{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_37700/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_37700","id":"gutenberg_37700","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37700","summary":null,"tags":["Bible -- Controversial literature","Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.","Bible -- Miscellanea","Category: Philosophy & Ethics","Category: Religion/Spirituality"],"text":"Produced by David Widger\n\n\n\n\n\nBIBLICAL EXTRACTS\n\nOr\n\nThe Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing Its Contradictions, Absurdities,\nAnd Immoralities.\n\nBy Robert Cooper.\n\n\n\"The Bible contained details of Atrocity at which human nature\nshuddered. Part of the Holy Writings consisted of history and of\nthe narration of facts of a kind, that could not be mentioned in the\npresence of a virtuous woman without exciting Horror. Should a woman be\npermitted to read in her chamber what she would tremble to hear at her\ndomestic board? Should she con over and revolve what she would rather\ndie than utter?\"--[The Right Hon R. L. Shiel, M.P.]\n\n[FROM AN ENGLISH EDITION.]\n\nCINCINNATI, O. 1860.\n\n\n\n\nPREFACE.\n\nThe distinguishing characteristic of the present age, is the freedom\nof inquiry and discussion which prevails upon all subjects; and most\nparticularly upon religious subjects. Intelligent and thinking men of\nevery class, are beginning to investigate and discuss questions of the\nlatter kind with considerable closeness, fearlessness and determination.\nThey are now resolved no longer to be hoodwinked with the veil of\nprejudice, enchained with the trammels of superstition, or deluded\nby the Hosted by or intimidated by the denunciations of a crafty and\nintolerant priesthood; but to examine for themselves--\"to prove all\nthings, and hold fast that which is good.\" And long have the priesthood\ndreaded, and anxiously have they endeavored to procrastinate, the\narrival of this period. Long have they been apprehensive of the\ndevelopment of intellect, and the enlightenment of mind. Long have they\nfeared the advent of that era which will hail the dawn of rationality\nand advancement. And why? Because they knew full well, ignorant and\nsuperstitious as many of them may appear, that when intellect and\nrationality become the main-springs of society--when men begin\ndispassionately and philosophically to examine into the mysteries and\nworkings of religion, that all their impositions will be discovered,\nall their craftiness detected, and all their designs and practices fully\nexposed. And, when once this is done, they are conscious that their\ninfluence over the people, would immediately decline, and ultimately\nfall. This has already in some measure proved true. For by the many bold\nand daring innovations, which have been made by a Paine, a Voltaire,\na Mirabaud, a Volney, a Taylor, a Howitt, and an Owen, upon what is\narrogantly called the consecrated ground of religion, their influence\nhas materially declined, and has every prospect of still continuing\nto do so. And this they know--_this they feel_. Hence, the terrific\nthunderbolts of indignation and anathema which they have hurled at the\ncharacters of those distinguished men. And hence, that malicious and\nvindictive spirit which they have manifested toward all those who have\nhad the integrity or boldness to acknowledge themselves their disciples.\nHence, too, their present discreditable opposition to every educational,\npolitical and social measure, which would conduce to the elevation and\nimprovement of society. But poor deluded mortals! how vain will they\nfind all their attempts to impede the mighty progress of truth--the\nglorious advancement of thought and enlightenment! As well, indeed,\nmight they attempt to overthrow the pyramids of Egypt with the waft of\na feather, as to endeavor to demolish the temple of reason and intellect\nwhich is now erecting in society; a temple which, while it will be a\nglorious emblem of the progression of man, will be a lasting monument\nof their final downfall! So considerably, in fact, is the power of the\npriesthood already diminished, that they are now beginning to be looked\nupon by the leading minds of all classes, with feelings of indifference\nand compassion, rather than those of reverence and admiration.\n\nIt was the desire to endeavor to hasten the annihilation of the\ninfluence of these men that induced me to publish the following work---a\nwork which, I trust, will serve somewhat to expose one of the greatest\nimpositions ever palmed upon mankind in any age, or in any country. I\nallude, as may be supposed? to the Bible. Yes, the Christian priesthood\ndare so outrageously to blaspheme the character of the Supreme Governor\nof the Universe as to say, that book is his word; that he either wrote\nor inspired men to write it. O shame, shame upon such blasphemy! What!\na munificent and omniscient Deity the author of a book replete with\nmore contradictions, containing more immoralities, and inculcating more\nabsurdities, than any book extant; contradictions, too, of the grossest\ncharacter, immoralities of the most pernicious tendency, and absurdities\nof the most extravagant nature! Audacious impiety! Such an opinion\nperhaps might be entertained in the dark ages of ignorance and\nsuperstition, but in this the boasted era of reason and science, it must\nbe repudiated by all who dare openly and frankly avow their sentiments,\nThis may be deemed by those who have always read the Bible with their\neyes closed, or who are interested in teaching its doctrines and\nmysteries, as very bold and presumptuous; but let the reader refer to\nthe extracts contained in this little book, (and which are only a few to\nwhat may be adduced) and I am persuaded that he will at once acknowledge\nthat I am perfectly justified in making these statements, Indeed, so\nextremely immoral and disgustingly obscene, are many passages in this\nbook, that I feel almost ashamed to publish them, and I am sure that any\none who has the least sense of delicacy or chastity, will blush to\nread them. A book which had really originated from an Omniscient and\nMunificent Divinity---a book which was the word, or organ of such\na being, must inculcate in every chapter and in every verse, the\nstrictest, the purest, and most exalted morality; must constantly exhort\nmankind to every thing that was just, rational and charitable; and\nmust contain no language but that which was exquisitely beautiful\nand elevating; and no expressions but those which were irresistibly\npersuasive and convincing. But the Bible is a book, as may be seen on\na reference to these extracts, quite the reverse of this. We are\ncompelled, therefore, to conclude against the established opinions of\nsociety, that it cannot be of Divine origin, and that consequently it\ncannot be the word of God.\n\nMy humble, but decided opinion is, as I have previously observed, that\nit was nothing more than a mere imposition; an imposition which was\npalmed upon mankind by the Christian priesthood, for the purpose of\ndeluding or enslaving them; for the purpose of leading them from the\nopen and cheering paths of knowledge and improvement, into the nauseous\nand gloomy quagmires of ignorance and superstition. The priesthood of\nevery sect of religion, in every country of the habitable globe, have\ninstituted and perpetuated certain impositions, by means of which they\nhave conceived they would be enabled to maintain and increase their\ninfluence over the minds of their followers; so that thereby they might\nstill continue to luxuriate in ease and enjoyment, while their poor\ndeluded victims repined in ignorance and woe. And this is such an\nimposition now established and supported by the Christian priesthood--an\nimposition which is the corner stone of all their power, the fountain\nof all their influence. It has been the tool which they have invariably\nused in the accomplishment of their objects, however selfish; and in the\nconsummation of their machinations, however odious. Whenever they have\nmassacred, immolated, or incarcerated those who have dared to dispute\ntheir vicegerency, or who have presumed to expose their doctrines, or\ndenounce their practices, they have quoted this imposition as their\nauthority. Whenever they have defended, or connived at the extortions of\nthe tyrants who have flattered or supported them, they have quoted this\nimposition as their authority. Whenever they have opposed any system or\nany measure, which they considered would be inimical to their interests,\nor subversive of their power, they have quoted this imposition as their\nauthority. And the sooner this imposition is removed--the sooner the few\ngood seeds which it may contain are extracted from it, and the immense\nmass of chaff is cast into oblivion, the better will it be for the\namelioration and progression of man. Perhaps the expression of such\nopinions as these may be painful to the feelings of many excellent\nindividuals. For this I am truly sorry, as my object is, not to cause\npain or uneasiness, but to expose error and imposture. The time has now\narrived when truth must come out, when truth must be spoken, \"without\nmystery, mixture of error, or fear of man.\" Too long, indeed, has this\nprecious jewel been sacrificed to the paltry predilections of interest\nand prejudice. Too long have we been tossed in the dark and unfathomable\ngulf of bigotry and intolerance; we must now make our way to the\nexpansive and unruffled ocean of reason and inquiry, and there, free\nfrom the storms of persecution, and the squalls of denunciation,\nproceed, on our onward course, in security and felicity. R. C.\n\n\n\n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS.\n\nPassages inconsistent....\n\nImmateriality.\n\nOmnipresence.\n\nOmnipotence.\n\nOmniscience.\n\nMunificence.\n\nImpartiality.\n\nImmutability.\n\nIncomprehensibility..\n\nPassages Immoral and Obscene\n\nPassages Absurd and Unnatural.\n\nPassages Contradictory..\n\n\n\n\nIMMATERIALITY.\n\n\"God is a spirit.\" John iv. 24..\n\n1. So God created man _in his own image_, in the _image of God_ created\nhe him; male and female-created he them. Gen. i. 27.\n\n2. The _eyes_ of the lord are in everyplace, beholding the evil and the\ngood. Prov. xv. 3.\n\n3. So shall my word be that goeth from out of my _mouth_; it shall not\nreturn unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it\nshall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah lv. 11.\n\n4. Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me for I am holier than\nthou; these are a smoke in my _nose_, a fire that burneth all the day.\nIsaiah lxv. 5.\n\n5. Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar burning with his anger\nand the burden thereof is heavy: his _lips_ are full of indignation, and\nhis _tongue_ as a devouring fire. Isaiah xxxth, 27.\n\n6. And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord\n_heard_ our voice and _looked_ on our affliction, and our labor and our\noppression. Deut. xxvi. 7.\n\n7. Lord, bow down thine _ear_ and hear, open thine eyes and see; and\nhear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the\nliving God. 2 Kings xix. 16.\n\n8. And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the\nplace of the _soles_ of my _feet_, where I will dwell in the midst of\nthe children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of\nIsrael no more defile, neither they nor their kings, by their whoredom,\nnor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. Ezek. xliii. 7.\n\n9. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and\nwith a strong _arm_ even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. Jer.\nxxi. 5.\n\n10. The Lord hath made bare his _holy arm_, in the eyes of all the\nnations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our\nGod. Isaiah lii. 10.\n\n11. When I consider the heavens, the work of thy _fingers_, the moon and\nthe stars which thou hast ordained. Psalms viii. 3.\n\n12. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with\nhim upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written\nwith the _finger_ of God. Exod. xxxi. 18.\n\n13. And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round\nabout within it, from the appearance of his _loins_ even upward, and\nfrom the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the\nappearance of fire, and it had brightness round about it. Ezek. i. 27.\n\n14. And it repenteth the Lord that he had made man upon the earth, and\nit grieved him at his _heart_, Gen. vi. 6.\n\n15. My _bowels, my bowels_, I am pained at my very _heart_, my heart\nmaketh a noise in me: I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O\nmy soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Jer. iv. 19.\n\n16. And with the blast of thy _nostrils_ the waters were gathered\ntogether, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were\ncongealed in the heart of the sea. Exod. xv. 8.\n\n17. And it shall come to pass while my glory passeth by, that I will put\nthee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my _hand_ while\nI pass by. And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my _back\nparts_, but my _face_ shall not be seen. Exod. xxxiii. 22, 23.\n\n18. Then the Lord put forth his _hand_ and _touched_ my _mouth_, and the\nLord said unto me, Behold I have put my words in thy mouth. Jer. i. 9.\n\n19. Behold the Lord's _hand_ is not shortened, that it cannot save;\nneither his _ear_ heavy, that it cannot hear. Isaiah lix. 1.\n\n20. Mine _hand_ also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my\n_right hand_ hath spanned the heavens,--when I call unto them they stand\nup together. Isaiah xlviii. 13.\n\n21. I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to\nrest; I the Lord have said it. Ezekiel xxi. 17.\n\n22. And the Lord _spake_ unto Moses, saying. Num. xxv. 16.\n\n23. And God _spake_ unto Noah, saying. Genesis viii. 15.\n\n24. And the Lord _spake_ unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon\nthe dry land. Jonah ii. 10.\n\n25. And Abraham fell on his face; and God _talked_ with him saying.\nGenesis xvii. 3.\n\n26. And the Lord _smelled_ a sweet savour, and the Lord said in his\nheart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for\nthe imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth, neither will I\nagain smite any more every thing living as I have done. Genesis viii.\n21.\n\n27. And the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into\nhis nostrils the breath of life: and man became a living soul. Genesis\nii. 7.\n\n28. By the _breath_ of God frost is given and the breadth of the waters\nis straitened. Job xxxvii. 10.\n\n29. And the Lord said unto him, this is the land which I sware unto\nAbraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying I will give it unto thy\nseed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not\ngo over thither. So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died therein the\nland of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And _he_ buried him in\na valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor; but no man knoweth\nof his sepulchre unto this day. Deut. xxxiv. 4-6.\n\nAlso notes 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 44; 46, 637 64, 65, 72, 114, 130, 133.\n\n\n\n\nOMNIPRESENCE.\n\nOne God and father of all, who is, above all, through all, and in you\nall. Ephesians iv. 6.\n\nWhither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy\npresence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed\nin hell, behold thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and\ndwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead\nme, and thy right hand shall hold me. Psalms cxxxix. 7---10.\n\n30. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; Who _being\nin the form of God_ thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Phil.\nii. 5, 6.\n\n31. And the Lord _came down_ upon Mount Sinai on the top of the mount;\nand the Lord _called Moses up_ to the top of the mount, and Moses went\nup. Exodus xix. 20.\n\n32. And the Lord _came down in a cloud_, and spake onto him, and took of\nthe spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and\nit came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied,\nand did not cease. Numbers xL 25.\n\n33. And the Lord _came down in the pillar of the cloud_, and _stood in\nthe door_ of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both\ncame forth, Numbers xii. 5.\n\n34. For I know their works and their thoughts; it shall come that I will\ngather all nations and tongues, and they shall _come and see my glory_.\nIsaiah lvi. 18.\n\n35. And _come and stand before me in this house_, which is called by\nname, and say, we are delivered to do all these abominations. Jeremiah\nvii. 10.\n\n36. And the Lord said unto Moses, _Come up to me in the mount_ and be\nthere; and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments\nwhich I have written; that thou mayst teach them. Exod. xxiv. 12.\n\n37. And he left on talking with him, and God _went up from Abraham_.\nGenesis xvii. 22.