix. 18. DO not Steal. Mark x. 19. DO not Steal. Luke xviii. 20. FALSE WITNESS, DECEIT, FRAUD. 283 XI. FALSE WITNESS, DECEIT, FRAUD. PR out of the heart proceed . . . false Math. xv. 19. witness. For from within, out of the heart of men, Markvii.2i,22. proceed . . . deceit. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the com- Math. xix. 17. mandments. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Math. xix. 18. Do not bear false witness. Mark x. 19. Do not bear false witness. Luke xviii. 20. Defraud not. Mark x. 19. Ye are of your father the devil, and the John vu;. 44 . lusts of your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it. 284 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XII. EVIL EYE, WICKEDNESS, FOOL- ISHNESS. FOR out of the heart proceed evil Math. xv. 19. thoughts. For from within, out of the heart of men, Mark vii. 21. proceed evil thoughts. . . . wickedness, ... an evil eye, . . . Markvii. 22 . foolishness. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body Math. vi. 23. shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness ! The light of the body is the eye : therefore Luke xi. 34. when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will Math. xx. 15. with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? COVETOUSNESS. 285 XIII. COVETOUSNESS. FOR from within, out of the heart of men Mark vii. 21,22. proceed . . . covetousness. Take heed, and beware of covetousness : Luke xii. 15. for a man's life consisteth not in the abun- dance of the things which he possesseth. The ground of a certain rich man brought Luke xii. 16. forth plentifully : And he thought within himself, saying, Luke xii. 17. What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do : I will pull Luke xii. 18. down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast Luke xii. 19. much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this Luke xii. 20. night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided ? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, Luke xii. 21. and is not rich toward God. 286 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XIV. MATERIALISM AND WORLDLINESS. YE are they which justify yourselves be- Luke xvi. 15. fore men; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will John iv. 4 s. not believe. An evil and adulterous generation seeketh Math. xii. 39 . after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh Math. xvi. 4. after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. Why doth this generation seek after a sign ? Mark viii. 12. verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. This is an evil generation : they seek a Luke xi. 29. sign ; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, John vi. 26 not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Martha, Martha, thou art careful and Luke x. 41. troubled about many things. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, John vi. 27. but for that meat which endureth unto ever- lasting life, which the Son of man shall give MATERIALISM AND WORLDL1NESS. 287 unto you : for him hath God the Father sealed. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon Math. vi. 19. earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal : But lay up for yourselves treasures in Math. vi. 20. heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal : For where your treasure is, there will your Math. vi. ^\. heart be also. Let the dead bury their dead : but go thou Luke ix. 60. and preach the kingdom of God. Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; * Math. xiii. 3. And some fell among thorns ; and the Math. xiii. 7 . thorns sprung up, and choked them. He also that received seed among the Math. xiii. 22. thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower Mark iv. 3. to sow, And some fell among thorns, and the thorns Mark iv. 7 . grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And these are they which are sown among Mark iv. 18. thorns ; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the de- Mark iv. 19. ceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And that which fell among thorns are Luke viii. 14. they, which, when they have heard, go forth, 288 SPIRIT AND LIFE. and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. A certain man made a great supper, and Luke xiv. 16. bade many : And sent his servant at supper time to say Luke xiv. i 7 . to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to Luke xiv. is. make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke Luke xiv. 19. of oxen, and I go to prove them : I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, Luke xiv. 20. and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and shewed his lord Luke xiv. 21. these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out. quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as Luke xiv. 22 . thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, Go Luke xiv 23. out into the highways and hedges, and com- pel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those Luke xiv. 24. men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. MATERIALISM AND WORLDLINESS. 289 There was a certain rich man, which had Luke xvi. i. a steward ; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, Luke xvi. 2 . How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward said within himself, Luke xvi. 3 . What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship : I cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I Luke xvi. 4 . am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lord's Luke xvi. 5. debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, A hundred measures of oil. Luke xvi. 6. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much Luke xvi. 7 . owest thou? And he said, A hundred meas- ures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust Luke xvi. 8. steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their gen- eration wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves Luke xvi. 9 . friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. No man can serve two masters : for either Math. vi. 24. 19 290 SPIRIT AND LIFE. he will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. No servant can serve two masters : for Luke xvi. 13. either he will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any Luke xxi. 34. time your hearts be overcharged with surfeit- ing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as in the days that were before the flood Math. xxiv. 38. they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and Math. xxiv. 39. took them all away ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall Luke xvii. 26. it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married Luke xvii. 27. wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ; Luke xvii. 28. they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded ; But the same day that Lot went out of Lukex/ii. 29. Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. PROCRASTINATION. 291 XV. PROCRASTINATION. WHO then is a faithful and wise ser- Math. xxiv. 45. vant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord Math. xxiv. 46. when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make Math. xxiv. 47 . him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his Math. xxiv. 4 s. heart, My lord delayeth his coming ; And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, Math. xxiv. 49. and to eat and drink with the drunken ; The lord of that servant shall come in a Math. xxiv. S o. day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint Math. xxiv. 51. him his portion with the hypocrites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Who then is that faithful and wise stew- Luke xii. 42 . ard, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord Luke xii. 43 . when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will Luke xii. 44 . make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, Luke xii. 4 $. 292 SPIRIT AND LIFE. My lord delayeth his coming ; and shall be- gin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken ; The lord of that servant will come in a Luke xii. 46. day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord's Luke xii. 47. will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. When once the master of the house is Luke xiii. 25. risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten Luke xiii. 26. and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you Luke xiii. 27. not whence ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of Luke xiii. 28. teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the king- dom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. A certain man made a great supper, and Luke xiv. 16. bade many : And sent his servant at supper time to say Luke xiv. : 7 . to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. PROCRASTINATION. 