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SECT. XLI.

The fecond Paffover after Christ's
Baptifm.

The Paralytic cur'd at the pool of Jerufalem.

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FTER this there was a feaft of 1. Joh. v, the Jews, and Jefus went up to Jerufalem. Now there is at Jerufalem 2. by the fheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethef

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da, having five porches. In thefe lay Anno a great multitude of impotent folk, of Etat. 31. Minift. 2 3 blind, halt, withered, waiting for the 4. moving of the water. For an Angel went down at a certain feafon into the pool, and troubled the water: whofoever then firft after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole of what5. foever difeafe he had. And a certain

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man was there, which had an infirmity 6. thirty and eight years. When Jefus faw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that cafe, he faith unto 7. him, wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool, but while I am coming, another fteppeth down before me. 8. Jefus faith unto him, rife, take up thy 9. bed and walk. And immediately the man was made whole; and took up his bed and walked and on the fame day was the Sabbath. The Jews therefore faid unto him that was cured, it is the Sabbath-day, it is not lawful for thee to 11. carry thy bed; he answered them, be that

made me whole, the fame faid unto me, 12. take up thy bed and walk. Then asked

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they him, what man is that which faid 13. unto thee, take up thy bed and walk? And

he that was healed wift not who it was: for Jefus had conveyed himself away, a 14. multitude being in that place. Afterwards

Jefus findeth him in the temple, and faid
unto him, Behold thou art made whole, fin
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The man departed and told the Jews Jerufalem. Etat. 31. that it was Fefus which had made him 15. John iv. Minift. 2, whole. And therefore did the Jews per- 16. fecute Jefus, and fought to flay him, because he had done this thing on the fabbath day. But Jefus answered them. 17. My Father worketh hitherto and I work, 18. Therefore the Jews fought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the fabbath, but faid alfo that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jefus, and faid 19. unto them, "Verily, verily I fay unto

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you, The Son can do nothing of him-
"felf, but what he feeth the Father do;
"for what things foever he doeth, these
"alfo doeth the Son likewife. For the 20.
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"him all things that himself doeth :
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"ther judgeth no man; but hath com- 22.
"mitteth all judgment unto the Son:
"That all men fhould honour the Son, 23.
even as they honour the Father. He
"that honoureth not the Son, honou-
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coming, in the which all that are in
29. the graves fhall hear his voice, and
"fhall come forth, they that have done
good unto the refurrection of life;
" and they that have done evil, unto the
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"fent me, hath born witness of me.
"have neither heard his voice, at any
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they are they which teftifie of me.
"And ye will not come to me, that ye 40.
"might have life. I receive not honour 41.
"from men. But I know you, that ye42.
"have not the Love of God in you.
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come in his own name, him ye will
"receive. How can ye believe, which 44
"receive honour one from another, and
"feek not the honour that cometh from
"God only? Do not think that I will 45.
"accuse you to the Father: there is one
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"Mofes, ye would have believed me:
"for he wrote of me. But if ye believe 47.
"not his writings, how fhall ye believe
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