for they will deliver you up to the Councils, and they will scourge you in their Synagogues.

18. And ye shall be brought before Governours and Kings for my fake, for a Testimony against them and the Gen

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the World shall REJOICE: and ye
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19. But when they deliver you up, take no Thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that fame Hour what ye shall speak.

20. For it is not ye that speak, but the SPIRIT of your Father which speaketh in you.

21. And the Brother shall deliver up the Brother to Death, and the Father the Child: and the Children shall rise up against their Parents, and cause them to be put to Death.

22. And ye shall be HATED of all Men for my Name's fake: but he that endureth to the End, shall be SAVED.

23. But when they perfecute you in this City, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, ye shall not have gone over the Cities of Ifrael till the Son of Man be come. 24. The Disciple is not above his Master, nor the Servant above his Lord.

25. It is enough for the Disciple that he be as his Mafter, and the Servant as his Lord: If they have called the Master of the House Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his Houshold ?

26. Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed ; and hid, that shall not be known.

27. What I tell you in Darkness, that speak you in Light: and what ye hear in the Ear, that preach ye upon the House-tops.

28. And FEAR not them which kill the Body, but are not able to KILL the SOUL : but rather FEAR him which is able to destroy both Sout and Body in HELL.

29. Are not two Sparrows fold for a Farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the Ground without your

Father.

30. But the very Hairs of your Head are all numbred.

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31. FEAR ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many Sparrows.

32. Whosoever therefore shall CONFESSS me before Men, him will I CONFESS also before my Father which is in Heaven.

33. But whosoever shall DENY me before Men, him will I also DENY before my Father which is in Heaven.

34. Think not that I am come to send Peace on Earth: I came not to fend Peace, but a Sword.

35. For I am come to set a Man at Variance against his Father, and the Daughter against her Mother, and the Daughter in Law against her Mother in Law.

36. And a Man's Foes shall be they of his own Houfhold.

37. He that LoVETH Father or Mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth Son or Daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38. And he that taketh not his Cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

39. He (b) that findeth his Life shall lofe it: and he that loseth his Life for my fake, shall find it.

40. He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that fent me.

41. He that receiveth a Prophet in the Name of a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet's Reward; and he that receiveth a righteous Man, in the Name of a righteous Man, shall receive a righteous Man's Reward.

(6) John xv. 18. If the World HATE you, ye know that it HATED me before it hated you.

19. If ye were of the World, the World would LOVE his own; but because not of the World,

but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the World hateth you.

20. Remember the Word that I faid unto you, The Servant is not greater than the Lord. If they have perfecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my saying, they will keep yours alfo. 21. But all these Things will they do unto you for my Name's fake, because they know not him

that fent me.

42. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little Ones a Cup of cold Water only, in the Name of a Disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wife lose his

Reward..

Mark vi. 7. And he calleth unto him the TWELVE, and began to send them forth by two and two, and gave them POWER Over unclean SPIRITS;

8. And commanded them that they should take nothing

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for their-Journey, save a Staff only: no Scrip, no Bread no Money in their Purse :

9. But be fhod with Sandals: and not put on two Coats. 10. And he said unto them, In what Place foever ye enter into an House, there abide till ye depart from that

Place.

(c) Heb. ii. 1. Therefore we ought to give the more earneft heed to the Things which we have heard, left at any time we should let them hip.

2. For if the Word spoken by Angels wasstedtast, and every Trantgrellion and Difobedience received a juft Recompence of Reward;

3. How shall we escape if we neg lest fo great SALVATION, whichat the first began to be spoken by the LORD, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

4. Gon alfo bearing them wit nefs, both with Signs and Wonders, and with divers Miracles, and Gifts of the HOLY GHOST, according to his own Will?

Luke x. 1. After these Things, the Lord appointed other SEVENTY also, and fent them two and two before his Face into every City, and Place, whither he himself would come.

2. Therefore faid he unto them, The Harvest truly is great, but the Labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest, that he would fend forth Labourers into his Harvest.