293 And they all with one consent began to Luke xiv. 18. make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke Luke xiv. 19. of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, Luke xiv. 20. and therefore I cannot come. 294 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XVI. JUDGING. JUDGE not, and ye shall not be judged : Luke vi. 37. condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : Judge not, that ye be not judged. Math. vii. i. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall Math. vii. 2. be judged : and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Take heed what ye hear. With what Mark iv. 24. measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you; and unto you that hear shall more be given. Ye judge after the flesh ; I judge no man. John viii. 15, But if ye had known what this meaneth, I Math. xii. 7 . will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. And why beholdest thou the mote that is Math. vii. 3. in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let Math. vii. 4 . me pull out the mote out of thine eye ; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out Math. vii. s . of thine own eye ; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. And why beholdest thou the mote that is Luke vi. 4 i. in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? JUDGING. 295 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Luke vi. 42. Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. He that is without sin among you, let him John viii. 7 . first cast a stone at her. Woman, where are those thine accusers ? John viii. 10. hath no man condemned thee? Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin John viii. . no more. 296 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XVII. BLINDNESS OF HEART. WHEN it is evening, ye say, // will be Math. xvi. 2. fair weather : for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather Math. xvi. 3 . to day : for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky ; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, Luke xii. 54. straightway ye say, There cometh a shower ; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye Luke xii. 55. say, There will be heat ; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of Luke xii. 56. the sky and of the earth ; but how is it that ye do not discern this time ? How is it that ye do not understand? Markviii. 21. Having eyes, see ye not ? and having ears, Mark viii. 18. hear ye not ? and do ye not remember ? Unto you it is given to know the mysteries Luke viii. 10. of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. That seeing they may see, and not per- Mark iv. 12. ceive ; and hearing they may hear, and not understand ; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. BLINDNESS OF HEART. 297 Let them alone : they be blind leaders of Math. xv. 14. the blind. Arid if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Therefore speak I to them in parables : Math. xiii. 13. because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Math. xiii. 14. Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : For this people's heart is waxed gross, and Math. xiii. 15. their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 298 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XVIII. BACKSLIDING. WHEN the unclean spirit is gone out Math. xii. 43 . of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house Math. xii. 44 . from whence I came out ; and when he is come, he findeth */ empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself Math. xii. 45. seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a Luke xi. 24. man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will re- turn unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept Luke xi. 25. and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven Luke xi. 26. other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. SACRILEGE. 299 XIX. SACRILEGE. not that which is holy unto the Math. vii. 6. V_JT dogs, neither cast ye your pearls be- fore swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 300 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XX. DENUNCIATIONS. WOE unto the world because of of- Math. xviii. 7 . fences ! for it must needs be that offences come ; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh ! But woe unto you that are rich ! for ye Luke vi. 24. have received your consolation. Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall Luke vi. 25. hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak Luke vi. 2 6. well of you ! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh Math. xvi. 4 . after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. Why doth this generation seek after a Mark viii. 12. sign ? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. This is an evil generation : they seek a Luke xi. 29. sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. Therefore speak I to them in parables : Math. xiii. 13. because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Math. xiii. 14. Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : DENUNCIATIONS. 301 For this people's heart is waxed gross, Math. \\\\. 15. and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor Math. x. 14. hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more Math. x. 15. tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomor- rah in the day of judgment, than for that city. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor Markvi. n. hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Go- morrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. And whosoever will not receive you, when Luke ix. s . ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and Luke x. to. they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very dust of your city, which Lukex. n. cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you : notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But I say unto you, that it shall be more Luke x. 12 3 o2 SPIRIT AND LIFE. tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judg- Math. xii. 41. ment with this generation, and shall condemn it : because they repented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the Math. xii. 42. judgment with this generation, and shall con- demn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and, behold, a greater than Solo- mon is here. The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the Luke xi. 32. judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for they repented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Math. xi. 21. Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Luke x. 13. Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago re- pented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more toler- Math. xi. 22. able for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judg- ment, than for you. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Luke x. 14. Sidon at the judgment, than for you. DENUNCIATIONS. 303 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted Math. xi. 23. unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more Math. xi. 24. tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted Luke x. 15. to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, Math.xxiii. 13 hypocrites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. M. ocrites, for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer : therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 15. ocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you also, ye lawyers ! for ye lade Luke xi. 4 e. men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken Luke xi. 52. away the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. Woe unto you. Scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 25. 304 SPIRIT AND LIFE. ocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. But woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe Luke xi. 42. mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 27. ocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepul- chres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Luke xi. 44. ocrites ! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk ovei them are not aware of them. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 29 ocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, W T oe unto you ! for ye build the sepulchres Luke xi. 47. of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being Math. xii. 34 . evil, speak good things ? for out of the abun- dance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how Math, xruii. 