happy are ye if ye do them, John xiii. 17. That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, Phil. i. 10. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good, 1 Thess. v. 21. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin, Jam. v. 17. b For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope, Rom. xv. 4. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes, Psal. xix. 8. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts, cxix. 98-100. Through thy precepts I get understanding therefore I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path, 104, 105. The entrance of thy words giveth understanding unto the simple, 130. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life, Prov. vi. 23. And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; That the man of God may be perfect, throughly_furnished unto all good works, 2 Tim. iii. 15-17. VER. 19. A. D. 60. Ye they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber, lvi. 10. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! Matt. vi. 23. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch, xv. 14. 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! Ye fools and blind for whether is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 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. Ye blind guides which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 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. blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside may be clean also, xxiii. 16— Thou Πέποιθάς τε σεαυτὸν ὁδηγὸν εἶναι τυφ- 26. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever λῶν, φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει, And a art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, ba light of them which are in darkness, a Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him, Prov. xxvi. 12. Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Isa. v. 21. His watchmen are blind: shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein, Mark x. 15. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have 1 A. D. 60. ROM. II. 19-21. A. D. 60. b But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you, Rom. vi. 17. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus, 2 Tim. i. 13. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away, iii. 5. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate, Tit. i. 16. not a devil: but I honour my Father, is a babe, Heb. v. 13. As new born and ye do dishonour me, John viii. 46-babes desire the sincere milk of the 49. They answered and said unto him, word, that ye may grow thereby, Thou wast altogether born in sins, 1 Pet. ii. 2. and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out, ix. 34. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth, 40, 41. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you, seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise, 1 Cor. iii. 18. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised, iv. 10. Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we have all knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know, viii. 1, 2. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see, Rev. iii. 17, 18. VER. 21. Ὁ οὖν διδάσκων ἕτερον, σεαυτὸν οὐ διὰ δάσκεις; ὁ κηρύσσων μὴ κλέπτειν, κλέπTes; Thou a therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? b thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? a But unto the wicked, God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; and slanderest hast thou done, and l kept silence; thine own mother's son. These things thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will re fore thine eyes, Psal. l. 16-21. All prove thee, and set them in order betherefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not, Matt. xxiii. 3. And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country, Luke iv. 23. And he said, Woe unto you also, ye Lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers, xi. 46. And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes, xii. 47. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow, xix. 22. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast away, 1 Cor. ix. 27. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh, Gal. vi. 13. But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things: That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded. In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Tit. ii. 1-7. bYea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand, they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter, Isa. lvi. 11. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee, Ez. xxii. 12, 13. Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain, 27. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, A. D. 60. | Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? Am. viii. 4-6. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us, Mic. iii. 11. And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves, Matt. xxi. 13. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation, xxiii. 14. Ὁ λέγων μὴ μοιχεύειν, μοιχεύεις ; ὁ βδελυσσόμενος τὰ εἴδωλα, ἱεροσυλεῖς ; aThou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, b dost thou commit sacrilege? a How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses, Jer. v. 7. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not: And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? vii. 9, 10. Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of way-faring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men, ix. 2. And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's But he andaughter, Ez. xxii. 11. swered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh A. D. 60. said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neigh after a sign: and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas, Matt. xii. 39. A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed, xvi. 4. Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever there-bour as thyself. The young man saith fore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God, Jam. iv. 4. b And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor, will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts, Mal. i. 8. But cursed be the deceiver which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen, 14. Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings, iii. 8. And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves, Mark xi. 17. VER. 23. Ὃς ἐν νόμῳ καυχᾶσαι, διὰ τῆς παραβάσεως τοῦ νόμου τὸν Θεὸν ἀτιμάζεις; Thou athat makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? a Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, ver. 17. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God, iii. 2. Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth. the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises, ix. 4. How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? Jer. viii. 8, 9. And he unto him, All these things have I kept VER. 24. Τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ δι ̓ ὑμᾶς βλασ φημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καθὼς γέγραπται. a For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, bas it is written. a All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth? All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it, Lam. ii. 15, 16. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes, Ez. xxxvi. 20-23. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! Matt. xviii. 7. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully, 1 Tim. v. 14. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed, vi. 1. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed, Tit. ii. 5. Sound speech, that cannot be condemned that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you, 8. b Howbeit, because of this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die, 2 Sam. xii. 14. VER. 25. Περιτομὴ μὲν γὰρ ὠφελεῖ, ἐὰν νόμον πράσσῃς· ἐὰν δὲ παραβάτης νόμου ἧς, ἡ περιτομή σου ἀκροβυστία γέγονεν. For a circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. a For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God, ver. 28, 29. What ad A. D. 60. vantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God, iii. 1, 2. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised: that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised, iv. 11, 12. And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul that thou mayest live, Deut. xxx. 8. Circumcise yourselves unto the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings, Jer. iv. 4. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law: ye are fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love, Gal. v. 3-6. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but a new creature, vi. 15. That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covewithout God in the world, Eph. ii. 12. nants of promise, having no hope, and b Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dis honourest thou God? ver. 23. Behold the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the |
