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MATT. V. 20.

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is within also? But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them, Luke xi. 39-44. Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy, xii. 1. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God, xvi. 14, 15. Beware of the Scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation, xx. 46, 47.

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation, Psal. xxiv. 5. Surely, shall one say, In the LORD have I righteousness and strength. Isa. xlv. 24. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD, liv. 17. And this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, Jer. xxiii. 6. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference, Rom. iii. 21, 22. Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness, iv. 3. To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also de

unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, 5-8. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification, 20-25. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. ix. 3032. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth, x. 3, 4. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, 1 Cor. i. 50. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him, 2 Cor. v. 21. If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain, Gal. ii. 21. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith, Phil. iii. 9. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Heb.

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xí. 7. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints, Rev. xix. 8. b And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire, Matt. iii. 10. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven, vii. 21. And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven, xviii. 3. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein, Mark x. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God, John iii. 3. 5. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord, Heb. xii. 14. And there - shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life, Rev. xxi. 27.

VER. 21.

Ἠκούσατε, ὅτι ἐῤῥέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις· Οὐ φονεύσεις· ὃς δ ̓ ἂν φονεύσῃ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει.

Ye have heard that it was a said by them of old time, b thou shalt not kill: c and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.

* Or, to them.

a Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter,

2 Sam. xx. 18.

b And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man, Gen. ix. 5, 6. Thou shalt not kill, Exod. xx. 13.

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he die, shall be surely put to death. If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die, Exod. xxi. 12. 14. Ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment, Numb. xxxv. 11, 12. Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death, 30, 31.

VER. 22.

Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὀργιζόμενος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ εἰκῇ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει· ὃς δ ̓ ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ἀδελφῶ αὐτοῦ, Ρακὰ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῷ συνεδρίῳ· ὃς δ ̓ ἂν εἴπῃ, Μωρὲ, ἔνοχος ἔσται εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ πυρὸς.

But a I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment: eand whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire.

* That is, vain fellow.

a And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the Scribes, Matt. vii. 28, 29. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him, xvii. 5. The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken, Deut. xviii. 15. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my

He that smiteth a man, so that I name, I will require it of him, 18,19.

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MATT. V. 22.

A. D. 31. For Moses truly said unto the fa-But when the Pharisees heard it, they MATT. V. 22-24.

thers, 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. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people, Acts iii. 22, 23. This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the LORD your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear, vii. 37. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, Heb. iii. 1.

bOne is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren, Matt. xxiii. 8. But ye denied the Holy One and the just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of Life; whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers, Acts iii. 14-17. And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, vii. 26, 27. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren, 1 Tim. v. 1.

And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand, Mark iii. 5. Then, the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind, Luke xiv. 21. Beye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath, Eph. iv. 26. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, Tit. i. 7.

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John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of Publicans and sinners, Matt. xi. 18, 19.

said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils, xii. 24. Thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial, 2 Sam. xvi. 7. Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? John vii. 19, 20. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? viii. 48. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? Acts xvii. 18. Norrevilers-shall inherit the kingdom of God, 1 Cor. vi. 10. To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men, Tit. iii. 2. Who when he was reviled, reviled not again, 1 Pet. ii. 23. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing, iii. 9. Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee, Jude 9.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, Matt. x. 17. Now the Chief Priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death, xxvi. 59. And straightway in the morning the Chief Priests held a consultation with the elders and Scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate, Mark xv. 1. And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the High Priest asked them, saying, Acts v. 27, 28.

& The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good, Ps. xiv. 1. O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this, xcii. 5, 6. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident, Prov. xiv. 16. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the

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snare of his soul, xviii. 6, 7. He that | dead, small and great, stand before

getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool, Jer. xvii. 11.

h 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 soul and body in hell, Matt. x. 28. Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire, xviii. 8, 9. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels, xxv. 41. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, Mark ix. 47, 48. And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame, Luke xvi. 23, 24. The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation, John v. 28, 29. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven

with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, 2 Thess.i.7-9. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever, Rev. xx. 10. And I saw the

God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire, 12-15. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death, xxi. 8. See also on last clause of ver. 12. chap. iii.

VER. 23.

Ἐὰν οὖν προσφέρῃς τὸ δῶρόν σου ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, κἀκεῖ μνησθῆς ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἔχει τὶ κατὰ σοῦ,

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

a And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them, Matt. viii. 4. Ye fools and blind! for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? xxiii. 19. Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which

he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee, Deut. xvi. 16, 17. VER. 24.

̓́Αφες ἐκεῖ τὸ δῶρόν σου ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ ὕπαγε, πρῶτον διαλλάγηθι τῷ ἀδελφῶ σου, καὶ τότε ἐλθὼν πρόσφερε τὸ δῶρόν σου.

a Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another, Mark ix. 50. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men, Rom. xii. 18. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting, 1 Tim. ii. 8. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work, James iii. 14-16.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup, 1 Cor. xi. 28.

VER. 25.

Ἴσθι εὐνοῶν τῷ ἀντιδίκῳ σου ταχὺ, ἕως ὅτου εἶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ μετ ̓ αὐτοῦ· μήποτέ σε παραδῷ ὁ ἀντίδικος τῷ ο κριτῇ, καὶ ὁ κριτής σε παραδῷ τῷ ὑπερέτῃ, καὶ εἰς φυλακὴν βληθήση.

a Agree with thine adversary quickly, bwhiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

a Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee, Job xxii. 21. When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison, Luke xii. 58.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found, Ps. xxxii. 6. Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon, Isa. lv. 6, 7. Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the

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door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know ye not whence ye are, Luke, xiii. 24, 25. Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation, 2 Cor. vi. 2. Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day if ye will hear his voice, Heb. iii. 7. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, 13. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears, xii. 17.

c And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, until I come in peace, 1 Kings xxii. 26, 27. And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him, Matt. xviii. 34. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, xxii. 13.

VER. 26.

̓Αμὴν λέγω σοι, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθης ἐκεῖθεν, ἕως ἂν ἀποδῶς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.

Verily I say unto thee, a Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast

paid the uttermost farthing.

* And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him, Matt. xviii. 34. He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons, xxi. 41. I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite, Luke xii. 59. Between us and you there is a great gulffixed: so that theywhich would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence, xvi. 26. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, 2 Thess. i. 9.

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