33 . can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you proph- Math, xxiii : j. ets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city. DENUNCIATIONS. 305 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I Luke xi. 49- will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute : That upon you may come all the righteous Math, xxiii. 35- blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. That the blood of all the prophets, which Luke xi. 50. was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation ; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Luke xi. 51. Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple : verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall Math xxiii. 3 6. come upon this generation. Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward Math. xxi. 19. for ever. No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. Mark xi. 14. EXEGESIS, i. THE ATONEMENT. SEARCH the Scriptures ; for in them ye John v. 39- think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my John viii. 56. day : and he saw //, and was glad. Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all Mark ix. 12. things ; and how is it written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is come al- Math. xvii. 12. ready, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was Luke xxii. 22 . determined : but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed ! The Son of man goeth as it is written of Math. xxvi. 24 . him : but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is Mark xiv. n. written of him : but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born. The Son of man must suffer many things, Luke ix. 22. 308 SPIRIT AND LIFE. and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Math. xx. is. Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to Math. xx. 19. mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him : and the third day he shall rise again. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Mark x. 33. Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes ; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles : And they shall mock him, and shall Markx. 34 . scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him; and the third day he shall rise again. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all Luke xviii. 31. things that are written by the prophets con- cerning the Son of man shall be accom- plished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gen- Luke xviii. 32. tiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on : And they shall scourge him, and put him Luke xviii. 33 . to death ; and the third day he shall rise again. All ye shall be offended because of me Math. xxvi. 3 i this night : for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. THE ATONEMENT. 309 All ye shall be offended because of me Markxiv, 27. this night : for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Luke xxiv. 46. Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : And that repentance and remission of sins Luke xxiv. 47- should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. For I say unto you, That this that is Luke xxii. 37- written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the trans- gressors : for the things concerning me have an end. These are the words which I spake unto Luke xxiv. 44. you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. And when these things begin to come to Luke xxi. 28. pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth nigh. And as Moses lifted up the servant in the johniii i 4 . wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : That whosoever believeth in him should John iii. 15. not perish, but have eternal life. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, John xii. 32. will draw all men unto me. Greater love hath no man than this, that John xv. 13. a man lay down his life for his friends. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a John xii. 24 . corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it 310 SPIRIT AND LIFE. abideth alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me John xiv. 19. no more ; but ye see me : because I live, ye shall live also. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is John xvi. 7. expedient for you that 1 go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, John iii. 13. but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye John xvi. 20. shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice ; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. And ye now therefore have sorrow : but I John xvi. 22. will see you again, and your heart shall re- joice, and your joy no man taketh from you. For God so loved the world, that he gave John iii. 16, his only begotten Son, that whosoever be- lieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Say ye of him, whom the Father hath John x. 36. sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God? He that believeth on him is not con- John iii. 18. demned : but he that believeth not is con- demned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. THE ATONEMENT. 311 And if any man hear my words, and be- John xu. 47 . lieve not, I judge him not : for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. For God sent not his Son into the world John iii. i 7 . to condemn the world ; but that the world through him might be saved. For the Son of man is come to seek and Luke xix. 10. to save that which was lost. For the Son of man is not come to destroy Luke ix. 5 6. men's lives, but to save them. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die John viii. 24 . in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. These things I have spoken unto you, that John xvi. 33. in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the Luke xiii. 34. prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you deso- Luke xiii. 35. late : and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the John x. 7 . door of the sheep. 1 am the door : by me if any man enter John x. 9. in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 3 i2 SPIRIT AND LIFE. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and John x. m. to kill, and to destroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have if more abundantly.. I am the good shepherd : the good shep- johnx. u. herd giveth his life for the sheep. As the Father knoweth me, even so know johnx. 15. I the Father : and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of John x. 16. this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, be- John x. 17. cause I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it John x. 18. down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. For even the Son of man came not to be Mark x. 45. ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Even as the Son of man came not to be Math. xx. 2 s. ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. For I came down from heaven, not to do John vi. 38. mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath John vi. 39 sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. THE ATONEMENT. 313 And this is the will of him that sent me, John vi. 40. that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. When ye have lifted up the Son of man, John viii. 28. then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. I am the living bread which came down John vi. 51. from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. This is my body which is given for you : Luke xxii. 19. this do in remembrance of me. Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken \ Cor. xi. 24. for you : this do in remembrance of me. This is my blood of the new testament, Mark xiv. 24. which is shed for many. This cup is the new testament in my Luke xxii. 20 . blood, which is shed for you. This cup is the new testament in my i Cor. xi. 25. blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink //, in remembrance of me. He that is washed needeth not save to John xiii. 10. wash his feet, but is clean every whit : and ye are clean, but not all. What I do thou knowest not now ; but John xiii. 7 . thou shalt know hereafter. If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with John xiii. s. me. Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, John xvii. i. that thy Son also may glorify thee : 314 SPIRIT AND LIFE. As thou hast given him power over all John xvii. 2 . flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might John xvii. 3 . know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth : I have John x v ;i. 4. finished the work which thou gavest me to do. I have manifested thy name unto the men John xvii. 6. which thou gavest me out of the world : thine they were, and thou gavest them me ; and they have kept thy word. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that John xvii. 19. they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for John xvii. 20. them also which shall believe on me through their word ; That they all may be one ; as thou, Father, John xvii. 21. art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. I in them, and thou in me, that they may John xvii. 23. be made perfect in one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Now is my soul troubled ; and what shall John xii. 27. I say ? Father, save me from this hour : but for this cause came I unto this hour. Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Mark xiv. 36. thee ; take away this cup from me : never- theless, not what I will, but what thou wilt. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup Math. xxvi. 39 . THE ATONEMENT. 315 pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup Luke xxii. 42. from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. O my Father, if this cup may not pass Math. xxvi. 42 . away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. Put up thy sword into the sheath : the cup John xviii. n. which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Ought not Christ to have suffered these Luke xxiv. 26. things, and to enter into his glory? It is finished. John xix. 3 o. 316 SPIRIT AND LIFE. II. PRAYER. AND when thou prayest, thou shalt not be Math, vi, 5 . as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Two men went up into the temple to pray ; Luke xviii. 10. the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with Luke xviii. n. himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of Luke xviii. 12. all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would Luke xviii. 13. not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house Luke xviii. 14. justified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into Math. vi. 6. thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret ; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. PRAYER. 317 But when ye pray, use not vain repeti- Math. vi. 7 . tions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them : for Math. vi. 8. your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and Math. vii. 7 . ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : For every one that asketh receiveth ; and Math. vii. 8. he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his Math. vii. 9 . son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a Math. vii. 10. serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give Math. vii. n. good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Math. vi. 9 . Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in Math. vi. ro . earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Math. vi. . And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our Math. vi. 12. debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but de- Math. vi. 13 liver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 318 SPIRIT AND LIFE. When ye pray, say, Our Father which art Luke xi. 2. in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. Luke xi. 3 . And forgive us our sins ; for we also for- Luke xi. 4 . give every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Again I say unto you, That if two of you Math, xviii. 19. shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered to- Math, xviii. 20 . gether in my name, there am I in the midst of them. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in Math. xxi. 22 . prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Therefore I say unto you, What things Markxi. 24 . soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, John xiv. 13. that will I do, that the Father may be glori- fied in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I John xiv. M . will do it. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing, johnxvi. 23 . Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my John xvi. 24 . name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. PRAYER. 319 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in John xv. 7 . you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Which of you shall have a friend, and Luke xi. 5. shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves ; For a friend of mine in his journey is Luke xi. 6. come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Luke xi. 7 . Trouble me not : the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise Luke xi. s. and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be Luke xi. 9 . given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth ; and Luke xi. 10. he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a Son shall ask bread of any of you that Luke xi. . is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him Luke xi. 12. a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give Luke xi. 13. good gifts unto your children ; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 320 SPIRIT AND LIFE. There was in a city a judge, which feared Lukexviii. 2. not God, neither regarded man : And there was a widow in that city; and Lukexviii. 3. she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while : but after- Lukexviii. 4. ward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I Lukexviii. 5. will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. Hear what the unjust judge saith. Luke xviii. e. And shall not God avenge his own elect, Luke xviii. 7 . which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speed- Luke xviii. 8. ily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into Math. xxvi. 4 i. temptation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into Mark xiv. 3 s. temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Pray that ye enter not into temptation. Luke xxii. 40 . Why sleep ye ? rise and pray, lest ye enter Luke xxii. 4 6. into temptation. THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT. 321 III, THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT. IT is the Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh John vi. 6 3 . profiteth nothing : the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. Judge not according to the appearance, but John vii. 24. judge righteous judgment. Hear, and understand : Math. xv. 10. Not that which goeth into the mouth de- Math. xv. n. fileth a man ; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Are ye also yet without understanding ? Math. xv. 16. Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever Math. xv. 17. entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the Math. xv. 18. mouth come forth from the heart ; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, Math. xv. 19. murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : These are the things which defile a man : Math. xv. 20 . but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Hearken unto me every one of you, and Mark vii. i 4 understand : There is nothing from without a man, that Mark vii. 15. entering into him can defile him : but the 21 322 SPIRIT AND LIFE. things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. Are ye so without understanding also ? Do Mark vii. i&. ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot de- file him ; Because it entereth not into his heart, but Mark vii. 19. into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats ? That which cometh out of the man, that Mark vii. 20 . defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, Mark vii. 2 i. proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, Mark vii. 22. lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : All these evil things come from within, and Mark vii. 23. defile the man. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, Mark vii. 7 . teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of Mark vii. s. God, ye hold the tradition of men, as frhe washing of pots and cups : and many other such like things ye do. Now do ye Pharisees make clean the out- Luke xi. 39. side of the cup and the platter ; but your in- ward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 25, ocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT. 323 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that Math, xxiii. 