ple; and they marvelled at 7. Render therefore to all their his Answer, and held their DUES: Tribute to whom Tribute is due, Custom to whom Custom, Peace, [M.] and left him, Fear to whom Fear, Honour to and went their way. ********(*** whom Honour. ******!*** CHRIST reproves and refutes the grofs Opinion of the Sadducees concerning the Resurrection, and represents the glorious State of Believers in the Celeftial Regions. Matt. xxii. 23. Mark xii. 10. Luke xx. 27. [M.]THE fame Day came to him certain of the Sad TION, [L.] which deny that there is any RESURRECTION. And they asked him, saying, Master, Moses [M.] faid and [Mr.] wrote unto us, [L.] If any Man's Brother die, having a Wife, [M.] having no Children, [Mr.] and leave his Wife behind him, and leave no Children; that his Brother should take his Wife, (M.] shall marry her, and raise up Seed unto his Brother. Now there were [L.] therefore [M.] with us seven Brethren; and the first when he had married a Wife, deceased; [Mr.] and dying, left no Seed; [L.] and died without Children: [M.] and having no Iffue, left his Wife unto his Brother. Likewife the fecond alfo took her [L.] to wife, and he died Childless; [Mr.] neither left he any Seed: And the third likewife [L.] took her; and in like manner the seven also [Mr.] had her, and left no Seed; for [L.) they left no Children, and died. [M.) And last of all the Woman died also. Therefore in the RESURRECTION, (Mr.) when they shall rife, whose Wife shall the be of them [M.] seven? for they all [Mr.] seven had her to wife. And Jefus answering, faid unto them, Do ye not therefore ERR, because ye (a) know not the SCRIPTURES, neither the POWER OF GOD? (a) Job xix. 25. For I know that MY REDEEMER LIVETH, and that he shall STAND at the latter Day upon the Earth. Ec 26. And GOD? [L.] The CHILDREN of this World marry, and are given in Marriage. But they which shall be ACCOUNTED WORTHY to OBTAIN that World, and the RESURRECTION from the Dead, neither marry, nor are given in Marriage. [L.] Neither can they DIE any more, [M.] but (b) are as the ANGELS of GOD, [Mr.] which are in HEAVEN: [L.] for they are EQUAL unto the ANGELS, and are the Children of God, being the CHILDREN of the RESURRECTION. [M.) But as touching the Refurrection of the Dead; [Z.] that the DEAD are RAISED, even Mofes shewed at the Bush, when he calleth the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob: for [M.] God is not the God of the Dead, [Mr.] but the God of the LIVING, [L.] for all LIVE unto him. [Mr.] Ye therefore do greatly ERR. [M.] And when 26. And though after my Skin, Worms destroy this Body, yet in my FLESH shall I SEE GOD. 27. Whom I shall fee for my self, and mine Eyes shall behold, and not another; though my Reins be confumed within me. (b) Daniel xii. 2. And many of them that SLEEP in the Duft of the Earth shall AWAKE, some to everlafting LIFE, and some to SHAME, and everlasting CONTEMPT. 3. And they that be WISE shall shine as the Brightness of the FIRMAMENT, and they that turn many to RIGHTEOUSNESS, as the Stars for ever and ever. Ifai. Ixiv. 4. For fince the Be ginning of the World, Men have not heard nor perceived by the Ear, neither hath the Eye seen, O GOD, befides thee, what he hath prepared for him that WAITETH for him. 1 Pet. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Chrift, which according his ABUNDANT Mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively HOPE, by the Refurrection of Fefius Chrift from the Dead, 4. To an Inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that FADETH not away, referved in Heaven for you, 5. Who kept by the Power of Gon through FAITH UNTO SAL the Multitude heard this, they were astonished at his Doctrine. [L.] Then certain of the Scribes answering, faid, Master, thou hast well faid. And after that, they durst not ask him any Question at all. VATION, ready to be revealed in the last Time. Rev. xxii. 1. And he shewed me a pure River of Water of LIFE, clear as Crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God, and of the LAMB. 2. In the midst of the Street of it, and of either fide of the River, was there the Tree of LIFE, which bare twelve manner of Fruits, and yielded her Fruit every Month: and the Leaves of the Tree were for the healing of the NATIONS. 3. And there shall be no more Curse: but the Throne of God, and of the LAMB shall be in it; and his Servants shall serve him. 4. And they shall see his Face, and his Name shall be in their Foreheads. 