\n\n38.. And the Lord _came down to see the city and the tower_, which the\nchildren of men builded. Gen. xi..5.\n\n39. And the Holy Ghost _descended in a bodily shape like a dove_ upon\nhim, and a voice came from heaven which said, Thou art my beloved son;\nin thee I am well pleased. Luke iii. 22.\n\n40. For the Lord himself shall _descend_ from heaven with a shout, with\nthe voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in\nChrist shall rise first. 1 Thessalonians iv. 16.\n\n41. Thus saith the Lord, I am _returned_ unto Zion, and will dwell in\nthe midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth;\nand the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. Zech. viii. 3.\n\n42. And I _will dwell_ amongst the children of Israel, and will be their\nGod. Exodus xxix. 45.\n\n43. And God _met_ Balaam, and he said unto him, I have prepared seven\naltars, and 1 have offered upon each altar a bullock and a ram. Numbers\nxxiii. 4.\n\n44. For the Lord thy God _walketh in the midst of thy camp_, to deliver\nthee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp\nbe holy, that he sees no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.\nDeuteronomy xxiii. 14.\n\n45. They shall be carried to Babylon; and there shall they be until the\nday that I _visit_ them, saith the Lord, then I will bring them up and\nrestore them to this place. Jeremiah xxvii. 22.\n\n46. I saw the Lord _standing upon the altar_; and he said, Smite the\nlintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head\nall of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword; he that\nfleeth of them shall not flee away; and he that escapeth of them shall\nnot be delivered. Amos ix. 1.\n\n47. God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is\nLord of heaven and earth _dwelleth_ not in temples made with hands. Acts\nxvii. 21.\n\n48. Moreover the word of the Lord _came to me_ saying. Jeremiah ii. 1.\n\n49. God _came from Teman,_ and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His\nglory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Habakuk\niii. 3.\n\nAlso notes 1, 63, 66, 303.\n\n\n\n\nOMNIPOTENCE.\n\nBut Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible,\nbut with God all things are possible. Matt. xix. 26.\n\n50. And the Lord was with Judah, and he drave out the inhabitants of\nthe mountains, but _could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley_,\nbecause they had chariots of iron. Judges i. 19.\n\n51. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than man, and the _weakness_\nof God is stronger than man. 1. Corinthians i. 25.\n\n52. For thou shalt worship no other God; for the Lord whose name is\nJealous; is _a jealous God_. Exod. xxxiv. 14.\n\n53. They have moved me to _jealousy_ with that which is not God; they\nhave provoked me to anger with their vanities; and I will move them to\njealousy with those who are not a people, I will provoke them to anger\nwith a foolish nation. Deut. xxxii. 21.\n\n54. I am the Lord, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to\nanother _neither my praise_ to graven images. Isaiah xlii. 8.\n\n55. _Turn, O backsliding children_, saith the Lord; _for I am married\nunto you_; and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I\nwill bring you to Zion. Jeremiah iii. 14.\n\n56. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth, for the Lord hath\na _controversy_ with the nations; he will _plead_ with all flesh, he\nwill give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord of hosts.\nJeremiah xxv. 31.\n\n57. Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord hath\na _controversy_ with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no\ntruth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. Hosea iv. 1.\n\n58. I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the\nvalley of Jehoshaphat; and will _plead_ with them there for my people,\nand for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations,\nand parted my land. Joel iii. 2.\n\n59. And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold,\nit is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore, _let me alone_ that my wrath\nmay wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make\nof thee a great nation. Exod. xxxii. 9, 10.\n\n60. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever; for\nin six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the _seventh_ day he\n_rested_ and was _refreshed_. Exodus xxxi. 17.\n\n61. For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of\nhis own eternity. Nevertheless, _through the envy of the Devil_, came\n_death_ into the world; and they that do hold of his side do find it.\nWisdom of Solomon ii. 23.\n\n62. To wit, that God was in Christ _reconciling the world unto himself_,\nnot imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the\nword of reconciliation. 2. Corinthians v. 19.\n\n63. And Jacob was left alone; and there _wrestled_ a man with him until\nthe breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against\nhim, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh\nwas out of joint, as he _wrestled_ with him. And he said, Let me go for\nthe day breaketh; and he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless\nme. And he said unto him, What is thy name! And he said, Jacob. And\nhe said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a\nprince _thou hast power with God_, and with men, and hath _prevailed_.\nAnd Jacob asked him and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: And he\nsaid, Wherefore is it, that thou dost ask after my name? and he blessed\nhim there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for _I have\nseen God face to face_, and my life is preserved. Genesis xxxii. 24--30.\n\n\n\n\nOMNISCIENCE.\n\nAnd they prayed, and said, Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all\nmen, show whether of these two thou hast chosen. Acts i. 24.\n\nBut God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit: for the spirit\nsearcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1. Corinthians ii.\n10.\n\nNo thought escapeth him, neither any word is hidden from him. Eccles.\nxlii. 20.\n\nO the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knoweledge of God! how\nunsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out. Romans\nxi. 33.\n\n64. And the Lord called unto Adam, and said unto him, _Where art thou?_\nGen. iii. 9.\n\n65. And he said. _Who told thee_ that thou wast naked? _Hast thou eaten\nof the tree_ whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? Gen.\niii. 11.\n\n66. And God came unto Balaam, and said, _What men are these with thee?_\nNumbers xxii. 9.\n\n67. And the Lord said, _Who shall entice Ahab, king of Israel_, that he\nmay go up and fall at Ramothgilead?\n\n2 Chronicles xviii. 19.\n\n68. Thus saith the Lord, _What iniquity have your fathers found in me_,\nthat they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are\nbecome vain? Jeremiah ii. 5.\n\n69. Then saith the Lord unto Moses, Behold I will rain bread from heaven\nfor you, and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every\nday, _that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no_.\nExodus xvi. 4.\n\n70. When _therefore the Lord knew_ how the Pharisees had heard that\nJesus made and baptised more disciples than John. John iv. 1.\n\n71. Because _the foolishness_ of God is wiser than men, and the weakness\nof God is stronger than men. 1 Corinthians i. 25.\n\n72. Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the\nLord hearkened and heard it, and _a book of remembrance_ was written\nbefore him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his\nname. Malachi iii. 16.\n\n73. And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set\nbefore them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein. But\nhave walked after the _imagination_ of their own _heart_, and after\nBaalim, which their fathers taught them. Jeremiah ix. 13, 14.\n\n74. And ye have done worse than your fathers; (for behold ye walk every\none after the imagination of his _evil heart_, that ye may not hearken\nunto me.) Jeremiah xvi. 12.\n\n75. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall\nspeak unto thee, _receive into thine heart_, and hear with thine ears.\nEzek. iii. 10.\n\n76. They shall walk after the Lord; he shall _roar like a lion_: when he\nshall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. Hosea xi. 10.\n\n77. The Lord your God, which goeth before you, he shall _fight_ for you,\naccording to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes. Deut. i.\n30.\n\n78. The great God that formed all things, both _rewardeth the fool_, and\nrewardeth transgressors. Prov. xx vi. 10.\n\n79. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the\nchildren of men builded. And the Lord said, behold the people is one,\nand they have all one language; and this they begin to do. Go to, let\nus go down, and there _confound their language, that they may not\nunderstand one another's speech_. Genesis xi. 5. 6, 7.\n\nAlso notes, 63, 121, 144, 147, 152, 153.\n\n\n\n\nMUNIFICENCE.\n\nHe that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love. 1. John iv. 8.\n\nThe Lord is good, a strong-hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth\nthem that trust in him. Naham i. 7.\n\nAll the works of the Lord are good; and he will give every needful thing\nin due season. Eccles. xxxix. 83.\n\n80. For the Lord thy God is _a consuming fire_, even a jealous God.\nDeut. iv. 24.\n\n81. God is jealous and the Lord _revengeth_; the Lord revengeth and is\n_furious_; the Lord will take _vengeance_ on his adversaries; and he\n_reserveth wrath_ for his enemies. Nahum i. 2..\n\n82. It is a _fearful thing_ to fall into the hands of the living God.\nHebrews x. 31.\n\n83. The Lord is a _man of war_; the Lord is his name. Exodus xv. 3.\n\n84. The Lord shall go forth as a _mighty man_; he shall stir up jealousy\nlike _a man of war_; he shall cry, yea roar; he shall prevail against\nhis enemies. Isaiah xl. 11. 13.\n\n85. The Lord hath opened his _armory_, and hath brought forth the\n_weapons of his indignation_; for this is the work of the Lord God of\nhosts, in the land of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 1. 25.\n\n86. And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put\nevery man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate\nthroughout the camp, _and slay every man his brother, and every man his\ncompanion, and every man his neighbor_. And the children of Levi did\naccording to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day\nabout _three thousand men_. Exodus xxxii. 27, 28.\n\n87. For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn unto the _lowest\nhell_ and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the\nfoundation of the mountains. I will heap _mischiefs_ upon them, I\nwill spend mine arrows upon them. They shall be burnt with anger, and\ndevoured with burning heat? and with bitter destruction. I will also\nsend the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of\nthe dust. The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the\n_young man_ and the _virgin_, the _suckling_ also, with the _man of gray\nhairs_, Pent, xxxii. 22 to 25.\n\n88. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the\nLord thy God am a _jealous God; visiting the iniquity of the fathers\nupon the children, unto the third and fourth generation_ of them that\nhate me. Exodus xx. 5.\n\n89. The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, _even the wicked for\nthe day of evil_. Prov. xvi. 4.\n\n90. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace _and create\nevil_: I the Lord do all these things, Isaiah xiv. 7.\n\n91. _And I will harden Pharaoh's heart_ and multiply my signs and my\nwonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh _shall not hearken unto you_,\nthat _I may lay my hand upon Egypt_, and bring forth mine _armies_ and\nmy people the children of Israel, out of the land of-Egypt, by great\njudgments. Exodus vii. 3, 4.\n\n92. And it came to pass that at midnight _the Lord smote all the\nfirst-born of the land of Egypt_, from the first-born of Pharaoh that\nsat on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive that was in the\ndungeon and all the first-born of cattle. Exodus xii. 29.\n\n93. And my _wrath_ shall wax hot, and _I will kill you with the sword_;\nand your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Exodus\nxxii. 24.\n\n94. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, _\"Vex_ the Midianites and\n_smite_ them.\" Numb. xxv. 17.\n\n95. And the Lord's _anger_ was kindled the same time, and he sware\nsaying, \"Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt from twenty\nyears old and upwards, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,\nunto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not _wholly_ followed me.\"\nNum. xxxii. 10, 11.\n\n96. Now go, and smite Amalek, _and utterly destroy all that they have_,\nand spare them not; but slay both _man and woman, infant and suckling_,\nox and sheep, camel and ass. 1. Samuel xv. 3.\n\n97. Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations\nwhich thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not\nthe manner of the God of the land; therefore he hath sent lions among\nthem, and behold, _they slay them_, because they know not the manner of\nthe God of the land. 2nd Kings xvii. 26.\n\n98. For the _indignation_ of the Lord is upon all nations, and his\n_fury_ upon all their armies; he hath _utterly destroyed_ them, he hath\ndelivered them to the slaughter. Isaiah xxxiv. 2.\n\n99. Then the angel of the Lord went forth and smote in the camp of the\nAssyrians _one hundred and fourscore and five thousand_; and when they\narose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. Isaiah\nxxxvii. 36.\n\n100. Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon\nthem, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry\nunto me, _I will not hearken unto them_. Jer. xi. 11.\n\n101. _The fierce anger_ of the Lord shall not return until he have\ndone it, and until he have performed the _intents of his heart_: in the\nlatter days ye shall consider it. Jeremiah xxx. 24.\n\n102. For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses\nof this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are\nthrown down by the mounts, and by the sword, \"They come to fight with\nthe Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men,\nwhom _I have slain in mine anger and in my fury_, and for all whose\nwickedness I have hid my face from this city.\" Jer. xxxii. 4; 5.\n\n103. And he hath _violently_ taken away his tabernacle as if it were of\na garden; he hath destroyed his places of the assembly; the Lord hath\ncaused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath\ndespised _in the indignation of his anger_ the king and the _priest_.\nLament of Jer. ii. 6.\n\n104. The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins\nand my young men are fallen by the sword; _thou hast slain them in the\nday of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied_. Lam. of Jer, ii.\n21.\n\n105. Therefore _the fathers shall eat the sons_ in the midst of thee,\nand the _sons shall eat their fathers_; and I will execute judgments in\nthee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.\n\"Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, surely because thou hast\ndefiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine\nabominations, therefore will I also diminish thee, _neither shall mine\neye spare, neither will 1 have any pity._.\" Ezek. v. 10, 11.\n\n106. So the Lord sent _pestilence_ upon Israel; and there fell of Israel\n_seventy thousand men_. 1st. Chron. xxi. 14.\n\n107. He that is far off shall die of the _pestilence_, and he that is\nnear shall fall by the _sword,_ and he that remaineth and is besieged\nshall die by the _famine_; thus will I accomplish my _fury_ upon them.\nEzek. vi. 12.\n\n108. Samaria shall become desolate, for she hath rebelled against her\nGod; they shall fall by the sword; _their infants shall be dashed in\npieces, and their women with child shall be ript up._ Hosea xiii. 16.\n\nAlso notes 79, 56, 119, 121, 126, 143, 149.\n\n\n\n\nIMPARTIALITY.\n\nThen Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that _God is\nno respecter of persons_. Acts x.\n\nFor there is _no respect of persons with God_. Romans ii. 11.\n\n109. Therefore I endure all things for the _elect's_ sakes, that they\nmay also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal\nglory. 2 Tim. ii. 10.\n\n110. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God\nhath _chosen_ thee, to be a _special people unto himself_ above all the\npeople that are upon the face of the earth. Deut. vii. 6.\n\n111. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be _their_\nGod. Exodus xxix, 45.\n\n112. I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the\nvalley of Jehoshaphat, and will _plead_ with them there for _my_\npeople, and for _my heritage_ Israel, whom they have scattered among the\nnations, and parted my land. Joel iii. 2.