others, and whofe example is likely to be followed by others w. 2. From the parties offended x: if immediately against God y, his attributes z, and worship a; against Christ, Son of man, Hast thou feen what the ancients of the house of Ifrael do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they fay, The Lord feeth us not, the Lord hath forfaken the earth. v Rom. ii. 17. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and resteft in the law, and makeft thy boaft of God; v. 18. And knoweft his will.-v. 19. And are confident that thou thyfelf art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkuefs, v. 20. An instructer of the foolish, a teacher of babes,-v. 21. Thou there fore which teachest another, teacheft thou not thyfelf? thou that preachest a man fhould not steal, doft thou fteal? v. 22. Thou that fayeft a man fhould not commit adultery? doft then commit adultery? thou that abhorreft idols, doft thou commit facrilege? v. 23. Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law, difhonoureft thou God? v. 24. For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles, through you. Gal. ii. 11. But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. v. 12. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come he withdrew, and feparated himfelf, fearing them which were of the circumcifion. v. 13. And the other Jews diffembled likewife with him; infomuch that Barnabas alfo was carried away with their diffimulation. v. 14. But when I faw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth and of the gospel, I faid unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, liveft after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compelleft thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? x Matth. xxi. 38. But when the husbandmen faw the fon, they faid among themselves, This is the heir, come let us kill him, and let us feize on his inheritance: v. 29. And they caught him, and caft him out of the vineyard, and flew him. y 1 Sam. ii. 25. If one man fin against another, the judge fhall judge him: but if a man fin against the Lord, who fhall intreat for him?-Acts v. 4.-Thou haft not lied unto men, but unto God. Pfal. li. 1. Against thee, thee only have I finned, and done this evil in they fight: that thou mightest be juftifi ed when thou fpeakeft, and be clear when thou judgeft. z Rom. ii. 4. Or defpifeft thou the riches of his goodnefs, and forbearance, and long-fuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadth thee to repentance? a Mal. i. 8. And if ye offer the blind for facrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and fick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor, will he be pleafed with thee, or accept thy perfon? faith the Lord of hofts. V. 14. But curfed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth and facrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, faith the Lord of hofts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. b Heb. and his grace b; the holy Spirit c, his witnefs d, and workings e; against fuperiors, men of eminency f, and fuch as we ftand efpecially related and engaged unto g; against any of the faints b, particularly weak bre 6 Heb. ii. 2. For if the word fpoken by angels was ftedfaft, and every tranfgreffion and difobedience received a juft recompence of reward; v. 3. How fhall we efcape if we neglect fo great falvation? Heb. xii. 25. See that ye refufe not him that fpeaketh: for if they escaped not who refused him that fpake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that fpeaketh from heaven. c Heb. x. 29. Of how much forer punishment, fuppofe ye fhall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God? -Matth. xii. 31. Wherefore I fay unto you, all manner of fin and blafphemy fhall be forgiven unto men; but the blafphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. v. 32. And whofoever fpeaketh a word against the Son of man, it fhall be forgiven him: but whofoever fpeaketh against the Holy Ghoft, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. d Eph. iv. 30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are fealed unto the day of redemption. e Heb. vi. 4. For it is impoffible for those who were once enlightened, and have tafted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost. v. 5. And have tafted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come; v. 6. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance: ƒ Jude verf. 8. Likewife alfo thefe filthy dreamers defile the fiefh, thren defpife dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Numb. xii. 8.-Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my fervant Mofes ? v. 9. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed. If. iii. 5.-The child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. 12. g Prov. xxx. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and defpifeth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley fhall pick it out, and the young eagles fhall eat it. 2 Cor. xii. 15. And I will very gladly fpend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the lefs I be loved. Pfal. Iv. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf against me, then I would have hid myself from him. v. 13. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance. v. 14. We took fweet counfel together, and walked into the houfe of God in company. v. 15. Let death feize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: h Zeph. ii. 8. I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people. -v. 10. This fhall they have for their pride, becaufe they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of 'holts. v. 11. The Lord will be terrible unto them :-Matth. xviii. 6. But whofo fhall offend one of these little thren i, the fouls of them, or any other k, and the common good of all or many l 1. 3. From the nature and quality of the offence m: if it be against the exprefs letter of the law n, break many commandments, little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a milftone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the fea. 1 Cor. vi. 8. Nay, ye do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren. Rev. xvii. 6. And I faw the woman drunken with the blood of the faints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jefus : i1 Cor. viii. 11. And through thy knowledge fhall thy weak brother perish, for whom Chrift died? v. 12. But when ye fin fo against the brethren, and wound their weak confcience, ye fin against Chrift. Rom. xiv. 13. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a ftumbling-block, or an occafion to fall in his brother's way. v. 15. But if thy brother be grieved with by meat, how walkeft thou not charitably Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Chrift died. v. 21. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother ftumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. k Ezek. xiii. 19. And will ye pollute me among my people, for handfuls of barley, and for pieces of bread, to lay the fouls that fhould not die, and to fave the fouls alive that fhould not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lics? 1 Cor. viii. 12. But when ye fin fo against the brethren, and wound their weak confciences, ye fin against Chrift. Rev. xviii. 