Anno MA to them, left they alfo come into Luk. xvi̟, Art. 32" this place of torment. Abraham "faith unto him, They have Mo
fes and the Prophets; let them "hear them, And he faid, nay, fa- 30. "ther Abraham; but if one went to them from the dead, they will (૫ repent. And he faid unto him, 31, "If they hear not Mofes and the "Prophets, neither will they be per- fuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Hen faid [Jefus] unto the dif- 1. Luk. xvii. ciples," It is impoffible but
"that offences will come: But wo unto him through whom they. come. It were better for him that 2; a millstone were hanged about his "neck, and he caft into the fea, than that he fhould offend one of thefe "little ones.
"Take heed to your felves: if 3, "thy brother trefpafs against thee, "rebuke him; and if he repent for-
give him. And if he trefpafs a 4.
66 gainst thee feven times in a day, and feven times in a day turn again
to thee, faying, I repent; thou Anno "fhalt forgive him.
And the Apostles faid unto the 6. Lord, increase our faith. And the Lord faid, "If ye had faith as a "grain of muftard feed, ye might "fay unto this fycamine tree, Be "thou plucked up by the root, and "be thou planted in the sea; and it "fhould obey you.
"But which of you having a fer"vant plowing, or feeding cattle, "will fay unto him by and by when "he is come from the field, Go and 8. fit down to meat? And will not ❝ rather fay unto him, Make ready "wherewith I may fup, and gird "thy felf, and ferve me, till I have t eaten and drunken; and afterward 9: "thou fhall eat and drink? Doth "he thank that fervant because he "did the things that were comIo "manded him? I trow not. So "likewife ye, when ye fhall have "done all thofe things which are "commanded you, fay, we are un"profitable fervants: we have "done that which was our duty to do.
Ten Lepers cleanfed, one of whom re- turns and gives thanks to Jesus.
ND it came to pafs as [Fefus] went to Jerufalem, that he paffed through the midst of Samaria and Ga- lilee. And as he entred into a certain 12. village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which ftood afar off: And 13. they lifted up their voices, and faid, Fefus Mafter, have mercy on us. And 14. when he faw them, he faid unto them, Go fhew your felves to the priests. And it came to pass that as they went, they were cleanfed. And one of them when 15. he faw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice_glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, 16. giving him thanks: and he was a Sa- maritan. And Jefus answering, said, 17. Were there not ten cleanfed? but where are the nine? There are not found that 18. returned to give glory to God, fave this ftranger. And he said unto him, Arise, 19. go thy ways, thy faith has made thee whole.
Jesus's answer to the Pharifees who asked when the Kingdom of God Should come, and difcourfe with his Difciples concerning it.
ND when he was demanded of
A the Pharifees when the kingdom
of God fhould come; he answered them and faid," The kingdom of God com- "eth not with obfervation. Neither "fhall they fay, Lo here, or, lo there; "for behold, the kingdom of God is 22." within you. And he faid unto the difciples, "The days will come when ye fhall defire to fee one of the days "of the fon of man, man, and уе fhall not 23. "fee it. And they fhall fay to you, See here, or fee there: go not after 24. them, nor follow them. For as the lightning that lightneth out of the one part under heaven, fhineth to the o- ther part under heaven: fo fhall also 25. the fon of man be in his day. But first muft he fuffer many things, and 26.c be rejected of this generation. And "as it was in the days of Noe, fo fhall "it be alfo in the days of the fon of 37. man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe en- "tred into the ark: and the flood came "and deftroyed them all. Likewise
"alfo as it was in the days of Lot, Luk. xvii.
At 32. they did eat, they drank, they bought, they fold, they planted, they build- ed But the fame day that Lot went 29. cc out of Sodom, it rained fire and brim- «ftone from heaven, and deftroyed them all: even thus fhall it be in the 30. day when the fon of man is revealed. <In that day, he which fhall be upon 31. "the houfe top, and his ftuff in the "house, let him not come down to "take it away; and he that is in the "field let him likewife not return "back. Remember Lot's wife. Who- 32: "foever fhall feek to fave his life, shall 33. lofe it: and whofoever fhall lofe his life, fhall preferve it. I tell you in 34. "that night there fhall be two men in one bed, the one fhall be taken, and the other fhall be left. Two women 35. "fhall be grinding together; the one fhall be taken, and the other left. "Two men fhall be in the field; 36, the one fhall be taken, and the other " left. And they anfwered and faid 37. unto him, Where, Lord? and he faid unto them, Wherefoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered to gether.
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