5. And there shall be no Night there, and they need no Candle, neither Light of the Sun, for the LORD Gon giveth them LIGHT, and they shall reign for ever and ever. CHRIST'S CHRIST's Answer to the Scribe, concerning the greatest Commandment of the Law. Matt. xxii. 34. Mark xii. 28. [M.]BUT when the Pharifees had heard that he put the Sadducees to filence, they were gathered together. Then one of them which was a Lawyer, [Mr.] one of the Scribes came, and having heard them reafoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him [M.] a Question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is [Mr.] the first [M.] and great Commandment [Mr.] of all [M.] in the Law? [Mr.] And Jefus answered, and [M.] faid unto him, [Mr.] The first of all the Commandments is, Hear, O Ifrael, the Lord our God is one LORD; and thou shalt Love the LORD thy God with all thy HEART, and with all thy SOUL, and with all thy MIND, and with all thy STRENGTH; this is the first (M.) and GREAT Commandment: And the second is like unto it, (Mr.) namely this, Thou shalt LOVE *thy NEIGHBOUR as thy self: There is no other Commandment greater than these; (M.) on these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. [Mr.] And the Scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the Truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he. And to love him with all the Heart, and with the Understanding, and with all the Soul, and with all the Strength, and to love his Neighbour as himself, is more than all whole Burnt-offerings and Sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered difcreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the Kingdom of God. And no Man after that durst ask him any Question. * See Pages 97, 98. Of the LOVE of GOD. JESUS questions the Pharisees concerning Chrift, whofe Son be should be. [M.] WHILE the Pharifees were gathered together, Jeafked them, [Mr.] while he taught in the Temple, [M.] faying, What think ye of Chrift? whose Son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. [M.] And Jesus answered and faid [M.] unto them, [Mr.] How say the Scribes that Chrift is the Son of David? [M.] How then doth David in Spirit call him LORD? [Mr.] For David himself faid by the HOLY GHOST, [L.] in the Book of Psalms, The LORD faid unto MY LORD, Sit thou on my right Hand, till I make thine Enemies thy Footstool. [Mr.] David therefore himself calleth him Lord. [M.] If David then call him Lord, how [Mr.] and whence [M.] is he his Son? And no Man was able to answer him a Word, neither durst any Man (from that Day forth) ask him any more Questions. [Mr.] And the common People heard him gladly. CHRIST disputes with the Pharifees concerning Divorcement. [M.] A ND it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these Sayings, he departed from Galilee: [Mr.] and he arose from thence, and cometh into the Coafts of Judea, by the farther fide of Jordan; [M.] and great Multitudes followed him, and he HEALED them there: [Mr.] And the People refort unto him again; and as he was wont, he taught them again. And the Pharifees came to him, and asked him, [M.] tempting him, and faying unto him, Is it lawful for a Man to put away his Wife for every Caufe? [Mr.) And he answered and faid unto them, What What did Mofes command you? [M.] And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made (a) Gen. ii. 23. And Adam said, This is now Bone of my Bones, and Flesh of my Flesh she shall be called WOMAN, because she was taken out of Man. them at the Beginning, made 24. Therefore shall a Man leave his Father and Mother, and shall cleave unto his Wife: and they fhall be one Flesh. See the References against Matt. unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a Writing of Divorcement, and to put her away? (Mr.] And Jefus answered and faid unto them, For the hardness of your Heart he wrote you this Precept, and [M.] suffered you to put away your Wives; [Mr.] but from the Beginning of the Creation [M.] it was not so, but [Mr.] God made them Male and Female. For this Cause shall a Man leave his Father and Mother, and cleave to his Wife, and they twain shall be one Flesh so then they are no more twain, but one Flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not Man put asunder. [M.] And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his Wife, except it be for Fornication, and shall marry another, committeth Adultery; and whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth commit Adultery. (Mr.) And in the House, his Difciples afked him again of the same Matter. And he faith unto them, whosoever shall put away his Wife, and marry another, committeth Adultery against her. And if a Woman shall put away her Husband, and be married to another, she committeth Adultery. (M.] His Disciples say unto him, If the Cafe of the Man be so with his Wife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, All Men cannot receive this Saying, save they to whom it is given. |