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25. THAT PROPHET.

spoken of by Moses:-De. xviii. 15-8-see p. (72), ver. 45, NATHANAEL,' under of the prophet.' John was a prophet:-Mt. xi. 9, 10. § 29.

the paschal lamb:-Ex. xii. 3, Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, ac

house."

but Jesus was THAT PROPHET:-Juo. vi. 14, § 41; vil.ording to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an 40, § 55.-Ac. iii. 22, .3. 22, For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. 23, And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.'

26. WHOM YE KNOW NOT.

so Jesus himself testified:-Jno. viii. 19, § 55. Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.'-xvi. 3, § 87. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.'

and Paul:-1 Co. ii. 8, Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.'

as it had been predicted:-Is. liii. 3, 'He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.'

27. WHO COMING AFTER ME. predicted:-Mal. iii. 1, Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.'

confirm. :-Lu. i. 17, § 1, p. 5.- See also Jno. i. 15, § 7, p. 48.-Ac. xix. 4, Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.'

PREFERRED BEFORE ME.

being the bridegroom:-Jno. iii. 29, § 13, p. 89, He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.'

above all:-Jno. iii. 31, He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.'

the lamb for a continual burnt offering:-Ex. xxix. 38-42. 38, Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39, The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: 40, and with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 41, And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 42, This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there

unto thee.'

upon whom is laid the iniquity of us all :-Is. liii. 6, 7. 6, All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7, He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.'

confirm. :-Ac. viii. 32, The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.'-He ix. 25, .6. 25, Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26, for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.'-x. If,.2. 11, And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12, but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.'-1 Pe. i. 19, But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.'-Rev. v. 6, 12... vii. 9, 10, .4.

the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their

foreheads.'

marriage of the Lamb:-Rev. xix. 7, 9. 7, 'Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.' 9, And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.'

.xii. 11, And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.'-xiii. 8, And all that dwell upon the earth shall had the Spirit above measure:-Jno. iii. 34, § 13.-See worship him, whose names are not written in the book also Is. lii. 13, Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.'-world.'-xiv. 1, And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on Ac. ii. 32, .3. 32, This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33, Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.'-Ep. i. 19-23. 19, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22, and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.'-Ph. ii. 9, Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.'-Col. i. 18, And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.'-He. vii. 26, For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens."

WHOSE SHOE'S LATCHET.

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light of the glory:-Rev. xxi. 23, And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light

thereof."

TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.

the scape goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited:-Le. xvi. 21, .2. 21, And Aaron shail lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the chil sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall dren of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: 22, and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.'

predicted of Jesus-Is. liii. 11, He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his know. ledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.'

confirm.-Lu. i. 77, § 3, p. 18.-He. ix. 28, So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.'-x. 14, For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.'the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Ga. iii. 13, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.'-1 Pe. ii. 24,

tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righte Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the ousness by whose stripes ye were healed.'-I Jno. ii. 2, And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.'-iii. 5, And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.'

BY ONE OFFERING HE HATH PERFECTED FOR EVER THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED.-Heb. x. 14.

JOHN i. 26-30.

26 then, if thou be not that ò Christ, nor Elias, neither that ó prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with ev water: but there-standeth one among you, uecos 27 whom ye know not; he it-is, who coming after me is preferred-before me, os εμπроσtev 28 μov yeyover whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These-things were-done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

(G.9.) Particulars of two days spent at Bethabara; during which John renders a double testimony to Jesus. John i. 29-36.-Bethabara or Bethany, opposite Scythopolis. 29 The next-day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, 30 which taketh-away o arpwv the sin of-the world. Kooμov. This is-he of whom I said, MARGINAL READING:- Or, beareth.

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS.

25. that prophet-spoken of by Moses, De. xviii. | 15-8-John was a prophet, Mt. xi. 9, § 29-but Jesus was that prophet,' Jno. vi. 14, § 41; vii. 40, § 55; Ac. iii. 22, .3.