13. (The merchandife of gold,) and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincenfe, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and fheep, and horfes, and chariots, and flaves, and fouls of men. Matth. xxiii. 15. Wo unto you, fcribes and Pharifees, hypocrites; for ye compafs fea and land to make one profelyte, and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves. I / 1 Theff. ii. 15. Who both killed the Lord Jefus, and their own prophets, and have perfecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: v. 16. Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be faved.-Josh. xxii. 20. Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trefpafs in the accurfed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Ifrael? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. m Prov. vi. 30. Men do not defpife a thief, if he fteal to fatisfy his foul when he is hungry: v. 31. But if he be found, he fhall reftore feven fold.-v. 32. But whofo com. mitteth adultery with a woman, Jacketh understanding: he that doth it, deftroyeth his own foul. v. 33. A wound and difhonour shall he get, and his reproach fhall not be wiped away. And fo on to the end of the chapter. n Ezra ix. 10. And now, O our God, what fhall we fay after this? for we have forfaken thy commandments. v. 11. Which thou haft commanded by thy fervants the prophets, faying, The land unto which ye go to poffefs it, is an unclean land with the filthinefs of the people.-. 12. Now therefore give commandments, contain in it many fins o: if not only conceived in the heart, but breaks forth in words and actions p, fcandalize others and admit of no reparation r: not your daughters unto their fons, • Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupifcence, and covetoufnefs, which is idolatry. 1 Tim. vi. 10. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while fome coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many forrows. Prov. v. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: v. 9. Left thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel. v. 10. Left ftrangers be filled with thy wealth,-v. 11. And thou mourn at the laft, when thy flesh and thy body are confumed. V. 12. And fay, How have I hated inftruction, and my heart defpifed reproof? Prov. vi. 32. But whofo committeth adultery with a woman, Jacketh understanding: he that doth it destroyeth his own foul. v. 33. A wound and dishonour fhall he get.-Josh. vii. 21. When I faw among the fpoils a goodly Baby. lonish garment, and two hundred fhekels of filver, and a wedge of gold of fifty fhekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them,— p James i. 14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own luft, and enticed. Y. 15 if Then when luft hath conceived, it bringeth forth fin: and fin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Matth. v. 22. But I fay unto you, that whofoever is angry with his brother without a caufe, fhall be in danger of the judgment: and whofoever fhall fay to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whofoever shall fay, Thou fool, fhall be in danger of hell-fire. Mic. ii. 1. Wo to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds: when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. : q Matth. xviii, 7. Wo unto the world becaufe of offences for it must needs be that offences come : but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh. Rom. ii. 23. Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law, dif honoureft thou God? V. 24. For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it is written. r Deut. xxii. 22. If a man be found lying with a woman married to an hufband, then they fhall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : fo fhalt thou put away evil from Ifrael. Compared with v. 28. If a man find a damfel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found: v. 29. Then the man that lay with her, fhall give unto the damfel's father fifty fhekels of filver, and fhe fhall be his wife, because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. Prov. vi. 32. But whofo committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh understanding : Sf he if against means, mercies t, judgments v, light of nature w, conviction of confcience x, public or private ad he that doth it, destroyeth his own foul. v. 33. A wound and dishonour fhall he get, and his reproach fhall not be wiped away. v. 34. For jealoufy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. v. 35. He will not regard any ranfom: neither will he reft content, though thou giveft many gifts. f Matth. xi. 21. Wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethfaida; for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in fackcloth and ashes. v. 22. But I fay unto you, It fhall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you: v. 23. And thou Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, fhalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. v. 24. But I fay unto you, that it fhall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom John xv. 22. If I had not come, and fpoken unto them, they had not had fin; but now they have no cloke for their fin. If. i. 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the afs his mafter's crib; but Ifrael doth not know, my people doth not confider. Deut. xxxii. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwife? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and eftablished thee? Amos iv. 8. So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not fatisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. v. 9. I have fmitten you with blaffing and monimildew; when your gardens and your vineyards, and your fig-trees, and your oive-trees increased, the palmer-worm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. v. 10. I have fent among you the peftilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I flain with the fword, and have taken away your horses, and I have made the ftink of your camps to come up into your noftrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. v. 11. I have overthrown fome of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a fire brand pluckt out of the burning yet have ye not returned unto, me, faith the Lord. Jer. v. 3. O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou haft ftricken them, but they have not grieved; thou haft confumed them, but they have re fufed to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to return. : Rom. i. 26. For this caufe God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural ufe into that which is against nature: v, 27. And likewise alfo the men, leaving the natural ufe of the woman, burned in their luft one toward another, men with men working that which is unfeemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. x Rom i. 32. Who knowing the judgment of God, (that they which commit fuch things are worthy of death) not only do the fame, but have pleasure in them that do them. Dan. v. 22. And thou his fon, O Belshazzar, haft not humbled thine heart, though thou kneweft لله |