3. Go your ways: behold, I fend you forth as LAMES among WOLVES.

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4. Carry neither Purse, nor Scrip, nor Shoes: and falute no Man by the Way.

5. And into whatsoever House ye enter, first say, Peace be to this House.

6. And if the Son of Peace be there, your Peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

7. And in the fame House remain, eating and drinking fuch Things as they give: for the Labourer is worthy of bis Hire. Go not from House to House,

8. And into whatsoever City ye enter, and they receive you, eat such Things as are set before you.

9. And heal the Sick that are therein, and say unto them, The KINGDOM of GOD is come nigh unto

you.

12. But (d) I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom, than for that City.

13. Wo unto thee Chorazin, wo unto thee Bethfaida : for if the mighty Works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, fitting in Sackcloth and Ashes.

(d) Rom. i. 16. For I am not ashamed of the GOSPEL of Chrift: for it is the POWER OF GOD unto SALVATION, to every one that believeth, to the Jew firit, and also to

the Greek.

17. For therein is the Righteoufness of God revealed from FAITH to FAITH: as it is written, The Just shall live by FAITH. vealed from Heaven against all Ungodliness and Unrighteousness of Men; who hold the Truth in Unrighteousness.

18. For the Wrath of God is re

14. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgment, than for you.

15. And thou Capernaum, which art exalted to Heaven, shalt be thrust down to Hell.

16. He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that fent me.

17. And the Seventy returned again with Joy, saying, Lord, even the DEVILS are subject unto us through thy

NAME.

18. And he said unto them, * I beheld SATAN as Lightning, FALL from Heaven.

19. Behold, I give unto you POWER to tread on SERPENTS and SCORPIONS, and over all the Power of the ENEMY; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

20. Notwithstanding in this REJOICE not, that the SPIRITS are subject unto you: but rather REJOICE, because your NAMES are written in HEAVEN.

21. In that Hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, that thou haft hid these Things from the WISE and PRUDENT, - and hast revealed them unto BABES: even so, Father, for fo it feemed good in thy Sight.

22. All † Things are delivered to me of my Father: and no Man KNOWETH who the Son is, but the Father; and who who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will REVEAL him.

23. And he turned him unto his Disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the Eyes which see the Things that ye see.

24. For I tell you, that many PROPHETS and KINGS have defired to see those Things which ye fee, and have not seen them; and to hear those Things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

The Preaching of the Gospel in Galilee by our SAVIOUR.

Mark i. 14.

Luke iv. 14, to 30.

[Mr.]NOW after that John was put in Prison,

[L.] Jefus returned in the POWER of the SPIRIT, and [Mr.] came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the KINGDOM OF GOD: (L.) And there went out a Fame of him through all that Region round about. And he taught in their Synagogues, being GLORIFIED of all. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and as his Custom was, he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath Day, and stood up for to read: and there was delivered unto him the Book of the Prophet Efaias; and when he had opened the Book, he found the Place where it was written, The SPIRIT of the LORD is upon me, because he hath ANOINTED me to PREACH the GOSPEL to the (a) Poor, he

(a) Pfalm xl. 17. But I am POOR and NEEDY, yet the Lord thinketh thou art upon me: my Helper He and my Deliverer, make no tarrying, O my God. Ifai. xiv. 32. What shall one then answer the Messengers of the Nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the Poor of his People shall truft in it.

Chap. xxv. 4. For thou hast been a STRENGTH to the Poor, a Strength to the Needy in his Distress.

Chap. Ixvi. 2. To this Man will I look, even to him that is Poor, and of a CONTRITE SPIRIT, and trembleth at my Word.

Zeph. iii. 12. I will also leave in the midst of thee an AFFLICTED and Poor People, and they shall TRUST in the NAME of the LORD. Matt. xi. 5. The Blind receive their Sight, and the Lame walk, the Lepers are cleansed, the Dead are raised up; and the Poor have the Gofpel preached unto them.

James ii. 5. Hearken, my beloved Brethren, Hath not Gop chofen the Poor of this World, RICH in FAITH, and HEIRS of the KINGDOM which he hath promised to them that love him?

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