26. whom ye know not-so Jesus himself testified, Jno. viii. 19, § 55; xvi. 3, § 87-and Paul, 1 Co. ii. 8as it had been predicted, Is. liii. 3.

27. who coming after me-predicted, Mal. iii. 1— confirm., Lu. i. 17, § 1, p. 5-see also Jno. i. 15, §7, p. 48; Ac. xix. 4.

preferred before me-being the bridegroom, Jno. iii. 29, § 13-above all, ver. 31, ib.-had the Spirit above measure, ver. 34. ib.-see also Is. lii. 13; Ac. ii. 32, .3; Ep. i. 19-23; Ph. ii. 9; Col. i. 18; He. vii. 26. whose shoe's latchet-John was unworthy to prepare the feet of Jesus for washing, yet our Lord condescended to wash his disciples' feet, Jno. xiii. 5,

$87-nay, 'washed us from our sins in his own blood,'
Rev. i. 5-which washing is by the word, Ep. v. 25, .6.
28. Bethabara-see GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, p. 74-
'house of passage '-referred to Ju. vii. 24.
lamb,' Ge. xxii. 8-the paschal lamb, Ex. xii. 3-the
29. the Lamb of God-God will provide himself a
lamb for a continual burnt offering, xxix. 38-42-
confirm., Ac. viii. 32; He. ix. 25, .6; x. 11, .2; 1 Pe.
upon whom is laid the iniquity of us all, Is. liii. 6, 7
i. 19; Rev. v. 6, 12; vii. 9, 10, .4; xii. 11; xiii. 8;
xiv. 1-marriage of the Lamb, xix. 7, 9-light of the
glory, xxi. 23.

taketh away the sin of the world-the scapegoat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited,' Le. xvi. 21, .2-predicted of Jesus, Is. liii. 11-confirm., Lu. i. 77, § 3, p. 18; He. ix. 28; x. 14; Ga. iii. 13; 1 Pe. ii. 24; 1 Jno. ii. 2; iii. 5. NOTES.

25. Why baptizest thou? The Jews never used, baptism, but by an order from the sanhedrim, or at least before three magistrates, or three graduates, who authorized it by their presence; besides, they never baptized Jews, nor those born of proselytes, because all those were born in the covenant, and they were not considered as needing baptism like those who were strangers before they entered into the covenant.

[Some have said, baptism had hitherto been confined to Gentiles, on their becoming proselytes to Judaism; that the Pharisees supposed that the power of baptizing Jews, and thereby establishing a new religion, was confined to the Messias and his precursors the prophets; who, they thought, would return to life for that purpose. Hence, they were desirous of knowing on what authority John had introduced such an innovation; and they presumed from this circumstance, that he claimed, in some way or other, a Divine mission, either as the Messiah, or as a prophet.]

26. I baptize with water, &c. John here speaks with his accustomed humility. He performed a ceremonial rite; but this was only important as pointing to the far greater change to be effected by Jesus, as baptizing with the Holy Ghost.

Among you. In the midst of you. The Messiah had already come, and was about to be manifested to the people.

27. Is preferred before me. He it is who was to come after me, but to be before me in dignity, even as much as the master is superior to the lowest menial. -See ADDENDA, On John i. 15, 27, p. 74

Whose shoe's latchet.-See Mk. i. 7, § 7, p. 54. The latchet of sandals was the string or thong by which they were fastened to the feet. 28. In Bethabara beyond Jordan. On the east side

