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SECT. 1.

CH. 1.

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who thou art, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 He answered, I am he whose voice proclaimeth Mat. 3; 3. in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of Lu. 3; 4 24 "the Lord 30," as said the Prophet Isaiah. Now ls. 40; 3. 25 they who were sent were of the Pharisees. And they questioned him further, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, 26 nor the Prophet? John answered, I baptize in Mat. 3; 11. water, but there is one amongst you whom ye Lu. 3; 16. 27 know not. It is he who cometh after me, and 11; 16. &

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Acts, 1; 5.

was before me, whose shoe-latchet I am not wor- 19; 4. 28 thy to loose. This happened at Bethany, upon the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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On the morrow John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God which taketh 30 away the sin of the world. This is he concerning whom I said, "After me cometh a man who 31" is preferred to me; for he was before me." As

for me, I knew him not; but to the end that he may be discovered to Israel, I am come baptizing 32 in water. John testified further, saying, I saw Mat. 3; 16. the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, Lu. 3; 22. 33 and remaining upon him. For my part, I should

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not have known him, had not he who sent me to baptize in water told me, Upon whomsoever 'thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remain'ing, the same is he who baptizeth in the Holy 34 Ghost.' Having therefore seen this, I testify that he is the Son of God.

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Gen. 49; 10. Deu. 18; 18. Jer. 23; 5.

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SECT. I.

35 The next day John being with two of his disci36 ples, observed Jesus passing, and said, Behold the 37 Lamb of God. The two disciples hearing this, 38 followed Jesus. And Jesus turning about saw them 39 following, and said to them, What seek ye? They

answered, Rabbi (which signifieth Doctor), where 40 dwellest thou? He replied, Come, and see. They

went and saw where he dwelt; and it being about 41 the tenth hour 31, abode with him that day. One of the two who, having heard John, followed Jesus, 42 was Andrew the brother of Simon Peter. The first he met was his own brother Simon, to whom he said, We have found the Messiah 32 (a name equivalent to Christ). And he brought him to 43 Jesus. Jesus looking upon him, said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas 4, which denoteth the same as Peter 35. 44 The next day Jesus resolved to go to Galilee, 45 and meeting Philip, said to him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and 46 Peter. Philip meeteth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found the person described by Moses in the law, and by the Prophets, Jesus the son 47 of Joseph, from Nazareth. Nathanael saith unto

him, Out of Nazareth can any good thing come? 48 Philip answered, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said concerning him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. 33 Anointed.

31 Four o'clock afternoon. 32 Anointed.

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SECT. II.

CH. 2.

49 Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered, I saw thee when thou wast 50 under the fig-tree, before Philip called thee. Na

thanael replying, said unto him, Rabbi, thou art 51 the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. Jesus answered him, saying, Because I told thee that I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou believest: thou 52 shalt see greater things than this. He added, Verily verily I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the messengers of God ascending from the Son of Man, and descending to him.

SECTION II.

THE ENTRANCE ON THE MINISTRY.

II. THREE days after, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was 2 there. Jesus also and his disciples were invited to 3 the marriage. The wine falling short, the mother 4 of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. Jesus

answered, Woman, what hast thou to do with me? 5 My time is not yet come. His mother said to the 6 servants, Do whatever he shall bid you. Now

there were six water-pots of stone, containing two or three baths 36 a-piece, placed there for the Jew

36 A bath contained about 7 1-half gallons.

CH. 2.

Ps. 69; 9.

SECT. II.

7 ish rites of cleansing. Jesus said to them, Fill the 8 pots with water. And they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he said, Draw now, and carry to the direc

9 tor of the feast. And they did so.

rector of the feast had tasted the

When the di

wine made of water, not knowing whence it was (but the ser10 vants who drew the water knew), he said, addressing the bridegroom, Every body presenteth the best wine first, and worse wine afterwards, when the guests have drunk largely; but thou hast re11 served the best until now. This first miracle Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, displaying his glory and his disciples believed on him.

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Afterwards he went to Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples; but they stayed not there many days.

AND the Jewish passover being nigh, Jesus 14 went to Jerusalem; and finding changers sitting in the temple, and people who sold cattle, and 15 sheep, and doves; he made a whip of cords, and

drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the cattle, scattering the coin of the changers, and 16 oversetting their tables; and said to them who sold doves, Take these things hence. 17 Father's house a house of traffic.

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Then his dis

ciples remembered these words of Scripture, "My "zeal for thy house consumeth me."

Hereupon the Jews said to him, By what miracle dost thou shew us thy title to do these things? Mat. 26; 61. 19 Jesus answering, said unto them, Destroy this tem

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SECT. II.

CH. 3.

20 ple, and I will rear it again in three days. The Jews replied, Forty and six years was this temple in building; and thou wouldst rear it in three 21 days? But by the temple he meant his body. 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they understood the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.

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While he was at Jerusalem, during the feast of the passover, many believed on him, when they saw 24 the miracles which he performed. But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew them 25 all. He needed not to receive from others a character of any man, for he knew what was in

man.

III. NOW there was a Pharisee, called Nicode2 mus, a ruler of the Jews, who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be 3 with him. Jesus answering, said unto him, Verily verily I say unto thee, unless a man be born 4 again, he cannot discern the reign of God. Nicodemus replied, How can a grown man be born? Can he enter his mother's womb anew, and be 5 born? Jesus answered, Verily verily I say unto thee, unless a man be born of water and Spirit, 6 he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which

is born of the flesh is flesh; that which is born of 7 the Spirit is spirit. Wonder not, then, that I said

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