26. which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Ye fools, did not he that made that which Luke xi. 4 o. is without make that which is within also ? Full well ye reject the commandment of Mark vii. 9 . God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and Mark vii. 10. thy mother ; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death : But ye say, If a man shall say to his father Mark vii. u. or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do aught for Mark vii. 12. his father or his mother ; Making the word of God of none effect Mark vii. 13. through your tradition, which ye have deliv- ered : and many such like things do ye. Why do ye also transgress the command- Math. xv. 3. ment of God by your tradition ? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy Math. xv. 4 . father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his Math. xv. 5. father or his mother, // is a gift, by whatso- ever thou mightest be profited by me ; And honour not his father or his mother, Math. xv. 6. he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Math, xxiii. 16. Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is 324 SPIRIT AND LIFE. nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor ! Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, Math, xxiii. i 7 . the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it Math, xxiii. 18. is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, Math, xxiii. 19. the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift ? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, Math, xxiii. 20. sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, Math, xxiii. 21. sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, swear- Math, xxiii. 22. eth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 23 . ocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, Math, xxiii. 24. and swallow a camel. But woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe Luke xi. 42 . mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Math, xxiii. 27. ocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepul- THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT. 325 chres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hyp- Luke xi. 44. ocrites ! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. Even so ye also outwardly appear right- Math, xxiii. 28 eous unto men, but within ye are full of hy- pocrisy and iniquity. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of Math. xv. 7 . you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with Math. xv. 8. their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hyp- Mark vii. 6. ocrites, as it is written, This people honour- eth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 326 SPIRIT AND LIFE. IV. FOREORD1NATION. MURMUR not among yourselves. John vi. 43 . No man can come to me, except the John vi. 44 . Father which hath sent me draw him : and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they John vi. 45 . shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. All that the Father giveth me shall come John vi. 37 . to me ; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. But there are some of you that believe joimvi. 6 4 . not. Therefore said I unto you, that no man John vi. 65. can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. Every plant, which my heavenly Father Math. xv. 13. hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen John xv. 16. you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain ; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be Math. xx. 23. baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be FOREORDINATION. 327 riven to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. But to sit on my right hand and on my Mark x. 4 o. left hand is not mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. And except those days should be short- Math, xxiv. 22 . ened, there should no flesh be saved : but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. And he shall send his angels with a great Math. xxiv. 31. sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. And except that the Lord had shortened Mark x iii. 20 . those days, no flesh should be saved : but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. And then shall he send his angels, and Mark xiii. 27. shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. And shall not God avenge his own elect, Luke xviii. 7 . which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? For many are called, but few are chosen. Math. xxii. 14. 328 SPIRIT AND LIFE. V. PROFESSION OF FAITH. WHOSOEVER therefore shall be Markviii. 3 & ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me Luke ix. 26. and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. Whosoever therefore shall confess me be- Math. x. 32 . fore men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall con- Luke \\\. s. fess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. But whosoever shall deny me before men, Math. x. 33- him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. But he that denieth me before men shall Luke xii. 9 . be denied before the angels of God. Go home to thy friends, and tell them how Mark v. 19. great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. Return to thine own house, and shew how Luke viii 39. great things God hath done unto thee. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. 329 VI. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. AND that servant, which knew his lord's Luke xii. 47 . will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit Luke xii. 4 s. things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required ; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. Mark iv. 23. Take heed therefore how ye hear : for Luke vW. 18. whosoever hath, to him shall be given ; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. For whosoever hath, to him shall be Math. xiii. 12. given, and he shall have more abundance : but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Take heed what ye hear : with what Mark iv. 24. measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you : and unto you that hear, shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given ; Mark iv. 25. and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : John ix. 4 i. 330 SPIRIT AND LIFE. but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth. And when the king came in to see the Math. x\ii. IT, guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment : And he saith unto him, Friend, how Math. xxr. !2 . earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind Math xxii. 13. him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. LABOR AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT. 331 VII. LABOR AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT. AND about the eleventh hour he went Math. xx. 6. out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? For the kingdom of heaven is as a man Math. xxv. 14 travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to an- Math, xxv, 15. other two, and to another one ; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents Math. xxv. 16. went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he Math. xxv. 17. also gained other two. But he that had received one went and Math. xxv. is. digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long time the lord of those ser- Math. xxv. 19. vants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents Math. xxv. 20. came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou Math. xxv. at. 332 SPIRIT AND LIFE. good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents Math. xxv. 22 . came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents : behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good Math. xxv. 23. and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he which had received the one Math. xxv. 24 talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed : And I was afraid, and went and hid thy Math. xxv. 2S . talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou Math. xxv. 26. wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed : Thou oughtest therefore to have put my Math. xxv. 27 . money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and Math. xxv. 2 s. give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be Math. xxv. 29. given, and he shall have abundance : but LABOR AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT. 333 from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into Math. xxv. 30 outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. He said therefore, A certain nobleman Luke xix. 12. went into a far country to receive for him- self a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and deliv- Luke xix. 13. ered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a Luke xix. 14 message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was Luke xix. 15. returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy Luke xix. 16. pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good Luke xix. 17. servant : because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy Luke xix. 18. pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also Luke xix. 19. over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, Luke xix. 20. here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin : 334 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For I feared thee, because thou art an Lukexix. 