of the river Jordan. The true reading is Bethany. The common reading is supposed to have proceeded from a mere conjecture of Origen, who, because the situation here does not correspond with that of Bethany where Lazarus and his sisters lived, made the change; forgetting that there are in all countries several places of the same name. Bethany and Bethabara were different names for the same place, both of them denoting a ford or ferry.-See GEOGKAPHICAL NOTICE, p. 74. 29. Behold the Lamb of Goa. * A lamb, among the Jews, was killed and eaten at the passover, to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt, Ex. xii.See Sect. vi., ADDENDA, Passover,' p. 43. [A lamb was offered in the temple every morning and evening, as a part of the daily worship, Ex. xxix. 38, .9. The Messiah was predicted as a lamb led to the slaughter, to show his patience in his sufferings, and readiness to die for man; Is. liii. 7, 'He was op pressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.' A lamb, among the Jews, was also an emblem of patience, meekness, gentleness. On all these accounts, rather than on any one of them alone, Jesus was called the Lamb. He was innocent; 1 Pe. ii. 23, .4, Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.' He was a sacrifice for sin, the substance represented by the daily offering of the lamb, and slain at the usual time of the evening sacrifice, Lu. xxiii. 44--.6, § 91. satisfying the demands of God's justice, and saving And he was what was represented by the passover, us by his blood from vengeance and eternal death, 1 Co. v. 7.]

PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS.

[26 ver. Let us not be contented with mere outward baptism, but seek to have a sanctified knowledge of Jesus, who saves his people from their sins.]

27 ver. Let us, like John, be ready to confess our unworthiness, and be glad of the opportunity of performing the most menial service for Christ.

[29 ver. May Christian teachers, like John, be careful to magnify Christ before their disciples, that these

may become disciples of Jesus.-The Lamb, of God's
own choosing, unto which John pointed, is also the
most worthy to be our choice; and as he hath been
acceptable to the Father as the sacrifice for sin, so
Jesus is not only now manifested in mercy as the
should he be accepted by us, as saving from sin.-
Lamb of God who redeemed us, but is the purifier, to
be manifested in judgment, when he will reign in
glory over a renewed world.]

On this act of the Baptist, see Greswell, Vol. II. Diss. xxiii. p. 283.
HE IS THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS, ETC.-1 John ii. 2.

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BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE CALLED UNTO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB.-Rev. xix. 9.

HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND BY HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST.-Col. i. 17.

JOHN i. 30-.7.

After me cometh a-man which is-preferred before me eurроo@ev μov yeyovev:for he-was 31 before me πрштоя μоν. And-I knew him not: but that he-should-be-made-manifest to 32 Israel, therefore am- I -come baptizing with ev water. And John bare-record, saying, I-saw Teleaua the Spirit descending from heaven like a-dove, and it-abode upon him. 33 And-I knew him not: but he that-sent me to-baptize with ev water, the-same ЄKELVOS said unto-me, Upon whom thou-shalt-see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, 34 the-same is he which-baptizeth with ev the-Holy Ghost. And-I saw, and bare-record that this is the Son of God.

35 Again the next-day-after John stood, and two of his disciples; 36 and looking-upon Jesus as-he-walked, he-saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

37

Andrew and Simon follow Jesus. John i. 37-42.

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they-followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS.

30. for he was before me- from everlasting,' Mi. v. 2-before all things, Col. i. 17-see on Jno. i. 1-3, p. 46-see on ver. 27, p. 69.

31. and I knew him not-Jesus had come up to Jerusalem, as Lu. ii. 40-52, § 6, p. 40-where they might have met at the feasts, had not John been kept in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel,' Lu. i. 80, § 3, p. 19.

tism; after which it is especially noticed, Mt. iii. 16; Lu. iii. 22, § 8, p. 59.

33. The Spirit was to point out Jesus as he who should baptize with the Holy Ghost, which was not known to John before he baptized him: the Spirit was yet to testify of Jesus, Jno. xv. 26, § 87. 34. the Son of God-so testified of by the Father, Mt. iii. 17, § 8, p. 59-so also at the transfig., Mt. xvii. 5, § 51-he who had been represented by the high 32. and it abode upon him-that is, during his bap- priest, see Purification,' Sect. iv., p. 24. NOTES.

29. Of God. Appointed by God, approved by God, and most dear to him, and provided by him. The sacrifice which he chose, and which he approves to save men from death.-See Scrip. Illus., Lamb of God,' p. 69.

[The gift of God, ch. iii. 16, § 12; Rom. viii. 32; comp. Ge. xxii. 13; and the truly excellent and worthy sacrifice, He. x. 5; 1 Pe. i. 19.]