\n\n113. Behold, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given thee\na wise and understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before\nthee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 1 Kings iii.\n12.\n\n114. I have loved you, saith the Lord; yet ye say, Wherein hast thou\nloved us! Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith the Lord; yet I _loved_\nJacob. And I _hated_ Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage\nwaste, for the dragons of the wilderness. Malachi i, 2, 3.\n\n115. As it is written, Jacob have I _loved_, but Esau have I _hated_.\nRomans ix. 13.\n\n116. Now God had brought Daniel into _favor_ and _tender love_ with the\nprince of the eunuchs. Dan. i. 9.\n\n117. For God loveth _none but him that dweleth with wisdom_. Wisdom of\nSolomon vii. 28.\n\n118. The Lord maketh _poor_ and maketh _rich_, he bringeth low, and\nlifteth up. 1 Sam. ii. 7.\n\n119. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the _maker of them\nall_. Prov. xxii. 2.\n\n120. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy _on whom 1 will have\nmercy_, and I will have compassion on whom I _will_ have compassion.\nRomans ix. 15.\n\nAlso notes 91 and 132.\n\n\n\n\nIMMUTABILITY.\n\nFor I am the Lord, _I change not_; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not\nconsumed. Malachi iii. 6.\n\nEvery good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down\nfrom the father of lights, _with whom is no variableness neither shadow\nof turning_. James i. 17.\n\nGod is not a man, that he should lie, _neither the son of man, that\nhe should repent_; hath he said, _and shall he not do it?_ or hath he\nspoken, _and shall he not make it good?_ Numbers xxiii. 19.\n\n121. And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from\nthe face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping, things,\nand the fowls of the air: for it _repenteth_ me that I have made them.\nGenesis vi. 7.\n\n122. And the Lord _repented_ of the evil which he had thought to do unto\nhis people. Exodus xxxii. 14.\n\n123 It _repenteth_ me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is\nturned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments,\nand it grieved Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all night. 1 Samuel\nxv. 11.\n\n124. And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy\nit, the Lord _repented_ him of the evil, and said to the angel that\ndestroyed the people, it is enough; stay now thine hand. And the angel\nof the Lord was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite. 2 Sam.\nxxiv. 16.\n\n125. If that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil.\nI will _repent_ of the evil that I thought to do unto them. If it do\nevil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will _repent of the\ngood_ wherewith I said I would benefit them. Jer. xviii. 8; 10.\n\n126. For thus saith the Lord, like as I have brought all this great\n_evil_ upon this people, so will I bring upon them the _good_ which I\nhave promised them. Jeremiah xxxii. 42.\n\n127. And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord\nyour God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great\nkindness, and _repenteth_ him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.\n\n128. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and\nGod _repented of the evil_ that he had said he would do unto them; and\nhe did it not. Jonah iii. 10.\n\n129. Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward;\ntherefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; _I\nam weary with repenting_. Jeremiah xv. 6.\n\nAlso notes 14, 26 and 167.\n\n\n\n\nINCOMPREHENSIBILITY.\n\nWho is the image of the _invisible_ God, the first born of every\ncreature. Coloss. i. W.\n\nO the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! _how\nunsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out_. Romans\nxi. 33.\n\nFor _my thoughts_ are not _your thoughts_, neither are _your ways my\nways_ saith the Lord. Isaiah iv. 8.\n\n130. And the Lord spake unto Moses _face to face, as a man speaketh unto\nhis friend_. Exodus xxxiii. 11.\n\n131. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and _seventy_ of the\nelders of Israel. _And they saw the God of Israel_; and there was under\nhis feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the\nbody of heaven in his clearness. Exodus xxiv. 9. 10.\n\n132. And Jacob called the name of the place. Peniel; _for I have seen\nGod face to face_, and my life is preserved. Genesis xxxii. 30.\n\n133. _I saw the Lord_ standing upon the altar. Amos ix. 1.\n\n134. And Jesus when he was baptised went up straightway out of the\nwater; and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and _he saw the spirit\nof God descending like a dove_, and lighting upon him. Mat. iii. 16.\n\n135 And the Lord _appeared_ unto him (Isaac,) and said, Go not down into\nEgypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. Gen. xxvi. 2.\n\n138. And the Lord _appeared_ in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud;\nand the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. Deut.\nxxxi. 15.\n\n137. Seek ye the Lord while he may be _found_, call ye upon him while he\nis near. Isaiah lv. 6.\n\n138. And ye shall seek me, and _find_ me, when ye shall search for me\nwith all your heart. Jer. xxix. 13.\n\n139. Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one\nthat loveth is born of God, and _knoweth_ God. 1 John iv. 7.\n\n140. This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare\nunto you, that _God is light_, and in him is _no darkness_ at all. 1\nJohn i. 5.\n\nAlso notes 1, 17, 34, 80, 83.\n\n\n\n\nPASSAGES IMMORAL AND OBSCENE.\n\n\n\n\nGOD.\n\n141. And Jacob begat Joseph the _husband_ of Mary, of whom was born\nJesus, who is called Christ. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this\n_wise:_ When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came\ntogether, she was _found with child of the Holy Ghost_. Then Joseph\nher _husband_ being a just man, and not willing to make her a public\nexample, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on\nthese things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream,\nsaying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy\n_wife_: for that which is conceived in her _is of the Holy Ghost_. Mat.\ni. 16--20.\n\n[Here God is represented as committing --------.]\n\n142. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians;\nand it shall come to pass, that when ye go ye shall not go empty: But\nevery woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth\nin her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment; and\nye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall\nspoil the Egyptians. Exodus iii. 21, 22.\n\n[Here he is represented as commanding the Israelites to rob the\nEgyptians, under the _pretence of borrowing of them_; thus encouraging\nthem to steal.]\n\n143. So Jehu _slew all that remained of the house of Ahab_ in Jezreel,\nand all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left\nhim none remaining. And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done\nwell in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto\nthe house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, _thy children\nof the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel_. 2 Kings x.\n11--30.\n\n[Here he is represented not only as pronouncing the most heinous of\nall crimes, _murder_, to be _right,_ but actually rewarding Jehu for\ncommitting it.]\n\n144. And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,\nseeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn\nwith oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have\nprovided me a king among his sons. And Samuel said, how can I go? If\nSaul hear me he will kill me. And the Lord said, take an heifer with\nthee, _and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord_. 1. Samuel xvi. 1,2.\n\n[Here he is represented as commanding Samuel to act the most _consummate\nhypocrite_.]\n\n145. Wherefore 1 gave them also statutes _that were not good_, and\njudgments _whereby they should not live_. Ezek. xx. 25.\n\n146. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;\nbecause they received not the love of the truth, that they might be\nsaved. And for this cause, _God shall send them strong delusion_, that\nthey should _believe a lie_. 2. Thes. ii. 10. 11.\n\n147. And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab, king of Israel, that he\nmay go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake, saying after this\nmanner, and another saying after that manner. Then there came out a\nspirit, and stood before the Lord, and said I will entice him. And\nthe Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go out and be a\n_lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets_. And the Lord said, Thou\nshalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail; go out _and do even so_.\n2 Chron. xviii. 19, 20, 21.\n\n148. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, _I the\nLord God have deceived that prophet_, and I will stretch out my hand\nupon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. Ezek.\nxiv. 9.\n\n149. And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the\nbottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the\ndragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a\nthousand years. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up,\nand set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more,\n_till the thousand years should be fulfilled_; and after that he must be\nloosed a little season. And _shall go out to deceive the nations_ which\nare in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them\ntogether to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. Kevel.\nxx. 1, 2, 3, 8..\n\n150. He is a merchant, the balances of _deceit_ are in his hand _he\nloveth to oppress_. Hosea xii. 7.\n\n151. The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea; and the Lord\nsaid to Hosea, Go, take unto thee _a wife of whoredoms and children of\nwhoredoms_; for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from\nthe Lord. Hosea i. 2.\n\n152. And I will _make drunk_ her princes, and her wise men, her captains\nand her rulers, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual\nsleep, and not wake, saith the king, whose name is the Lord of hosts.\nJer. li. 57.\n\n153. Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts,\nthe God of Israel, _Drink ye and be drunken, and spue, and fall,\nand rise no more_, because of the sword which I will send among you,\nJeremiah xxv. 27.\n\n\n\n\nMOSES.\n\n154. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he\nwent out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens; and he spied an\nEgyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this\nway and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, _he slew the\nEgyptian_, and hid him in the sand. Exodus ii. 11. 12.\n\n155. Now therefore (says Moses) kill every male among the little ones,\nand kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the\nwomen children, that have not known man by lying with him, _keep alive\nfor yourselves_. Numbers xxxi. 17, 18.\n\n156. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, _Arm some of yourselves\nunto the war_, and let them go against the Midianites, and _avenge_\nthe Lord of Midian. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every\ntribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war,\n_with the holy instruments_, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. Num.\nxxxi. 3--6.\n\n\n\n\nDAVID.\n\nAnd it came to pass in an evening tide, that David arose from off his\nbed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he\nsaw a young woman washing herself, and the woman was very beautiful to\nlook upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman: and one said,\nIs not this Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam, _the wife of Uriah the\nHittite_. And David sent messengers and took her; and she came in unto\nhim _and he lay with her_, (for she was purified from her uncleanness,)\nand she returned unto her house. And the woman conceived and sent\nand told David, and said, _I am with child_. And David sent to Jacob,\nsaying. Send me Uriah the Hittite, And Joab sent Uriah to David. 2 Sam.\nxi. 2 to 6.\n\n[The story then proceeds to represent David, _the man after God's own\nheart_, as endeavoring to cajole the poor cuckold Uriah. But he returns\nto the war without visiting his wife, and David sends a letter with him\nto Joab, in which letter he orders Joab to place Uriah in the front of\nthe battle, _and then leave him so that he might he killed_. Joab obeys\nhis orders Uriah is slaughtered, and he then takes Bathsheba his wife\nand marries her in order that he might continue to gratify his lust upon\nher!]\n\n158. And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of\nAchish the king of Gath. And he changed his behavior before them, _and\nfeigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the\ngate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard_. 1 Sam. xxi. 12, 13.\n\n159. Wherefore David arose, and went, he and his men, and slew of the\nPhilistines two hundred men; and _David brought their foreskins_, and\nthey gave them in full tale to the king, _that he might be the king's\nson-in-law_; and Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 1 Samuel\nxviii. 27.\n\n160. Now King David was old, and stricken in years, and they covered him\nwith clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him,\nLet there be sought for my lord the king, _a young virgin, and let her\nstand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy\nbosom_, that my lord the king may get heat. So they sought for a\nfair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a\nShunamite, and brought her to the king. And the damsel was very fair,\n_and cherished the king, and ministered to him_, but the king _knew her\nnot_. 1 King i. 1 to 4.\n\n161. And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and\nfought against it, and took it. And he took their king's crown from off\nhis head, (the weight whereof was a talent of gold, with the precious\nstones.) and it was set on David's head, and he brought forth the spoil\nof the city in great abundance. And he brought forth the people that\nwere therein, _and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and\nunder axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln; and thus\ndid he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon_. So David and all\nthe people returned unto Jerusalem. 2 Samuel xii. 29 to 31.\n\n162. And behold (says David in his _dying moments_ to his son Solomon,)\nthou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, of Bahurim,\nwhich cursed me with a grievous curse, in the day when I went to\nMahanaim; but he came down to meet me at Jordan, _and I sware to him\nby the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword_. Now\ntherefore hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and knowest\nwhat thou oughtest to do unto him; _but his hoary head bring thou down\nto the grave with blood_. 1 Kings ii. 8, 9.\n\n\n\n\nSOLOMON.\n\n193. And he had _seven hundred wives_ princesses, and _three hundred\nconcubines_; and his wives turned away his heart. 1 Kings xi. 3.\n\n164. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O princess daughter! _the\njoints of thy thighs are like jewels_, the work of the hands of a\ncunning workman. Thy navel is like a round goblet which wanteth not\nliquor; thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy\ntwo breasts are like two young roes that are twins. Thy neck is a tower\nof ivory, thine eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of\nBath-rabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward\nDamascus. Solomon's Songs vii. 1 to 4.\n\n\n\n\nJOSHUA.\n\n165, And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and\nwoman, young and old, and ox and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the\nsword. But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the\ncountry, _Go into the harlot's house and bring out thence the woman and\nall that she hath_, as ye sware unto her. Joshua vi. 21, 22.\n\n16.6. And it was told Joshua, saying, the five kings are found hid in a\ncave at Makkedah. And Joshua said, Roll great stones by the mouth of the\ncave, and set men by it for to keep them. And stay you not, but pursue\nafter your enemies, _and smite the hindmost of them, suffer them not to\nenter into their cities_; for the Lord your God hath delivered them into\nyour hand. Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out\nthese five kings unto me out of the cave. And afterwards Joshua _smote\nthem, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees_; and they were\nhanging upon the trees until the evening. Joshua x. 17 to 26.\n\n\n\n\nEZEKIEL.\n\n167. Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin\nfrom time to time shalt thou drink. And thou shalt eat it as barley\ncakes _and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man_, in\ntheir sight. And the Lord said, even thus shall the children of Israel\neat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.\nThen said I, ah Lord God, behold my soul hath not been polluted; for\nfrom my youth up even till now, have I not eaten of that which dieth of\nitself, or is torn in pieces, neither came there abominable flesh into\nmy mouth. Then said he unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for\nman's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. Ezekiel iv. 11\nto 15.\n\n\n\n\nABRAHAM.\n\n168. And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and\ndwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham\nsaid of Sarah, his wife, _She is my sister_; and Abimelech king of Gerar\nsent and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and\nsaid unto him. Behold thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou\nhast taken; for she is _a man's wife_. But Abimelech had not come near\nher; and he said, Lord; wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? Said he\nnot unto me, _She is my sister?_ and she, even she herself said, _He is\nmy brother_; in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have\nI done this. Genesis xx. 1 to 5.\n\n169. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, _which she had borne\nunto Abraham_, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this\nbondwoman, and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir\nwith my son, even with Isaac. And Abraham rose up early in the morning\n_and took bread and a bottle of water_, and gave it unto Hagar (putting\nit on her shoulder) and the child? and sent her away, and she departed,\n_and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba_, Genesis xxi. 9, 10, 14.\n\n\n\n\nISAAC.\n\n170. And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, _She\nis my sister_? for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the\nmen of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to\nlook upon. And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that\nAbimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw and\nbehold, _Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife_. And Abimelech called\nIsaac, and said, Behold of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst\nthou, _She is my sister?_ And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, lest\nI die for her. Genesis xxvi. 7, 8, 9.\n\n\n\n\nNOAH.\n\n171. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, _and he was uncovered\nwithin his tent_. And Ham the father of Canaan _saw the nakedness of his\nfather_, and told his two brethren without. Genesis ix. 21, 22.\n\n\n\n\nSAMSON.\n\n172. Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an _harlot and went in unto\nher_. Judges xvi. 1. judah.\n\n173. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his\nbrethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.\nAnd Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was\nShuah; _and he took her and went in unto her_. And she conceived and\nbare a son; and he called his name Er. Gen. xxxviii. 1 to 3.\n\n174. And Judah said unto Onan, _Go in unto thy brother's wife_, and\nmarry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. And Onan knew that the\nseed should not be his, and it came to pass when he went in unto his\nbrother's wife, _that he spilled it on the ground_, lest that he should\ngive seed unto his brother. Genesis xxxviii. 8, 9.\n\n175. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father-in-law goeth up to\nTimnath, to shear his sheep. And she put her widow's garments off from\nher, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an\nopen place which is by the way to Timnath, for she saw that Shelah was\ngrown, and she was not given unto him to wife. When Judah saw her, he\nthought her to be an harlot, because she had covered her face. And he\nturned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, _let me come\nin unto thee;_ (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law;) and\nshe said, _What wilt thou give me, that thou mayst come in unto me?_ And\nhe said, I will send thee a kid from the flock; and she said, Wilt thou\ngive me a pledge till thou send it. And he said, What pledge shall I\ngive thee! and she said, Thy signet and thy bracelets, and thy staff\nthat is in thine hand: and he gave it her, _and came in to her, and she\nconceived by him_. And she arose and went away, and laid by her veil\nfrom her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. And Judah sent the\nkid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from\nthe woman's hand, but he found her not. Then he asked the men of that\nplace saying, Where is the harlot that was openly by the way-side? and\nthey said, there was no harlot in this place. And he returned to Judah,\nand said I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, That\nthere was no harlot in this place. And Judah said, let her take it to\nher lest we be shamed; behold I sent this kid, and thou hast not found\nher. And it came to pass about three months after, and it was told Judah\nsay-. ing, Tamar thy daughter-in-law _hath played the harlot_; and also\nbehold, _she is with child by whoredom_; and Judah said, Bring her forth\n_and let her be burnt_. When she was brought forth, she sent to her\nfather-in-law saying, By the man whose these are am I with child;\nand she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet and\nbracelets and staff. And Judah acknowledged them, and said, _She hath\nbeen more righteous than I_; because that I gave her not to She-lah my\nson; and he knew her again no more. And it came to pass in the time of\nher travail, that behold _twins were in her womb_. And it came to pass\nwhen she travailed, _that the one put out his hand_; and the midwife\ntook and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, _This came out\nfirst_. And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, _and behold his\nbrother came out_; and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach\nbe upon thee; therefore his name was called Pharez. And afterwards came\nout his brother that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name\nwas called Zarah. Genesis xxxviii. 13 to 30.\n\n\n\n\nLOT.\n\n176. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two\ndaughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in\na cave, he and his two daughters. And the first-born said unto the\nyounger, Our father is old, _and there is not a man in the earth to\ncome in unto us_ after the manner of all the earth. Come let us make our\nfather drink wine, _and we will lie with him_. that we may preserve seed\nof our father. And they made their father drink wine that night; and the\nfirst-born _went in and lay with her father_; and he perceived not when\nshe lay down nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the morrow, that\nthe first-born said unto the younger, Behold I lay yesterday with my\nfather; let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in and\nlie with him, that we may preserve seed of my father. And they made\ntheir father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay\nwith him, and he perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose.\n_Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their FATHER_. Gen.\nxix. 30 to 36.\n\n\n\n\nRUTH.\n\n177. Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon\nthee, and get thee down to the floor; but make not thyself known unto\nthe man; until he shall have done eating and drinking. And it shall be\nwhen he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie?\n_and thou shalt go in and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he\nwill tell thee what thou shalt do_. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk,\nand his heart was merry; he went to lie down at the end of the heap of\ncorn: _and she came softly and uncovered his feet and laid her down_.\nAnd it came to pass at midnight that the man was afraid? and turned\nhimself, and behold a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou?\nand she answered, I am Ruth, thine handmaiden; _spread therefore thy\nshirt over thine handmaiden, for thou art a near kinsman_. And he said,\nBlessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast showed more\nkindness _in the latter end than at the beginning_, inasmuch as thou\nfollowest not young men, whether poor or rich: and now my daughter, fear\nnot, _1 will do thee all that thou requirest,_ for all the city of my\npeople doth know that thou art a _virtuous_ woman. Ruth iii. 3 to 11.\n\n\n\n\nRACHEL.\n\n178. And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied\nher sister, and said unto Jacob. Give me children, or else I die.. And\nJacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God's\nstead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb: And she said,\nBehold my maid Bilhah, _go in into her; and she shall bare upon my\nknees, that I may also have children by her_. And she gave him Bilhah\nher handmaid to wife and Jacob _went in unto her_. And Bilhah conceived,\nand bare Jacob a son. Genesis xxx. 1 to 5.\n\n179. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into\nthe two maid servants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of\nLeah's tent, and entered into Baehel's tent. _Now Rachel had taken the\nimages_, and put them into the camel's furniture, _and sat upon them_,\nand Laban searched all the tent but found them not. And she said to her\nfather, Let it not displease my lord, that I cannot rise up before thee:\n_for the custom of women is upon me_: and he searched, but found not the\nimages. Gen, xxxi. 33 to 35.\n\n\n\n\nPOTIPHAR'S WIFE.\n\n180. And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast\nher eyes upon Joseph; and she said, _Lie with me_. But he refused, and\nsaid unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with\nme in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hands.\nThere is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back\nany thing from me, but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I\ndo this great wickedness, and sin against God? And it came to pass as\nshe spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her to lay\nby her, or be with her. _And it came to pass about this time that Joseph\nwent into her house to do his business: and there was none of the men of\nthe house there within. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie\nwith me and he left his garment in her hand, and fled and got him out._\nAnd it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her\nhand, and was fled forth, that she called unto the men of her house, and\nspake unto them, saying, _See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us\nto mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud\nvoice._\n\nShe then told the same unblushing falsehood to Pharaoh her husband as\nsoon as he returned home; when he becomes indignant, and orders poor\nJoseph to be cast into prison. Gen. xxxix. 7 to 20.\n\n\n\n\nREUBEN.\n\n181. And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, _that Reuben\nwent and lay with Bilhah_, his father's concubine, and Israel heard it.\nNow the sons of Jacob were twelve. Gen. xxxv. 22.\n\n182. Reuben (says Jacob) thou art my first-born, my might, and the\nbeginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, the excellency of\npower. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel, _because thou wentest\nup to thy father's bed_; then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch.\nGen. xlix. 3; 4.\n\n\n\n\nAMNON.\n\n183. And Amnon (David's eldest son), said unto Tamar, Bring the meat\ninto the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand: and Tamar took the\ncakes which she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her\nbrother. And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of\nher _and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister_. And she answered\nhim, Nay, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing ought to be\ndone in Israel; do not thou this folly. And I, whither shall I cause\nmy shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in\nIsrael; now, therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king: _for he will\nnot withhold me from thee_, Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice;\nbut? being stronger than she, _forced her and lay with her_, 2 Samuel\nxiii. 10 to 14.\n\n\n\n\nABSALOM.\n\n184 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, [another of David's sons] Go in\nunto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house, and\nall Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father; then shall\nthe hands of all that are with thee be strong. So they spread Absalom a\ntent upon the top of the house, _and Absalom went in unto his father's\nconcubines in the sight of all Israel._ 2 Samuel xvi. 21, 22.\n\n\n\n\nSHECHEM.\n\n185. And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went\nout to see the daughters of the land: and when Shechem, the son of Hamor\nthe Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, _he took her and lay with\nher, and defiled her_. Gen, xxxiv. 1, 2.\n\n\n\n\nCHRIST.\n\n186. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and\nwife and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life\nalso, _he cannot be my disciple_. Luke xiv. 26.\n\n187. _I am come to send fire on the earth_, and what will I if it be\nalready kindled. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? _I\ntell you nay; but rather division._ Luke xii. 49; 51.\n\n188. Think not that I come to send peace on earth; _I come not to send\npeace, but a sword_. For I am come to set a man at variance against his\nfather, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law\nagainst her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34, 35.\n\n189. Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse, let him take\nit, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword, _let him sell his\ngarment and buy one_. Luke xxii. 36.\n\n190. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over\nthem bring hither, _and slay them before me_, Luke xix. 27.\n\n191. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; but he that\nbelieveth not shall be _damned._ Mark xvi. 16.\n\n192. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of\nthe kingdom of God, but unto them that are without, all these things are\ndone in _parables_; That seeing they may see, _and not perceive_, and\nhearing they may hear, _and not understand; lest at any time they should\nbe converted, and their sins should be forgiven them_. Mark iv. 11, 12.\n\n193. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage, and Bethany,\nat the Mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith\nunto them, Go your way into the village over against you; and as soon\nas ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never mam sat;\n_loose him and bring him_; and if any man say unto you, Why do you this?\n_Say ye that the Lord hath need of him_; and straightway he will send\nhim hither. Mark xi. 1 to 3.\n\n194. And it came to pass that he went through the corn-fields on the\nSabbath-day, and his disciples began as they went, _to pluck the ears\nof corn_. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, _why do they on the\nSabbath-day that which is not lawful?_ And he said unto them, have ye\nnever read what David did when he had need, and was a hungered, he and\nthey that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days\nof Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the show-bread, which is not\nlawful to eat, but for the priests, and gave also to them which were\nwith him! Mark ii. 23 to 26.\n\n195. Now there was there, nigh unto the mountain, a great herd of swine\nfeeding. And all the devils besought him saying, Send us into the swine,\nthat we may enter into them. _And forthwith Jesus gave them leave_, and\nthe unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine; and the herd\nran violently down a steep place into the sea (they were about _two\nthousand_) and were choked in the sea. Mark v. 11, 12.\n\n196. And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry,\nand seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves, he came, if haply he\nmight find any thing thereon; and when he came to it he found nothing\nbut leaves; _for the time of figs was not yet_. And Jesus answered\nand said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever: and his\ndisciples heard it. And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw\nthe fig-tree dried up from the roots; and Peter calling to remembrance,\nsaith unto him, Master, _behold the fig-tree which thou cursedest is\nwithered away_. Mark xi. 12? 13, 14, 20, 21.\n\n[In the four preceding notes Christ is represented, both as taking or\ndestroying other people's property himself, as well as allowing others\nto do it, _which of course is eminently moral_. ]\n\n\n\n\nPETER.