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shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead, x. 39-42. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? Heb. ii. 3, 4. (For the Life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal Life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ, 1 John i. 2, 3.

VER. 49.

Καὶ ἰδοὺ, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου ἐφ ̓ ὑμᾶς· ὑμεῖς δὲ καθί σατε ἐν τῇ πόλει Ιερουσαλήμ, ἕως οὗ ἐνδύσασθε δύναμιν ἐξ ὕψους.

And, behold, a I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

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[And these signs shall follow them that believe, Mark xvi. 17. And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, have heard of me, Acts i. 4.] For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring; And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-courses, Isa. xliv. 3, 4. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out

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of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever, lix. 20, 21.: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit, Joel ii. 28, 29. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you, John xiv. 16, 17. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me, xv. 26.

VER. 50.

Εξήγαγε δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔξω ἕως εἰς Βηθανίαν· καὶ ἐπάρας τὰς χεῖρας αὑτοῦ, εὐλόγη σεν αὐτούς.

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands,

and blessed them.

VER. 51.

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εὐλογεῖν αὐτὸν αὐτοὺς, διέστη ἀπ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνεφέρετο εἰς τὸν oupavóv.

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

[So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God, Mark xvi. 19. And when he had spoken these things, while they received him out of their sight, Acts beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud i. 9.]

VER. 52.

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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

ST. JOHN.

CHAP. I.-VER. 1.

CHAP. I. 1.

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος,

In the beginning was bthe Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, Gen. i. 1. The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was, Prov. viii. 22, 23. And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, Ephes. iii. 9. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist, Col. i. 17. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands, Heb. i. 10. Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a Priest continually, Heb. vii. 3. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever, Heb. xiii. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last : and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea, Rev. i. 8. 11. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely, xxi. 6. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last, xxii. 13.

bAnd the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father), full of grace and That which was truth, ver. 14. from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1 John i. 1, 2. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one, v. 7. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God, Rev. xix. 13.

C No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him, ver. 18. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father, xvi. 28. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was, xvii. 5. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth. While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the deep: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment :

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when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, Prov. viii. 22-30. (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us,) 1 John i. 2.

d I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God, John x. 30-33. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God, xx. 28. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre, Psal. xlv. 6. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel, Isa. vii. 14. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, ix. 6. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord GOD will come with a strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young, xI. 9-11. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which, being interpreted, is, God with us, Matt. i. 23. Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen, Rom. ix. 5. Who, being in the form

of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, Phil. ii. 6. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory, 1 Tim. iii. 16. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Tit. ii. 13. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom, Heb. i. 8. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, 2 Pet. i. 1. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost and these three are one. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life, 1 John v. 7. 20. See also on Matt. i. ver. 23. clause 2. VER. 2.

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a He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world

knew him not, ver. 10. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise, v. 17-19. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,

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house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God, iii. 3, 4. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created, Rev. iv. 11.

VER. 4.

Ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

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a In him was life; and the Life was

a For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself, John v. 21. 26. Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection and the Life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, xi. 25. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me, xiv. 6. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit, 1 Cor. xv. 45. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory, Col. iii. 4. (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us), 1 John i. 2. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son, v. 11. 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, Rev. xxii. 1.

And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, Gen. i. 1. 26. By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth, Psal. xxxiii. 6. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands, cii. 25. I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their hosts have I commanded. For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none else, Isa. xlv. 12. 18. And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, Eph. iii. 9. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him and for him. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist, Col. i. 16, 17. Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, Heb. i. 2, 3. And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail, 10-12. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the

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b He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world, John i. 8, 9. As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world, ix. 5. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth, Isa. xlix. 6. Arise, shine; for thy light

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