Which taketh away. Or beareth,'-amounting to the same thing,-because Christ has only taken away our sins by taking them upon himself in a representative character, and bearing them as a victim, loaded with the sins of him for whom it was sacri

ficed.

things that offend and them that work iniquity. Not only has he meritoriously, but he will actually, take away the sin of the world.]

[31. I knew him not. It would seem impossible to doubt that John asserted a matter of fact, when he asserted that he knew not the Christ-33 ver.-before, at least, his baptism: and, if it is implied by St. Matthew's account of what passed between them at the time of his baptism-iii. 14, § 8, that he must have known him then, we have only to suppose that the knowledge in question was communicated to him, on the appearance of Christ-as the knowledge of Saul, and afterwards of David, was communicated to Samuel, 1 Sa. ix. 16, .7; xvi. 12; and the knowledge of the wife of Jeroboam to Ahijah, I Ki. xiv. 6-by a [In order to rightly understand these words, we direct inspiration from above; and both facts become must observe, that as often as in Scripture the name consistent. For as to the recognition implied by the Lamb is applied to Christ, so often the subject of descent of the Holy Ghost, and, consequently, not what is spoken is his suffering unto death, inasmuch until the baptism was over, however much comas he underwent it for men. And in this view John mentators may have overlooked this truth, nothing the Baptist considered Jesus, when he called him a is clearer than that this descent was intended to mark lamb, namely, as suffering and dying like a victim; out not the person, but the office, of Christ, Jno. ii. and thus he represented our Lord as one dying, and 33.'-Greswell, Vol. II. Diss. xix. pp. 187, ..8.] that in the place of others. There is a manifest allu- Should be made manifest. That the Messiah should sion to, and comparison with, a piacular victim. For be exhibited or made known to Israel, as the High such a victim was solemnly brought to the altar, and Priest of God's appointment.-See the ordinance to then the priest put his hands over the head; which be observed with regard to Aaron and his sons, Ex. was a symbolical action, signifying that the sins com-xxix. and Le. viii. The priest, at the time of his conmitted by the person expiated were laid upon the secration, was to be shewn unto Israel, abiding at the victim: and when it was slaughtered, it was then said door of the tabernacle of the congregation, day and to bear away, or carry, the sins of the expiated.-See night, seven days, keeping the charge of the Lord, Reflections."] Le. viii. 33-6. John himself was a priest of the order of Aaron, Lu. i. 5, 13, § 1, pp. 2, 4. shewing unto Israel' had already taken place, Lu. i. 80, $ 3, p. 19.

GOD RESISTETH THE PROUD, BUT GIVETH GRACE UNTO THE HUMBLE.-James iv. 6.

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30. FOR HE WAS BEFORE ME.

from everlasting:-Mi. v. 2, But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.'

before all things:-Col. i. 17, And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.'

see on Jno. i. 1-3, p. 46.-See on ver. 27, p. (69). see page opposite for remainder.

NOTES

THE GIFT OF GOD:-Rom. viii. 32, He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things ?

compare Ge. xxii. 13, And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.'

the truly excellent and worthy sacrifice:-He. x. 5, 'Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body ahast thou prepared me.'-1 Pe. i. 19, But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.'

31. I KNEW HIM NOT.

as the knowledge of Saul to Samuel:-1 Sa. ix. 16, .7. 16, To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 17, And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.'

and afterwards of David:-1 Sa. xvi. 12, And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.'

And

and the knowledge of the wife of Jeroboam to Ahijah:1 Ki. xiv. 6, And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.'

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LEVITICUS XXVI. Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a d standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my command4 ments, and do them; then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the 5 trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land. 6 safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the 7 sword go through your land. And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your 9 enemies shall fall before you by the sword. For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old 11 because of the new. And I will set my tabernacle 12 among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And

I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye 13 shall be my people. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do 15 all these commandinents; and if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break 16 my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint fover you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for 17 your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye 18 shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish 19 you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven "Or, thou hast fitted me.'

