15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, ye blind' guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall 2 swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

1 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Mat. 15. 14.

2 Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Mat. 5. 34, 35.-Whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. Ex. 29. 37.

20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Is. 66. 1, 2.

For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell: for I have desired it. Ps. 132. 13, 14.-Heaven is my throne. Ac. 7. 49. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. Ps. 11. 4.

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Lu. 11. 42.

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord. Le. 27. 30.-He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Mi. 6. 8.Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 1 Sa. 15. 22. I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Ho. 6. 6.

lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. Jno. 18. 28.

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

Mar. 7. 4. Lu. 11. 39, 40.

Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Mat. 15. 19, 20.

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. Lu. 11. 44.-Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Ps.

51. 10.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart, and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and mur derers. Ac. 7. 51, 52.-Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Lu. 11. 48.-They please not God, and are contrary to all men: forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 1 Th. 2. 15, 16.

34¶Wherefore, behold, I send unto you pro

How wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Mat. 7. 4.-The scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. Lu. 6. 7.-The chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. Mat. 27. 6.-Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,

them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

Zec. 1. 1.

Go ye, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. Mat. 28. 19, 20.-Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon

that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, ... and Saul. Ac. 13. 1.-And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. Ac. 15. 32.-Every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. Mat. 13. 52.-According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. 1 Co. 3. 10.-Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom. Col. 1. 28. He that winneth souls is wise. Pr. 11. 30.-They stoned Stephen. Ac. 7. 59.-And when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. Ac. 5. 40.- Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned. 2 Co. 11. 23-25.-At that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. Ac. 8. 1.-There was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, they were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about. Ac. 14. 5, 6.— When the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. Ac. 17. 13, 14.

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

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. He. 11. 4.-Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 1 Jno. 3. 12.

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it. 2 Ch. 24. 20-22.-And in [Babylon] was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. Re. 18. 24.

36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Lu. 13. 34.

The Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. De. 32. 9-12. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings. Ps. 17. 8.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Ps. 91. 4.

I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded. Pr. 1. 24.-In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. Is. 30. 15.

And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had com

passion on his people, and on his dwelling place: but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 2 Ch. 36. 15, 16.-I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. Ps. 81. 10-14.

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Je. 6. 16, 17.-And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever. Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. Je. 25. 4, 5, 7.

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. Je. 42. 10-12.

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Da 9. 26.-The days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Lu. 19. 43, 44; Je. 22. 5.-When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Lu. 21. 20, 24.

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

The children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days. Ho. 3. 4, 5.-Because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. Je. 7. 13_15.

Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. Ro. 11. 25, 26.-The vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord the vail shall be taken away. 2 Co. 3. 15, 16.

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord, Ps. 118. 25, 26. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Mat. 21. 9.

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1 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. Ac. 13. 46. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He. 10. 26, 27.

2 And as [Jesus] went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! Mar. 13. 1.-Some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts. Lu. 21. 5.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

The days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. Lu. 19. 43, 44.—This house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people. 1 Ki. 9. 7.-Zion for your sake shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. Mi. 3. 12.-Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. Je. 7. 4.

3¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

And [Jesus] said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. Ac. 1.7.-Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1 Ti. 4. 1_3.—But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1 Th. 5.1_3.

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Let no man deceive you by any means. 2 Th. 2. 3.-Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 Jno. 4. 1.-Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. Ac. 5. 36, 37.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these 65

things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2 Th. 2. 2.-He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. 112.7.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Agabus, signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar. Ac. 11. 28.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Jno. 15. 19.-The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. Jno. 15. 20.-If any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 1 Pe. 4. 16.-Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Mat. 11. 6.-I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. Re. 2. 13.-Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Mat. 5. 11.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. 2 Jno. 7.-After my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Ac. 20. 29, 30. There were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pe. 2. 1.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Jno. 10. 27, 28.-Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Lu. 12.32.-This is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. Jno. 6. 39.-Those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition. Jno. 17. 12.-Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. Jno. 17. 24.

He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Jno. 5. 24.-Because I live, ye shall live also. Jno. 14. 19.-I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever. Jno. 6. 51.

Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Jno, 11. 26.

I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. Lu. 22. 32.— Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make interces[10]