\n\n197. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high\npriest's servant, _and cut off his right ear_. The servant's name was\nMalchus. John xviii. 10.\n\n198. Then took they him (Christ) and led him and brought him into the\nhigh priest's house, and Peter followed afar off. And when they had\nkindled a fire in the midst of the hall and were sat down together,\nPeter sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by\nthe fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, this man was also\nwith him. _And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not_. And after\na little while another saw him, and said, thou art also of them. And\nPeter said, _Man, I am not_. Luke xxii. 54 to 58.\n\n\n\n\nPAUL.\n\n199. _I robbed other churches_, taking wages of them, to do ye service.\n2 Cor. xi. 8.\n\n200. For if the truth of God hath more abounded, _through my LIE unto\nhis glory_, why yet am I also judged as a sinner? Romans iii. 7.\n\n201. But if any man be ignorant, _let him be ignorant_. 1 Cor. xiv. 38.\n\n202. Beware lest any man _spoil you through philosophy_ and vain deceit,\nafter the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not\nafter Christ. Col. ii. 8.\n\n203. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other\ngospel unto you, than ye have received, _let him be accursed_. Gal. i.\n9.\n\n204. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, _let him be anathema\nmaranatha_. 1 Cor. xvi. 22.\n\n205 A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition,\n_reject_. Titus iii. 10.\n\n206. But Elymas the sorcerer, (for so his name by interpretation)\n_withstood them_, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Then\nSaul (who also is called Paul) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes\non him and said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child\nof the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease to\npervert the right ways of the Lord? And now behold, _the hand of the\nLord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind,_ not seeing the sun for a\nseason. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness: and he\nwent about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Acts xiii. 8 to 11.\n\n\n\n\nBARNABAS AND PAUL.\n\n207. And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and\nvisit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the\nLord, and see how they do. And Barnabas determined to take with them\nJohn, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought not good to take him with\nthem, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them,\nto the work. _And the contention was so sharp between them that they\ndeparted asunder one from another_; and so Barnabas took Mark,\nand sailed into Cyprus. And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being\nrecommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. Acts xv. 36 to 40.\n\n\n\n\nJOHN.\n\n208. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, _receive\nhim not into your house, neither bid him God speed._ 2 John i. 10.\n\n\n\n\nGENERAL.\n\n209. So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and\nthe Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, _even with\ntheir buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt_. Isaiah xx. 4.\n\n210. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she\ndenied the land, _and committed adultery with stones and stocks_. Jer.\niii. 9.\n\n211. Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit\non the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou\nshalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the mill-stones and\ngrind meal, uncover thy locks, _make-bare thy leg, uncover the thigh,_\npass over the rivers. _Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame\nshall be seen_; I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a\nman. Isaiah xlvii. 1, 2, 3.\n\n212. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?\nWherefore do I see _every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in\ntravail_, and all faces are turned into paleness % Jer. xxx. 6.\n\n213. Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her\ndelivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs, so have we been in\nthy sight, O Lord. Isaiah xxvi. 17.\n\n214. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones;\nstrip ye and make ye bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. Isaiah\nxxxii. 11.\n\n215. Thus saith the Lord God, Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup\ndeep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn, and had in derision; it\ncontaineth much. Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,\nwith the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister\nSamaria. Ezek. xxiii. 32, 33.\n\n216 He that is unjust, _let him be unjust still_; and he which is\nfilthy, _let him be filthy still_; and he that is righteous, let him\nbe righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Bevel,\nxxii..11.\n\n217. And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall\nwash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. And every\ngarment and every skin whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be\nwashed with water, and be unclean until the even. The woman also with\nwhom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe\nthemselves in water, and be unclean until the even. And if any man lie\nwith her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven\ndays; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. And if a woman\nhave an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation,\nor if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the\nissue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation; she\nshall be unclean. This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him\nwhose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; and of her that is\nsick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man and of\nthe woman, and of him that lieth with her which is unclean. Leviticus\nxv. 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 32 33.\n\n218. Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring\nforth the tokens of the damsel's virginity, unto the elders of the city\nin the gate. But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be\nnot found for the damsel; then they shall bring out the damsel to the\ndoor of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her with\nstones that she die; because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play\nthe whore in her father's house; so shalt thou put evil away from among\nyou. Deut. xxii. 15, 20, 21.\n\n219. Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the\nelders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, _and spit in his face_,\nand shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will\nnot build up his brother's house. Deut. xxv. 9.\n\n220 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections; _for even\ntheir women did change the natural use into that which is against\nnature_; and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the\nwomen, _burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working\nthat which is unseemly_, and receiving in themselves that recompense of\ntheir error which was meet. Romans i. 26, 27.\n\n221. Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will raise up evil against thee out\nof thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and\ngive them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the\nsight of this Sun. 2 Samuel xii. 11.\n\n222. And there appeared a great wonder _in heaven_, a woman clothed\nwith the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of\ntwelve stars. And she _being with child, cried travailing in birth, and\npained to be delivered_. And there appeared another wonder in heaven,\nand behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and\nseven crowns upon his heads. _And his tail drew the third part of the\nstars of heaven,_ and did cast them to the earth; _and the dragon stood\nbefore the woman which was ready to be delivered,_ for to devour her\nchild as soon as it was born. _And she brought forth a man-child_, who\nwas to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up\nunto God, and to his throne. Eev. xii. 1 to 5.\n\n223. And there was war _in heaven_; Michael and his angels fought\nagainst the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels. Eev. xii. 7.\n\n224. And he was clothed with a vesture _dipped in blood;_ and his\nname is called, The Word of God. _And the armies which were in heaven_\nfollowed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.\nEev. xix. 13, 14.\n\n\n\n\nPASSAGES ABSURD AND UNNATURAL.\n\n225. Then spake Joshua to the Lord, in the day when the Lord delivered\nup the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight\nof Israel, _Sun stand thou still upon Gibeon,_ and thou moon in the\nvalley of Ajalon. _And the sun stood still_, and the moon stayed,\nuntil the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this\nwritten in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of\nheaven, and hastened not to go down about a whole day. Joshua x. 12, 13.\n\n226. _The sun and moon stood still_ in their habitations; at the light\nof thine arrows _they went_, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.\nHabbakukiii. 11.\n\n227. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused\nthe sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, _and made the\nsea dry land_, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel\nwent into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the _waters were\na wall_ unto them on their right hand, and on their left. Exodus xiv.\n21, 22. .\n\n228. And Moses answered and said. But behold, they will not believe me,\nnor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, the Lord hath not appeared\nunto thee. And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? and\nhe said, _A rod._ And he said, Cast it on the ground: _and it became a\nserpent_; and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said unto Moses,\nPut forth thine hand, and take it by the tail: and he put forth his hand\nand caught it, _and it became a rod in his hand._ Exodus iv. 1 to 4.\n\n229. And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, stretch out thy rod,\nand smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all\nthe land of Egypt. And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand\nwith his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, _and it became lice in\nman and in beast_: all the dust of the land became lice throughout all\nthe land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments to\nbring forth lice, but they could not; so there were lice upon man and\nupon beast. Exodus viii. 16 to 18.\n\n230. Make thee an ark of gopher-wood; rooms shalt thou make in the\nark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the\nfashion which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark shall be\nthree hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of\nit thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit\nshall thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in\nthe side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make\nit. And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to\ndestroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;\nand every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I\nestablish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark; thou and thy\nsons, and thy wife, and thy sons wives with thee. And of every living\nthing of all flesh, _two of every sort_ shalt thou bring into the ark,\nto keep them alive with thee: they shall be male and female. Of fowls\nafter their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping\nthing of the earth after his kind; two of every sort shall come unto\nthee to keep them alive. _And take thou unto thee of all food that is\neaten_, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for\nthee, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded\nhim, _so did he_. Gen. vi. 14 to 22.\n\n231. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters\nincreased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.\nAnd the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth;\nand the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed\nexceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills that were under\nthe whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters\nprevail, and the _mountains_ were covered. Gen. vii. 17 to 20.\n\n232. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and prayed\nearnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the\nspace of _three years and six months_. James v. 17.\n\n233. And the Lord God formed man _of the dust of the ground, and\nbreathed into his nostrils the breath of life_; and man became _a living\nsoul_. Gen. ii. 7.\n\n234. And the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:\nand he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.\nAnd the _rib_ which the Lord God had taken from man, _made he a woman_,\nand brought her unto the man. Gen. ii. 21, 2.\n\n235. Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and\nfire from the Lord out of heaven: and he overthrew those cities, and all\nthe plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew\nupon the ground. But his (Lot's) wife _looked back from behind him_ and\nshe became a _pillar of salt_. Gen. xix. 24 to 26.\n\n236. And he (Jacob) dreamed, and behold, _a lad-der_ set upon the earth,\nand the top of it _reached to heaven_; and behold, _the angels of God\nascending and descending_ on it. And behold, _the Lord stood above it,_\nand said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac;\nthe land whereon thou liest to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.\nGen. xxviii. 12, 13.\n\n237. And It came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that behold,\nthere appeared _a chariot of fire, and horses of fire_, and parted them\nboth asunder; and _Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven_. 2 Kings\nii. 11.\n\n238. Now the Lord had prepared a _great fish_ (which Christ tells us in\nMatt. xii. 40, was _a whale_.) to swallow up Jonah. _And Jonah was in\nthe belly of the fish three days and three nights_. Then Jonah prayed\nunto the Lord his God _out of the fish's belly_: and the Lord spake unto\nthe fish, and _it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land._ Jonah i. 17, and\nii. 1, 10.\n\n239. And he found a new _jaw bone of an ass_, and put forth his hand and\ntook it, and _and slew a thousand men therewith_. And Samson said, With\nthe jaw bone of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Judges xv. 15, 16.\n\n240. And it came to pass, when she (Delilah) pressed him (Samson) daily\nwith her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;\nthat he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a\nrazor upon my head, for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's\nwomb; _If I be shaven then my strength will go from me,_ and I shall\nbecome weak, and like any other man. The story then proceeds to\nrepresent Delilah as betraying Samson into the hands of the Philistines,\nwho shave off the hair from his head, and afterwards put out his eyes\nand imprison him. In course of time his hair begins to grow again, when\nhis strength returns. The Philistines then take him to their temple that\nhe may make sport for them, and Samson then says unto the lad that held\nhim by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the\nhouse standeth, that I may lean upon them. Now the house was full of men\nand women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there\nwere upon the roof about three thousand men and women that beheld while\nSamson made sport. _And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars, upon\nwhich the house stood_, and on which it was borne up, of the one with\nhis right hand and of the other with his left; and Samson said. Let me\ndie with the Philistines, _and he bowed himself with all his might;\nand the house fell upon the lords_, and upon all the people that were\ntherein; so the dead which he slew at his death, were more than they\nwhich he slew in his life. Judges xvi. 16 to 30.\n\n241. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, _fell down\nbound in the midst of the fiery burning furnace_. Then Nebuchadnezzar\ncame near to the mouth of the fiery burning furnace, and spake and said,\nShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come\nforth and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth\nof the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and\nthe king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men _upon\nwhose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed,\nneither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on\nthem_. Daniel iii. 23, 26, 27.\n\n242. Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into\nthe den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom\nthou servest continually he will deliver thee. Then the king arose Very\nearly in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. And when\nhe came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and\nthe king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God,\nis thy God whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the\nlions. Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. _My God\nhath sent his angel and hath shut the lions' mouths that they have not\nhurt me_: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also\nbefore thee. O king, have I done no hurt, Daniel vi. 16, 19, 20, 21,\n22.\n\n243. And God saw the light that it was good; and God _divided_ the\n_light_ from the _darkness_, Gen. i. 4.\n\n244. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,\nand the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And God\nset them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth.\nGen. i. 16, 17.\n\n245. And there shall be _upon every high mountain, and upon every high\nhill, rivers and streams of waters_, in the day of the great slaughter,\nwhen the towers fall. Moreover, _the light of the moon shall be as the\nlight of the sun_, and the light of the sun shall be _seven-fold_, as\nthe light of seven days' in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach\nof his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. Isaiah xxx. 25,\n26.\n\n246. Again the Devil taketh him (Christ) up into an exceeding high\nmountain, _and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory\nof them_, Matt. iv. 8.\n\n247. The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit\nof the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full\nof _bones_. And caused me to pass by them round about; and behold, there\nwere very many in the open valley; and lo, _they were very dry_. And he\nsaid unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord\nGod, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and\nsay unto them, O _ye dry bones hear the word of the Lord_. Thus saith\nthe Lord God unto these bones, Behold _I will cause breath to enter into\nyou and ye shall live_. And I will lay sinews upon you, and bring up\nflesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you; and ye\nshall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as\nI was commanded; and as I prophesied there was a noise, _and behold\na shaking, and the bones came together bone to his bone_. And, when I\nbeheld, lo, _the sinews and the flesh came up upon them_; and the skin\ncovered them above; but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto\nme, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, _and say to the wind_,\nThus saith the Lord God, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe\nupon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded\nme, _and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon\ntheir feet_, an exceeding great army. Ezek. xxxvii. 1 to 10.\n\n248. And it came to pass, as _they were burying a man_, that behold,\nthey spied a band of men, and they cast the man into the sepulchre of\nElisha: and when the man was let down, _and touched the bones of Elisha,\nhe revived, and stood up on his feet_. 2 Kings xiii. 21.\n\n249. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in the which _all that\nare in the graves shall hear his voice_. John v. 28.\n\n250. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, (for\nthe _trumpet_ shall sound) and the _dead shall be raised incorruptible_,\nand we shall be changed. 1 Corinth xv. 52.\n\n251. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven _with a shout_, with\nthe voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in\nChrist shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain, shall be\n_caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air_;\nand so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1 Thessa. iv. 16, 17.\n\n252. And I saw the _dead_, small and great, stand before God; and the\nbooks were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of\nlife; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in\nthe books according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which\nwere in it, _and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in\nthem_; and they were judged every man according to their works. And\ndeath and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second\ndeath. Rev. xx. 12, 13, 14.\n\n253. For I am he that _liveth and was dead;_ and behold I am alive for\never more. Amen; _and have the keys of hell and of death_. Rev, i. 18..\n\n254. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre, weeping; and as she wept\nshe stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre. _And seeth two angels\nin white, sitting_ the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where\nthe body of Jesus had lain. _And they say unto her_, Woman, why weepest\nthou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and\nI know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she\nturned herself back, _and saw Jesus standing_, and knew not that it was\nJesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?\nshe, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast\nborne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him\naway. Jesus saith unto her, Mary, she turned herself, and said unto him,\nRabboni, which is to say Master. John xx, 11 to 16.\n\n255. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them\nwhen Jesus came. The other disciples therefore saith unto him, We have\nseen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands\nthe print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails,\nand thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. _And after eight\ndays_ again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them; _then came\nJesus: (the door being shut) and stood in the midst,_ and said; Peace be\nunto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, _and behold\nmy hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side_; and be\nnot faithless but believing. John xx. 24 to 27.\n\n356. Jesus saith unto them, _Come and dine_. And none of his disciples\ndurst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then\n_cometh and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise_. This now\nwas the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, _after\nthat he was risen from the dead_. John xxi. 12 to 14.\n\n257. And when he had spoken these things while they beheld, _he was\ntaken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight_. And while they\nlooked steadily toward heaven, as he went up, behold two men stood by\nthem in white apparel: Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye\ngazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into\nheaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.\nActs i. 9 to 11.\n\n258. _Then the Spirit took me up_, and I heard behind me a voice of a\ngreat rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.\n_So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away_, and I went in bitterness,\nin the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.\nEzek. iii. 12, 14.\n\n259. And he put forth the form of an hand, _and took me by a lock of\nmine head, and the Spirit lift me up between earth and heaven_, and\nbrought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner\ngate, that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the image of\njealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. Ezek. viii. 3.\n\n260. And Habbakuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know\nwhere the den is. _Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown,\nand bare him by the hair of his head, and through the vehemence of his\nspirit, set him in Babylon over the den_. And Habbakuk cried, saying,\nO Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God hath sent thee. Bel and the\nDragon, xxxv. 6, 7.\n\n261. Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him,\n(which is the sect of the Sadducees) and were filled with indignation.\nAnd laid their hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.\nBut the _angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors_, and\nbrought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the\npeople, all the words of this life. Acts v. 17 to 20.\n\n262. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the\nLord descended from heaven, and came _and rolled bach the stone from the\ndoor_ and sat upon it. Matt, xxviii. 2.\n\n263. And _the angel of the Lord_ came again the second time, _and\ntouched him_, and said, Arise and eat, because thy journey is too great\nfor thee. 1 Kings xix. 7.\n\n264. Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of his staff _that\nwass in his hand_, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and\nthere _rose up fire out of the rock_, and consumed the flesh and the\nunleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.\nJudges vi. 21.\n\n265. Then Tobit called his son Tobias, and said unto him, My son, see\nthat the man have _his wages_, which went with thee, and thou must give\nhim more, So he called _the angel_, and he said unto him, _Take half of\nall that ye have brought, and go away in safety_. Tobit xii, 1, 5.\n\n266. Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came\nunto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of _an angel of\nGod, very terrible_; but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he\nme his name. Judges xiii. 6.\n\n267. Whose throne is inestimable, whose glory may not be comprehended,\n_before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling_, 2 Esdras viii.\n21.\n\n268. Thou shalt not suffer a _witch_ to live. Exodus xxii. 18.\n\n269. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water pots with water. And they\nfilled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and\nbear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of\nthe feast had tasted the water _that was made wine_, and knew not whence\nit was, (but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governor of\nthe feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man at the\nbeginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then\nthat which is worse; but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This\nbeginning of _miracles_ did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested\nforth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. John ii. 7 to 11.\n\n270. And Jesus said unto the Centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast\nbelieved, so be it done unto thee. _And his servant was healed in the\nself same hour._ And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his\nwife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. _And he touched her hand and\nthe fever left her_; and she arose and ministered unto them. Matt. viii.\n13, 14, 15.\n\n271. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.\nAnd behold there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the\nship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep. And his disciples\ncame to him and awoke him, saying, Lord save us; we perish. And he saith\nunto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, _and\nrebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm_. Matt. viii.\n23 to 26.\n\n272. And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them,\n_walking on the sea_. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea,\nthey were troubled, saying, It is a spirit: and they cried out for fear.\nBut straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is\nI; be not afraid, And Peter answered him, and said, Lord, if it be thou,\nbid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter\nwas come down out of the ship, _he walked on the water_, to go to Jesus.\nMatt. xiv. 25 to 29.\n\n273. And Jesus arose and followed him; so did his disciples. And when\nJesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people\nmaking a noise, He said unto them, Give place; _for the maid is not\ndead, but sleepeth_, and they laughed him to scorn. But, when the people\nwere put forth, he went in, _and took her by the hand, and the maid\narose_, Matt. ix. 19, 23, 24, 25.\n\n274. And behold, a woman _which was diseased with an issue of blood_\ntwelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. For\nshe said within herself, _If I may but touch his garment I shall\nbe whole_. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her he said,\nDaughter, be of good comfort: _thy faith hath made thee whole_; and the\nwoman was made whole from that hour. Matt. ix. 20 to 22.\n\n275. And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,\ncome forth. _And he that was dead came forth_, bound hand and foot with\ngrave-clothes and his face was bound about with a napkin, Jesus saith\nunto them, Loose him, _and let him go_, John xi. 43, 44.\n\n276. And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve and said\nunto him, send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and\ncountry round about, and lodge and get victuals: for we are here in a\ndesert place. BUt he said unto them? give ye them to eat, and they said,\nwe have no more _but five loaves and two fishes_; except we should go\nand buy meat for all this people. For there were about five thousand\nmen. And he said to his disciples, make them sit clown by fifties in a\ncompany. And they did so, and made them all sit down. Then he took the\nfive loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven he blessed\nthem, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.\n_And they did eat and were all filled_, and there was taken up of\nfragments that remained to them _twelve baskets_.\n\n277. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with\none accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven,\nas of a rushing mighty wind; and it filled all the house where they were\nsitting. And there appeared unto them _cloven tongues, like as of fire_,\nand it sat upon each of them. _And they were all filled with the Holy\nGhost_, and began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them\nutterance. Acts ii. 1 to 4.\n\n278. And he (Moses) was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights;\n_he did neither eat bread nor drink water_; and he wrote upon the tables\nthe words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Exod. xxxiv. 28.\n\n279. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched\nhim, and said, arise and eat, because thy journey is too great for thee.\nAnd he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that\nmeat _forty days and forty nights_, unto Horeb the Mount of God. 1 Kings\nxix. 7, 8.\n\n280. Moreover he said unto me, son of man, eat that thou findest; _eat\nthis roll_, (of a book) and go Speak unto the house of Israel. So I\nopened my mouth, _and he caused me to eat that roll_. And he said unto\nme, son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this\nroll that I give thee. Then did I eat it, _and it was in my mouth as\nhoney for sweetness_. Ezek. iii. 1 to 3.\n\n281. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under\nBalaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a\nstaff. _And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass_, and she said unto\nBalaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these\nthree times. Num. xxii. 27, 28.\n\n282. And I beheld, and lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, _and spake to\nher feathers, saying_, watch not all at once; sleep every one in his own\nplace, and watch by course, &c. Then I heard a voice which said unto me,\nlook before thee, and consider the thing that thou seest. And I beheld,\nand lo, as it were _a roaring lion_ chased out of the wood; and I saw\nthat he _sent out a man's voice_ unto the eagle, and said, Hear thou? I\nwill _talk_ with thee, and the highest shall say unto thee, &c. 2 Esdras\nxi. 7, 8, and xxxvi. 7, 8.\n\n283. But _let_ man and _beast_ be covered with sackcloth, _and cry\nmightily unto God_; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and\nfrom the violence that is in their hands. Jonah iii. 8.\n\n284. And I took it and drank; and when I had drunk of it, _my heart\nuttered understanding, and wis-dom grew in my breast_, for my spirit\nstrengthened my memory. 2 Esdras xiv. 40.\n\n285. In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found; but _a\nrod_ is for the back of him that is void of understanding. Prov. x. 13.\n\n286. Jesus answered and said unto them, verily I say unto you, if ye\nhave faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the\nfig-tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed,\nand be thou cast into the sea, _it shall be done_. Matt. xxi. 21.\n\n287. And the Lord' said, if ye had faith _as a grain of mustard seed,_\nye might say unto this sycamine tree be thou plucked up by the root,\nand be thou planted in the sea; _and it should obey you_. Luke xvii. 6.\n\n288. Therefore I say up to you, what things soever ye desire when ye\npray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark xi. 24.