Or, 'figured stone.'

Heb. restrain in.' Heb. upon you."

20 as iron, and your earth as brass: and your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

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And if ye walk & contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more 22 plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be deso23 late. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these 24 things, but will walk contrary unto me; then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you 25 yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and 26 ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall 27 eat, and not be satisfied. And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh 30 of your daughters shall ye eat. And I will destroy

your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my 31 soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be 34 desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land 35 rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sab36 baths, when ye dwelt upon it. And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none 37 pursueth. And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land 39 of your enemies shall eat you up. And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their 40 fathers shall they pine away with them. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41 and that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they 42 then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity because, even because they despised my judg ments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. 45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be 46 their God: I am the LORD. These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

PSALM XCIII. The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is 2 stablished, that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is 3 established of old: thou art from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted 4 up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many 5 waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

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37. THEY FOLLOWED JESUS.

as the Lamb of God; so the election of Israel are represented as doing:-Rev. xiv. 4, These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.'

ing, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6, Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7, Unto you therefore which believe he is pre

which the builders disallowed, the same is made the

38. RABBI:-Jno. i. 49, § 10, p. 73; iii. 2, § 12, p. 83; cious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone ver. 26, § 13, p. 89; see xiii. 13, .4, § 87. commanded his disciples not to be as the Pharisees:-head of the corner, 8, and a stone of stumbling, and a Mt, xxiii. 7, 8, § 85.

39. COME AND SEE.

the invitation given to Nathanael :-ver. 46. see p. (72). and by the Samaritan woman to her townsmen:-Jno. iv. 29, § 13, p. 95.

and by each of the four living creatures:-Rev. vi. 1, 3, 5,7. 1, And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.' 3,' And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.' 5, And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.' 7,' And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.'-v. 6. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.' 40. ANDREW, 'a strong man.'

such should the follower of Christ be :-Ep. iii. 16, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory. to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner

man.'

bearing the infirmities of the weak:-Rom. xv. 1, 'We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.'

rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed."

those who hear Christ aright are by the power of his Spirit built up as lively stones in Him who is the living stone:-see Peter's confession, Mt. xvi. 16, .7, § 50.

1 KINGS X. 1-27. And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's 5 wisdom, and the house that he had built, and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more 6 spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of Howbeit I believed not the words, until

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I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth 8 the fame which I heard. Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, 9 and that hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great 12 plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. And the

41. SIMON, hearing; or one that hears, or obeys.' 'hearken diligently unto me:'-Is. Iv. 2, 3. 2, 'Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken dili-10 gently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3, Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.'

acknowledged the importance of hearing Jesus :-Jno. vi. 68, § 43-contrast with ver. 60.

see as to diligently searching into, and carefully remembering, what is heard:-1 Pe. i. 10-2. 10, Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11, searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12, Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.'-2 Pe. iii. 1, 2, 15-.8.

the voice to be heard:-2 Pe. i. 18, And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount."

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king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred three score and six talents of gold, beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one 17 target. And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of 18 Lebanon. Moreover the king made a great throne 19 of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the 20 stays. And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

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MESSIAS, WHICH IS THE CHRIST, or Anointed.' see Lu. ii. 11, 26, § 4, pp. 21, .4; and Sa. ii. 10, The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.'-Ps. ii. 2, The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying.'-xlv. 7, Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.'-Da. ix. 25, .6. 25, Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the | 23 wall, even in troublous times. 26, And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for him- | 24 self: and the people of the prince that shall come shall 25 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.'

42. JONA, 'a dove.'-See page opposite.

A STONE, meaning of the word Cephas,' or ' Peter.'
and to which our Lord refers:-Mt. xvi. 18, § 50.
and Peter himself:-1 Pe. ii. 4-8. 4, To whom com-

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And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it 22 was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

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And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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And Solomon gathered together chariots horsemen and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king 27 at Jerusalem. And the king made silver to be, &c.

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