21. austere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own Luke xix. 22. mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow : Wherefore then gavest not thou my money Luke xix. 23 into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury ? And he said unto them that stood by, Luke xix. 24. Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath Luke xix. 25. ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That unto every one Luke xix. 26. which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. EQUALITY UNDER ATONEMENT. 335 VIII. EQUALITY UNDER THE ATONE- MENT. FOR the kingdom of heaven is like unto Math. xx. i. a man that is a householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labour- ers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labour- Math. xx . 2 . ers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, Math. xx. 3 . and saw others standing idle in the market- place, And said unto them ; Go ye also into the Math. xx. 4. vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and Math. xx. 5. ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, Math. xx. 6. and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath Math, xx 7 . hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the Math. xx. 8, vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, begin- ning from the last unto the first. 336 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And when they came that were hired Math. xx.g. about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed Math. xx. 10. that they should have received more ; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they mur- Math. xx . t! . mured against the goodman of the house, Saying, These last have wrought but one Math. xx. 12. hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Math. xx. . Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way : I Math. xx. 14. will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will Math. xx. 15. with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? THE SABBATH. 337 IX. THE SABBATH. THE Son of man is Lord also of the Luke vi. 5 . sabbath. For the Son of man is Lord even of the Math. xii. 8. sabbath day. Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of Mark ii. 2 s. the sabbath. The sabbath was made for man, and not Mark ii. 27 . man for the sabbath : Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath Markiii. 4 . days, or to do evil ? to save life, or to kill ? Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? Lukexiv. 3 . I will ask you one thing ; Is it lawful on Luke vi. 9 . the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil ? to save life^ or to destroy *?? Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you Lukexiii. 15. on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? Which of you shall have an ass or an ox Luke xiv. 5. fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? What man shall there be among you, that Math. xii. u. shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift // out ? How much then is a man better than a Math. xii. 12. sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 22 338 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And ought not this woman, being a Luke xiii. 16. daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? Moses therefore gave unto you circum- John vii. 22. cision ; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive cir- John vii. 23 . cumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken ; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Have ye not read what David did, when Math. xii. 3 . he was an hungered, and they that were with him? Have ye never read what David did, when Mark \\. 25. he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him ? Have ye not read so much as this, what Luke vi. 3 . David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him? How he entered into the house of God, Math. xii. 4- and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them ' which were with him, but only for the priests ? How he went into the house of God in the Mark \\. 26. days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? How he went into the house of God, and Luke vi. 4. THE SABBATH. 339 did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him ; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone ? Or have ye not read in the law, how that Math. xii. 5. on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 340 SPIRIT AND LIFE. X. MARRIAGE. BUT from the beginning of the creation Mark x. 6. God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father Mark x. 7 . and mother, and cleave to his wife ; And they twain shall be one flesh : so then Mark x . 8. they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, Mark x. 9. let not man put asunder. Have ye not read, that he which made Math. xix. 4. them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave Math. xix. 5 . father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh ? Wherefore they are no more twain, but Math. xix. 6. one flesh. What therefore God hath joined togecher, let not man put asunder. The children of this world marry, and are Luke xx. 34. given in marriage : But they which shall be accounted worthy Luke xx. 35 . to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. For in the resurrection they neither marry, Math. xxii. 30. nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. For when they shall rise from the dead, Mark xii. 25. they neither marry, nor are given in marriage ; but are as the angels which are in heaven. CHILDREN. 34i XL CHILDREN. SUFFER little children, and forbid them Math. xix. 14. not, to come unto me ; for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Suffer the little children to come unto me, Mark x. 14. and forbid them not ; for of such is the king- dom of God. Suffer little children to come unto me, and Luke xviii. 16. forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Yea ; have ye never read, Out of the Math. xxi. 16 mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast per- fected praise? And whoso shall receive one such little Math, xviii. 5. child in my name receiveth me. Whosoever shall receive one of such chil- Mark ix. 37. dren in my name, receiveth me ; and whoso- ever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. Whosoever shall receive this child in my Luke ix. 43, name, receiveth me ; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me : for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. But whoso shall offend one of these little Math, xviii 6 ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 342 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And whosoever shall offend one of these Mark ix. 42. little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. Take heed that ye despise not one of these Math, xviii. 10. little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Even so it is not the will of your Father Math, xviii. 14. which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Verily I say unto you, Except ye be con- Math, xviii. 3. verted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself Math, xviii 4, as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not Mark x. 15. receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not Luke xviii. 17. receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. THE POOR. 343 XII. THE POOR. BLESSED be ye poor : for yours is the Luke vi. 20. kingdom of God. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because Luke iv. is. he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. This day is this scripture fulfilled in your Luke iv. n. ears. To the poor the gospel is preached. Luke vii. 22. The poor have the gospel preached to them. Math. xi. 5 If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that Math. xix. 21. thou hast, and give to the poor. One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell Mark x. 21. whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that Luke xviii. 22. thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, follow me. But when thou makest a feast, call the Luke xiv. 13. poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind : And thou shalt be blessed ; for they cannot Luke xiv. i 4 . recompense thee : for thou shalt be recom- pensed at the resurrection of the just. For ye have the poor always with you; Math.xwi. u. but me ye have not always. For ye have the poor with you always, and Mark xiv. 7 . whensoever ye will ye may do them good : but me ye have not always. For the poor always ye have with you ; but John xii. 8. me ye have not always. 344 SPIRIT AND LIFE. XIII. THE RICH. "X 7ERILY I say unto you, That a rich man Math. xix. 23. V shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for Math. xix. 24. a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the king- dom of God. How hardly shall they that have riches Ma* x. 23. enter into the kingdom of God ! Children, how hard is it for them that Mark x. 24. trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the Mark x. 25. eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. How hardly shall they that have riches Lukexviii. 24. enter into the kingdom of God ! For it is easier for a camel to go through Lukexviii. 25. a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. But woe unto you, that are rich ! for ye Luke vi. 24. have received your consolation. When thou makest a dinner or a supper, Luke xiv. 12. call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours ; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. There was a certain rich man, which was Luke xvi. 19. THE RICH. 345 clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : And there was a certain beggar named Luke xvi. 20. Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs Luke xvi. 21. which fell from the rich man's table : more- over the dog's came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, Luke xvi. 22. and was carried by the angels into Abra- ham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried ; And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in Luke xvi. 23. torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, Luke xvi. 24. have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that Luke xvi. 25. thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tor- mented. And beside all this, between us and you Luke xvi. 26. there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, Luke xvi. 27. father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house : 346 SPIRIT AND LIFE. For I have five brethren ; that he may tes- Luke xvi. 28. tify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Luke xvi. 29 . Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if Luke xvi. 30. one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Luke xvi. 31. Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. THE WORD. HEAVEN and earth shall pass away : but Markxiii. 31. my words shall not pass away. Heaven and earth shall pass away : but Luke xxi. 33 . my words shall not pass away. The words that I speak unto you, they are John vi. 63. spirit, and they are life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man johnviii 5 i. keep my saying, he shall never see death. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that John v. 24 . heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is John v. 25. coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and they that hear shall live. Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, John v. 28. in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice. To this end was I born, and for this cause John xviii. 37 , came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. It is written, Man shall not live by bread Math. iv. 4. alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 348 SPIRIT AND LIFE. It is written, That man shall not live by Luke iv. 4. bread alone, but by every word of God. And if any man hear my words, and be- John xii. 47 . lieve not, I judge him not : for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receive th not John xii. 48. my words, hath one that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the John xii. 49 . Father which sent me, he gave me a com- mandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life John xii. 50 everlasting : whatsoever 1 speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, John xiv. 10, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. If any man will do his will, he shall know John vii. 7 . of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. I speak that which I have seen with my John viii 3 s. Father : and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his John vii. 18. own glory : but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no un- righteousness is in him. Though I bear record of myself, yet my John viii. 14. record is true : for I know whence I came, THE WORD. 349 and whither I go ; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak John Hi. n. that we do know, and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive not our witness. And because I tell you the truth, ye be- John viii. 45. lieve me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And John viii. 4 6. if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth God's words : John viii. 47 . ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that John viii. 4 o. hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham. If I had not come and spoken unto them, John xv. 22 . they had not had sin : but now they have no cloke for their sin. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have John v. 4 6. believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall John v. 47 . ye believe my words ? These are the words which I spake unto Luke xxiv. 44 . you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. For I tell you, that many prophets and Luke x. 24. kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Math xi. 15. 350 SPIRIT AND LIFE. If any man have ears to hear, let him heai. Markiv 23. Take heed what ye hear : with what meas- Mark iv. 24. ure ye mete, it shall be measured to you : and unto you that hear shall more be given. Take heed therefore how ye hear : for Luke viii. 18. whosoever hath, to him shall be given ; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my Lukevi. 47 . sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like : He is like a man which built an house, Luke vi. 4 s. and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock : and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it : for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like Luke vi. 49. a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth ; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immedi- ately it fell ; and the ruin of that house was great. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings Math. vii. 24 . of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : And the rain descended, and the floods Math. vii. 25. came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings Math. vii. ?6. of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened THE WORD. 351 unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : And the rain descended, and the floods Math. vii. 27,. came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it. And why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do Luke vi. 46. not the things which I say? My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, John x. 27. and they follow me : If a man love me, he will keep my words : John xiv. 23. and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my John xiv. 24. sayings : and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, be- John xiv. 25. ing yet present with you. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my johnviii. 31. disciples indeed ; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth John viii. 32. shall make you free. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in John xv. 7 . you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall John xv. 10. abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. He that hath my commandments, and John xiv. 21. keepeth them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me shall be loved of my 352 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Father, and I will love him, and will mani- fest myself to him. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I John xv. 14. command you. Henceforth I call you not servants ; for John xv : 15. the servant knoweth not what his lord do- eth : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. This is my commandment, That ye love John xv . . one another, as I have loved you. These things I command you, that ye love John xv. i 7 , one another. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, be- Luke iv. is. cause he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliver- ance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Luke iv. 19. Lord. I spake openly to the world ; I ever taught John xviii. 20 . in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. I must preach the kingdom of God to Luke iv. 43- other cities also : for therefore am I sent. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : Teaching them to observe all things what- soever I have commanded you : and, lo, I THE WORD. 353 am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. I have yet many things to say unto you, jv.im xvi. 12. but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is John xvi. 13. come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatso- ever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come. righteous Father, the world hath not John xvii. 25. known thee : but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 1 have manifested thy name unto the men John xvH. 6. which thou gavest me out of the world : thine they were, and thou gavest them me ; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things what- John xvii. 7 . soever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words John xvii. 8. which thou gavest me ; and they have re- ceived them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. And now come I to thee; and these John xvii. 13, things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word ; and the John xvii. 14. world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word John xvii. 17. is truth. 23 354 SPIRIT AND LIFE. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that John xvii. 19. they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for John xvii. 20 . them also which shall believe on me through their word ; And I have declared unto them thy name, John xvi 26. and will declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; Math. xiii. 3. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by Math. xiii. 4 . the way side, and the fowls came and de- voured them up : Some fell upon stony places, where they Math. xiii. 5. had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : And when the sun was up, they were Math. xiii. 6. scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns ; and the Math. xiii. 7 . thorns sprung up, and choked them : But other fell into good ground, and Math. xiii. s. brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Math. xiii. 9 - When any one heareth the word of the Math. xiii. 19. kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony Math. xiii. 20 THE WORD. 355 places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but Math. xiii.2i. dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution arise th because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the Math. xiii. 22. thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good Math. xiii. 23. ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower Mark iv. 3. to sow : And it came to pass, as he sowed, some Mark iv. 4 . fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it Mark iv. 5. had not much earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth : But when the sun was up, it was scorched ; Mark iv. 6. and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns Mark iv. 7. grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did Mark iv. 8. yield fruit that sprang up and increased ; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. 356 SPIRIT AND LIFE. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Mark iv. 9 . The sower soweth the word. Mark iv. 14. And these are they by the way side, where Mark iv. 15 the word is sown ; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are Mark iv. 16 sown on stony ground ; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so Mark iv. 17. endure but for a time : afterward, when afflic- tion or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among Mark iv. 18. thorns ; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the de- Mark iv. 19. ceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on Mark iv. 20. good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty- fold, some sixty, and some an hundred. A sower went out to sow his seed : and Luke vin. <;. as he sowed, some fell by the way side ; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon Lukeviii. 6. as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns ; and the Luke visi. 7. thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. THE WORD. 35; And other fell on good ground, and sprang Luke viii. s. up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Unto you it is given to know the mysteries Luke viii. 10. of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this : The seed is the Luke viii n. word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear Luke viii. 12. then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when Luke viii. 13. they hear, receive the word with joy ; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, Luke viii. 14. which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleas- ures of this life, and bring no fruit to per- fection. But that on the good ground are they, Luke viii. 15. which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep //, and bring forth fruit with patience. These things have I spoken unto you in Johnxvi. 25. ' ! proverbs : but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye Math. x. 27. in light : and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 353 SPIRIT AND LIFE. Remember the word that I said unto you, John xv. 20. The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also per- secute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. These things I have spoken unto you, that John xvi. 33 . in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. ANTI-CHRISTS. FALSE PROPHETS, GUIDES, AND TEACHERS. BEWARE of fals prophets, which come Math. vii. 15. to you in sheep's clothing, but in- wardly they are ravening wolves. Take heed that no man deceive you. Math. xxiv. 4 . For many shall come in my name, saying, Math. xxiv. 5. I am Christ ; and shall deceive many. And many false prophets shall rise, and Math. xxiv. n. shall deceive many. Take heed lest any man deceive you : Mark xiii. 5 . For many shall come in my name, saying, Mark xiii. 6. I am Christ; and shall deceive many. Take heed that ye be not deceived : for Luke xxi. s. many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, Math. xxiv. 23 . here is Christ, or there ; believe it not. And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, Mark xiii. 21. liere is Christ ; or, lo, he is there ; believe him not. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Be- Math. xxiv. 26. hold, he is in the desert ; go not forth : be- hold, he is in the secret chambers; believe /'/ not. 36o SPIRIT AND LIFE. For there shall arise false Christs, and Math. xxiv. 24 . false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. For false Christs and false prophets shall Mark xiii. 22 . rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if // were possible, even the elect. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do Math. vii. 16. men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth Math. vii. 17, good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, Math. vii. 18. neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Can the blind lead the blind ? shall they Luke vi. 39 . not both fall into the ditch? For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt Luke vi. 43. fruit ; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. Luke vi. 44 . For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know Math. vii. 20 . them. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that en- John x. i. tereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. All that ever came before me are thieves John x. 8. and robbers : but the sheep did not hear them. ANTf-CHRISTS. 361 It is impossible but that offences will Luke xvii. . come : but woe unto him, through whom they come ! It were better for him that a millstone Luke xvii. 2. were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. The days will come, when ye shall desire Luke xvii. 22. to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see //. And they shall say to you, See here ; or, Luke xvii. 23. see there : go not after them, nor follow them. THE END. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW DEC 11 1915 UG 6 1953 LOAN DEPT. * i V* ^ 30m-l,'15 YL i u i 6