\n\n289. _Pray without ceasing_. 1 Thess. v. 17.\n\n290. Who is the _image of the invisible_ God; the first-born of every\ncreature. Coloss. i. 15-.\n\n291. While we _look not_ at things which are seen, but at the things\n_which are not seen_; for the things which are seen are temporal, but\nthe things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinth, iv. 18.\n\n292. And it came to pass, as he was _alone_ praying, his disciples were\n_with him_; and he asked them, saying, whom say the people that I am.\nLuke ix. 18.\n\n293. _I and my Father are one_. John x. 30.\n\n294. For there are three that bare record in heaven, the Father, the\nWord, and the Holy Ghost; and these-_three_ are _one_. I John v.. 7.\n\n295.. And David _danced_ before the Lord _with all his might_; and David\nwas girded with a linen, ephod. 2 Samuel vi. M.\n\n296. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved; and _the heavens\nshall be rolled together as a scroll_; and all their host shall fall\ndown as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from\nthe fig tree. Isaiah xxxiv. 4.\n\n297. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and\nthe first earth _were passed away, and there was no more sea_. Rev. xxi.\n1.\n\n298. Then said the Lord unto Moses, behold I will _rain bread from\nheaven_ for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate\nevery day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law\nor no. And they gathered it every morning, ever man according to his\neating; and when the sun waxed hot it _melted_. Exod. xvi. 4, 21.\n\n299. And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, and were in\nthe going down to Beth-horon that the Lord _cast down great stones from\nheaven_ upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more which died\nwith hailstones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the\nsword. Joshua x. 11\n\n300. Then the Lord _rained_ upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, _brimstone\nand fire_ from the Lord _out of heaven_. Gen. xix. 24.\n\n301. And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man\nof God, _then let fire come down from heaven_, and consume thee and thy\nfifty, and there came down _fire from heaven_ and consumed him and his\nfifty. 2 Kings i. 10.\n\n302. And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he _shut\nup the heaven that there be no rain_, and that the land yield not her\nfruit, and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord\ngiveth you. Dent. xi. 17.\n\n303. _When heaven is shut up and there is no rain_, because they have\nsinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy\nname, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them. 1 Kings viii.\n35.\n\n304. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the\nbody, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell; God\nknoweth) such an one caught up to the _third heaven_. 2 Corin. xii. 2.\n\n305. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was _silence in\nheaven_ about the space of _half an hour_. Rev. viii. 1.\n\n306. After this I looked, and behold, _a door was opened in heaven_; and\nthe first voice which I heard was as it were a trumpet talking with me;\nwhich said, come up hither, _and, 1 will shew thee things which must be\nhereafter_. And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold a throne was\nset in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look\nupon like a jasper, and a sardine stone; and there was a _rainbow round\nabout the throne_, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the\nthrone were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and\ntwenty elders sitting, _clothed in white raiment,_ and they had on their\nheads _crowns of gold_. And out of the throne proceeded _lightnings and\nthunder-ings_, and voices, and there were _seven lamps of fire_ burning\nbefore the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. And before the\nthrone there was _a sea of glass_ like unto the crystal; and in the\nmidst of the throne, and round about the throne _were four beasts full\nof eyes before and behind._ And the first beast was like a _lion_, and\nthe second beast like a _calf_ and the third beast _had a face as a\nman_, and the fourth beast was like a _flying eagle_. And the four\nbeasts had each of them _six wings_ about him, and they were full of\neyes within _and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy,\nLord God Almighty which was, and is, and is to come_. Rev. iv. 1 to 8.\n\n[This is a very beautiful description of heaven--it almost equals in\nabsurdity and extravagance the wild dreams of Mahomet.]\n\n307. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the _beast_ that\nascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and\nshall overcome them, and kill them. Rev. xi. 7.\n\n[It appears, then, from this and the preceding note, that there are\nbeasts both in hell and in heaven; whether these angelic creatures have\nimmortal souls or not, the theologians may decide.]\n\nAlso Notes 73, 74, and 76.\n\n\n\n\nPASSAGES CONTRADICTORY.\n\n308. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke among people afar\noff; _and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their\nspears into pruning-hooks_; nation shall not lift up a sword against\nnation; neither shall they learn war any more. Micah. iv. 3.\n\n309. _Beat your plough-shares into swords_, and your pruning-hooks into\nspears; let the weak say, I am strong. Joel iii. 10.\n\n310. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels _and have\nnot charity_, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And\nthough I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and\nall knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove\nmountains, _and have no charity_, I am nothing. 1 Cor. xiii. 1, 2.\n\n311. And as we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach\nany other gospel unto you, than that ye have received, _let him be\naccursed._ Gal. i. 9.\n\n312. _Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer;_ and ye know that no\nmurderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John iii. 15.\n\n313. If any man come to me, _and hate not his father and mother, and\nwife, and children, and brethren, and sisters_, yea, and his own life\nalso, he cannot be my disciple. Luke xiv. 26.\n\n314. Then said Jesus unto them, put up again thy sword into his place;\n_for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword._ Matt.\nxxvi. 52.\n\n315. Then said he unto them, but now he that hath a purse, let him take\nit, and likewise his scrip; _and he that hath no sword let him sell his\ngarment and buy one_. Luke xxii. 38.\n\n316. But I say unto you, _that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall\nsmite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also_. Matt. v. 39.\n\n317. _Whoso sheddeth maris blood, by man shall his blood be shed_; for\nin the image of God made he man. Gen. ix. 6.\n\n318. But I say unto you, love your enemies, _bless them that curse you_,\ndo good to them that hate you, _and pray for them that despitefully use\nyou and persecute you._ Matt. v. 44.\n\n319. Then said he unto his disciples, it is impossible but that offences\nwill come; _but woe unto him through whom they come_, Luke xvii. 1.\n\n320. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words; when ye\ndepart out of that house or city, _shake off the dust of your feet._\nMatt. x. 14.\n\n321. Thou shalt have _no other Gods before me_. Exodus xx. 3.\n\n322. And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and\nlet them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of\nthe air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every\ncreeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen. i. 26.\n\n323. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I the\nLord thy God am a jealous God, _visiting the iniquity of the fathers\nupon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that\nhate me_. Exod. xx. 5.\n\n324. The soul that sinneth it shall die; the son _shall not bear the\niniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of\nthe son_; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the\nwickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Ezek. xviii. 20.\n\n325. But the children of the murderers he slew not; according unto\nthat which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the\nLord commanded, saying, _the fathers shall not be put to death for the\nchildren, nor the children be put to death for the fathers_; but every\nman shall be put to death for his own sin, 2 Kings xiv. 6.\n\n326. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it _holy_. Six days shalt thou\nlabor, and do _all_ thy work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the\nLord thy God; in it _thou shalt not do any work_, thou nor thy son? nor\nthy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor\nthe stranger that is within thy gates. Exod. xx. 8, 9, 10.\n\n327. And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there\nwhich had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal\nhim on the Sabbath day; _that they might accuse him_. And he saith unto\nthe man which had the withered hand, stand forth. And he said unto them.\n_is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days or to do evil?_ to save\nlife, or to kill? but they held their peace. And when he had looked\nround about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of\ntheir hearts, he saith unto the man, _stretch forth thine hand;_ and\nhe stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark\niii. 1 to 5.\n\n328. _Honor thy father and thy mother;_ that thy days may be long upon\nthe land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Exod. xx. 12.\n\n329. Thou shalt not kill. Exod. xx. 14.\n\n330. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over\nthem, bring hither, and _slay them before me_. Luke xix. 27.\n\n331. And he said unto them, thus saith the Lord God of Israel, put\nevery man his sword by his side? and go in and out from gate to gate\nthroughout the camp, _and slay every man his brother_, and every man his\ncompanion, and every man his neighbor. Exod. xxxii. 27.\n\n332. Thou shalt not commit _adultery_. Exodus xx. 14.\n\n333. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: when as his mother\nMary was _espoused_ to Joseph, before they came together, _she was found\nwith child of the Holy Ghost_. Matt. i. 18.\n\nVide Note 141.\n\n334. Thou shalt not _steal_. Exod. xx. 15.\n\n335. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians;\nand it shall come to pass, that when ye go, _ye shall not go empty_. But\nevery woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourn-eth\nin her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment; _and\nye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters; and ye shall\nspoil the Egyptians_. Exodus iii. 21. 22.\n\nVide Note 142.\n\n336. The Lord is _good to all_; and his _tender mercies_ are over all\nhis works. Psalms cxlv. 9.\n\n337. Thus saith the Lord of hosts? I remember that which Amalek did to\nIsrael, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt.\nNow go, and smite Amalek, _and utterly destroy all that they have, and\nspare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and\nsheep, camel and ass_. 1 Sam. xv. 2, 3.\n\n338. The Lord is gracious, _and full of compassion; slow to anger, and\nof great mercy_. Psalm cxlv. 8.\n\n339. And he smote the men of Beth-Shemeth, _because they had looked into\nthe ark of the Lord_, even he smote of the people, _fifty thousand and\nthree score and ten men_: and the people lamented, because the Lord had\nsmitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 1 Samuel vi. 19.\n\n340. Who is a God like unto thee, _that pardoneth iniquity_, and passeth\nby the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not\nhis anger for ever, _because he delighteth in mercy_. Micah. vii. 18.\n\n341. And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, _thou\nshalt smite them and utterly destroy them_; thou shalt make no covenant\nwith them, _nor shew mercy unto them_. Deut. vii. 2.\n\n342. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, _and will not at all\nacquit the wicked_; the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the\nstorm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum i. 3.\n\n343. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come\nforth, and sever the wicked from among the just. _And shall cast them\ninto the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth._\nMatthew xiii. 49, 50.\n\n344. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man\nhis brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they shall all know me, from\nthe least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: _for I will\nforgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more_. Jer.\nxxxi. 34.\n\n345. Behold all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the\nsoul of the son is mine; _the soul that sinneth it shall die_. Ezek.\nxviii. 4.\n\n346. And rend your heart and not your garments, _and turn unto the Lord\nyour God_; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, _and of great\nkindness_, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.\n\n347. And I will bring _distress_ upon men, that they shall walk like\nblind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; _and their blood\nshall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung_. Zeph, i. 17.\n\n348. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, (as some men count\nslackness,) but is long suffering to usward, _not willing that amy\nshould perish_, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter iii, 9.\n\n349. The Lord hath made all things for himself; yea, _even the wicked\nfor the day of evil_. Prov. xvi. 4.\n\n350. _For thou lovest all things that are and abhorrest nothing_ which\nthou hast made; for never wouldst thou have made any thing, if thou\nhadst hated it, Wis. of Sol. xi. 24.\n\n351. For God loveth _none but him that dwelleth with wisdom_. Wis. of\nSol. vii. 28,.\n\n352. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;\nWho will have all men to be saved, _and to come unto the knowledge of\nthe truth_. 1 Tim, ii. 3, 4.\n\n353. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, _that they\nshould believe a LIE_. 2 Thes, ii. 11.\n\n354. Yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lord is not equal,\nO, house of Israel, _are not my ways equal?_ are not your ways unequal?\nEzekiel xviii. 29.\n\n355. For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God\n_hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself above all people\nthat are upon the face of the earth_. Dent, vii. 6.\n\n356. _Lying lips are abomination to the Lord_; but they that deal truly\nare his delight. Prov. xii. 22.\n\n357. Now therefore behold, _the Lord hath put a lying spirit in\nthe mouth of all these thy prophets_, and the Lord hath spoken evil\nconcerning thee, 1 Kings xxii. 22.\n\n358. For God sent not his son into the world, to condemn the world; _but\nthat the world through him might be saved_. John iii. 17.\n\n359. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; _I came not to\nsend peace but a sword_. For I am come to set a man at variance against\nhis father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law\nagainst her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34; 5.\n\nAlso Notes 186 and 187.\n\n360. _Wisdom is the principal thing_; therefore get wisdom; and with all\nthy getting, _get understanding_. Prov. iv. 7.\n\n361. _For in much wisdom is much grief_; and he that _increaseth\nknowledge increaseth sorrow_. Eccles. i. 18.\n\n362. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; _be ye\ntherefore wise as serpents_, and harmless as doves. Matt. x. 16.\n\n363. For it is written, _I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,_ and\nwill bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1 Cor. i. 19.\n\n364. _The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree_; he shall grow\nlike a cedar in Lebanon. Psalms xcii. 12.\n\n365. _The righteous perisheth_, and no man layeth it to heart: and\nmerciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is\ntaken away from the evil to come. Isaiah lvii. 1.\n\n366. As it is written, _There is none righteous, nay not ONE_. Romans\niii. 10.\n\n367. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that\nye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a _righteous man_\navaileth much. James v. 16.\n\n368. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thes. v. 17.\n\n369. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from\nyou; _yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear_; your hands are\nfull of blood. Isaiah i. 15.\n\n370. Therefore we conclude, _that a man is justified by faith without\nthe deeds of the law_, Romans iii. 28.\n\n371. Ye see then _how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith\nonly_. James ii. 24.\n\n372. _For by grace are ye saved through faith_, and that not of\nyourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephes, ii. 8.\n\n373. But wilt thou know, O vain man, _that faith without works is dead?_\nJames ii. 20.\n\n374. As the cloud is consumed, and vanisheth away; _so he that goeth\ndown to the grave, shall come up no more_. Job vii. 9.\n\n375. And the graves were opened; _and many bodies of saints which slept\narose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection_ and went into\nthe holy city, and appeared unto many. Matt, xxvii. 52, 53.\n\nAlso Notes 254, 255, 256 and 257.\n\n376. In the beginning God _created_ the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.\n\n377. And the earth was _without form and void_, Gen. i. 2.\n\n378. And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided _the light\nfrom the darkness_. Gen i. 4, [This was on the first day.]\n\n379. _And God made two great lights; the greater light_ to rule the day,\nand the _lesser light_ to rule the night, he made the stars also. Gen.\ni. 16. [This was on the _fourth_ day.]\n\n380. And God saw every thing that he had made and behold, _it was very\ngood_, and the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Gen. i. 31.\n\n381. _The earth was also corrupt before God_; and the earth was filled\nwith violence. Gen. vi. 11.\n\n382. Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints. _yea, the heavens are\nnot clean in his sight_. Job xv. 15.\n\n383. All _things were made by him_; and without him was not any thing\nmade that was made. John i. 3.\n\n384. _For by him were all things created that are in heaven, or that are\nin earth, visible and invisible_, whether they be thrones, or dominions,\nor principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for\nhim. Coloss. i. 16.\n\n385. For God _made not death_; neither hath he pleasure in the\ndestruction of the living. Wis. of Sol. i. 13.\n\n386. For God _is not the author of confusion_, but of peace, as in all\nchurches of the saints. 1 Cor. xiv. 33.\n\n387. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; _but\nthe earth abideth forever_. Eccles. i. 4.\n\n388. _All these things live and remain for ever_, for all uses, and they\nare all obedient. Eccles. xlii. 23.\n\n389. So shall it be _at the end of the world_; the angels shall come\nforth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. xiii. 49.\n\n390. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the\nwhich the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements\nshall melt with fervent heat, _the earth also, and the works that are\ntherein, shall be burnt up_. 2 Peter iii. 10.\n\nAlso Note 294.\n\n391. _For his anger endureth but a moment_; in his favor is life;\nweeping may endure for a night; but joy cometh in the morning. Psalms\nxxx. 5.\n\n392. And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them\nwander in the wilderness _forty years_, until all the generation that\nhad done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. Numb. xxxii. 13.\n\n393. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God\ncannot be tempted with evil, _neither tempteth he any man_. James i. 13.\n\n394. And it came to pass after these things, _that God did tempt\nAbraham_, and said unto him, Abraham, and he said, Behold, here I am.\nGen. xxii. 1.\n\n395. _And lead us not into temptation_, but deliver us from evil. For\nthine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.\nMatt. vi. 13.\n\n396. _And no man hath ascended up into heaven but he that came down from\nheaven_, even the Son of Man which is in heaven. John iii. 13.\n\n397. And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that behold,\nthere appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them\nboth asunder; _and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven_. 2 Kings\nii. 11.\n\n398. And I (Jesus,) say unto you, my friends, _Be not afraid of them\nthat kill the body_, and after that have no more that they can do. Luke\nxii. 4.\n\n399. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk\nin Jewry, _because the Jews sought to kill him_. John vii. 1.\n\n400. For there are _three_ that bear record in heaven, the Father, the\nWord, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one. 1 John v. 7.\n\n401. And the Lord God said. Behold, the man is become as one of his, to\nknow good and evil. And now lest he put forth his hand, and take also of\nthe tree of life, and eat and live for ever. Gen. iii. 2.\n\n402. There is one body and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope\nof your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. _One God and father\nof all_, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Ephesians\niv. 4 to 6.\n\n403. For there is _one God_, and one mediator between God and men, the\nman Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy ii. 5.\n\n404. Remember the former things of old; for I am God, _and there is none\nelse; I am God, and there is none like me_. Isaiah xlvi. 9.\n\n405. _I and my father are one_. John x. 30.\n\n406. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye\nmay know and believe _that the Father is in me, and I in him_. John x.\n38.\n\n407. I am the _true vine, and my Father is the husbandman_. John xv. 1.\n\n408. And the Father himself, _which hath sent me,_ hath born witness\nof me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.\nJohn v. 37.\n\n409. The Father loveth the Son, _and hath given all things into his\nhand_. John iii. 35.\n\nAlso Note 401.\n\n410. _No man hath seen God at any time_; the only begotten Son, which is\nin the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. John i. 18.\n\n411. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can\napproach unto, _whom no man hath seen nor can see_; to whom be honor and\npower everlasting, 1 Timothy vi. 16.\n\n412. And the Lord spake unto Moses _face to face_ as a man speaketh unto\nhis friend. Exod. xxxiii. 11.\n\n413. Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and _seventy_ of the\nelders of Israel. _And they saw the God of Israel_; and there was under\nhis feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the\nbody of heaven in his clearness. Exod. xxiv. 9, 10.\n\nAlso Notes 17, 132? 133, 134, 135 and 136.\n\n414. And he said, Thou canst not see my face; _for there shall no man\nsee me, and live_. Exodus xxxiii. 20.\n\n415. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: _for I have seen God\nface to face_, and my life is preserved. Gen. xxxii. 30.\n\nAlso Note 410.\n\n416. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in the which all that\nare in the graves shall hear his voice, _and shall come forth_, they\nthat have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have\ndone evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John v. 28, 29.\n\n417. And I saw the _dead_, small and great, _stand before God_; and the\nbooks were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of\nlife; and _the dead were judged_ out of those things which were written\nin the books, according to their works. Rev, xx. 12.\n\n418. For that which befalleth the sons of men _be-falleth beasts; even\none thing befalleth them; as the one dieth so dieth the other_; yea,\nthey have all one breath; so that a man _hath no pre-eminence over a\nbeast_; for all is vanity. _All go unto one place_; all are of the dust,\n_and all turn to dust again_. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth\nupward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward, to the earth?\nWherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should\nrejoice in his own works, for that is _his_ portion; for who shall bring\nhim to see _what shall be after him?_ Eccle. iii. 19 to 22.\n\nAlso Note 372.\n\n419. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given _all things into his\nhand_. John iii. 35.\n\n420. For though he (the Son) was crucified _through weakness_, yet he\nliveth _by the power of God_. For we also are weak in him, but we shall\nlive with him _by the power of God_ toward you. 2 Cor. xiii. 4.\n\n421. And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and\ndeparted, and went and _hanged himself_. Matt, xxvii. 5.\n\n422. Now this man (Judas) _purchased a field_ with the reward of\niniquity; and falling headlong, _he burst asunder in the midst_, and\nall his bowels gushed out. Acts i. 1-8.\n\n423. And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? and they said\n_seven_ and a _few_ little fishes. And he took the _seven loaves_ and\nthe fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples.\nand the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were\nfilled; and they took up of the broken meat that was left, _seven_\nbaskets full. And they that did eat were _four thousand_ men, beside\nwomen and children. Matt. xv. 34 to 38.\n\n424. But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat, and they said, We have\nno more but _five loaves_ and _two fishes_; except we should go and buy\nmeat for all this people. For there were _about five thousand men_. And\nhe said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.\nThen he took the _five_ loaves and the _two_ fishes, and looking up\nto heaven he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set\nbefore the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled; and there\nwas taken up of fragments that remained to them _twelve baskets_. Luke\nix. 13, 14, 16, 17.\n\nVide Note 275.\n\n425. And set up over his head, his accusation written, _this is Jesus\nthe King of the Jews_. Matt. xxvii. 37.\n\n426. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, _the\nKing of the Jews_. Mark xv. 26.\n\n427. And a superscription also was written over him, in letters of\nGreek, and Latin, and Hebrew, _this is the King of the Jews_. Luke\nxxiii. 38.\n\n428. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross, and the writing\nwas _Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews_. John xix. 19.\n\n429. But, while he thought on these things, behold, _the angel of the\nLord_ appeared unto _him_ (Joseph) in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son\nof David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is\nconceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. Matt. i. 20.\n\n[In the following note the Angel is represented, not as appearing unto\nJoseph, as above, but unto Mary his wife.]\n\n430. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found\nfavor with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring\nforth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. Then said Mary unto the\nangel, how shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel\nanswered and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and\nthe power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy\nthing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Luke\ni. 30 to 35.\n\n431. In the end of the Sabbath, _as it began to dawn_ towards the first\nday of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the\nsepulchre. Matt, xxviii. 1.\n\n432. And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother\nof James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and\nanoint him. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week,\nthey came unto the sepulchre _at the rising of the sun_. Mark xvi. 1,2.\n\n433. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene, early, _when it\nwas yet dark_, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from\nthe sepulchre. John xx. 1.\n\n434. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,\n_they_ came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had\nprepared, and certain others with them. Luke xxiv. 1.\n\n[The individuals spoken of in this note as coming to the sepulchre,\nwe learn in the 10th v. are _Mary Magdalene_, and Joanna, and Mary the\nmother of James, _and other women_. Now we are told in note 430, (Mark\nxvi. 1) that it was Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, _and\nSalome_, that came; in note 429 (Matt, xxviii. 1) that it was only Mary\nMagdalene, and the _other Mary_; and in note 43 i (John xx. 1) that it\nwas only Mary Magdalene.]\n\n435. And behold there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord\ndescended from heaven, and came _and rolled back the stone from the\ndoor, and sat upon it_. Matt, xxviii. 2.\n\n436. And they said among themselves, who shall roll us away the stone\nfrom the door of the sepulchre? (And when they looked they saw that the\nstone was rolled away;) for it was very great. And _entering_ into the\nsepulchre, _they saw a young man_ (the angel of the Lord) _sitting\non the right side_, clothed in a long white garment; and they were\naffrighted. Mark xvi. 3, 4, 5.\n\n[Thus, in one of these notes the angel is represented as sitting\n_outside_ the sepulchre upon the stone which he rolled from the door,\nand in the other, as sitting _within_ the sepulchre on the right side.]\n\n437. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And\nit came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men\n(angels of the Lord) _stood_ by them in shining garments. Luke xxiv. 3\nand 4.\n\n[In notes 435, 436, and 438, the angels of the Lord are represented, not\nas _standing_, as above, but as _sitting_.]\n\n438. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping; and as she wept\nshe stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre. And seeth _two_ angels\nin white, sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where\nthe body of Jesus had lain. John xx, 11, 12.\n\n[In this, and note 437, there are represented as being _two_ angels,\nwhile according to notes 435 and 434, there was only _one_. In this note\nalso, as well as in note 434, we are told that they had _white_ garments\non, and in note 435, we are told they were _shining_ garments. We\nare likewise told in this note, that Mary merely _looked_ into the\nsepulchre; while in note 436, we are positively informed, that she and\nthose who accompanied her, _went into it_.]\n\n439. And the _angel_ answered and said unto the women, fear not ye; for\nI know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here; for\nhe is risen, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord lay, Matt,\nxxviii. 5, 6.\n\n440. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus\nstanding, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman,\nwhy weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the\ngardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me\nwhere thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto\nher. Mary. She turned herself and saith unto him? Rabboni, which is\nto say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet\nascended unto my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them. I\nascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God.\nJohn xx. 14 to.17.\n\n[In the former of these notes, the _angel_ is represented as telling\nthe women of Christ's rising from the dead; in the latter, _Christ_ is\nrepresented as telling them _himself_.]\n\n441. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the\ndead; and behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; _there shall ye see\nhim_. Lo, I have told you. Then the eleven disciples _went away into\nGalilee_, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when _they\nsaw him they worshipped him_; but some doubted. Matt, xxviii. 7, 16, 17.\n\n442. And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and\n_found the eleven gathered together,_ and them that were with them,\nSaying, the Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon. And they\ntold what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in\nbreaking of bread. And as they thus spake, _Jesus himself stood in the\nmidst of them_, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. Luke xxiv. 33 to\n36.\n\n[Now we are told in the first of these notes, that the eleven disciples\nwent to _Galilee_ to meet Jesus according to appointment, where they saw\nhim, and worshipped him; while in the latter we are informed that\nthey did no such thing, but that _Jesus appeared unto them_ quite\nunexpectedly, as they were assembled together at Jerusalem.]\n\n443. So then, _after the Lord had spoken unto them_. (the eleven\napostles that sat at meat,) _he was received up into heaven_, and sat on\nthe right hand of God. Mark xvi. 19.\n\n404. _And he led them_ (the eleven Apostles) _out as far as to Bethany_;\nand he lift up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, _while\nhe blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven._\nLuke xxiv.50, 51.\n\n[So we learn from one of these notes, that Christ ascended into heaven,\n_from the place where the apostles were sat at meat_, after he had done\nspeaking to them; and from the other, _that he first led them out to\nBethany_, and that _then_ his ascension took place.]\n\nTHE END.","title":"Biblical Extracts; Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed;: Showing Its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":25414}