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?

* Mat. 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. 39. 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 againit the Lord, who fhall intreat for him? Acts v. 4.-Thou haft not lied unto men, but unto God. Pfal. li. Against thee, thee only have I finned, and done this evil in thy fight: that thou mightest be juftified when thou speakelt, and be clear when thou judgeft.

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z Rom. ii. 4. Or defpifeft thou the riches of his goodnefs, and forbearance, and long-fuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

. 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. ii. 2. For if the word fpoken by angels was stedfast, and every

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tranfgreffion and disobedience received a juft recompence of reward; v. 3. How fhall we escape, if we neglect fo great falvation,-Heb. xii. 25. See that ye refuse not him that fpeaketh: for if they escaped not who refufed him that fpake on earth, much more fhall not we efcape, 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,-Mat. 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 fhall not be forgiven unto men. v. 32. And whofoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whofoever speaketh againit the Holy Ghost, it fhall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to

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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 tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, v. 5. and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come; v. 6. If they fhall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance :

f Jude verfe 8. Likewife alfo thefe filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of

dignities. Numb. xii. 8.-Wherefore then were ye not afraid to ípeak against my fervant Mofes v. 9. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed. Ifa, iii. 5.-The child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

g Prov. xxx. 17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth 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 spend and be spent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the lefs I be loved. Pfa. lv. 12. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have born it; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him. v. 13. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide, and my acquaintance. v. 14. We took fweet counfel together, and walked unto the house of God in company, v. 15. Let death feize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:

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, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hots. v. 11. The Lord will be terrible unto them :-Mat, xviii. 6. But whofo fhall offend one of these little ones who believe in

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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, you 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 :

i 1 Cor. viii. 11. And through thy knowledge fhall the 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 Christ. 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 brothers way. v. 15. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now 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.

Ezek. xiii. 19. And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley, and for pieces of bread, to flay the fouls that should not die, and to fave the fouls alive that fhould not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? 1 Cor. viii. 12. But when ye fin fo against the brethren, and wound their weak confcience, ye fin against Christ. Rev. xviii. 13. (The merchandise of gold) and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincenfe, and wine, and oil, X 4

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and fine flour, and wheat, and beats, and fheep, and horses, and chariots, and flaves, and fouls of men. Mat. 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 twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

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 fpeak to the Gentiles, that they might be faved,Joth. xxii. 20. Did not Achan the fon of Zerah commit a trefpafs in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Ifrael? and that man perifhed not alone in his iniquity.

m Prov. vi. 30. Men do not defpife a thief, if he fleal to fatisfy his foul when he is hungry: v. 31. But if he be found, he thall reftore feven-fold,-v. 32. But whofo committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh understanding: he that doth it, destroyeth his own foul. v. 33. A wound and difhonour fhall 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. II. which thou haft commanded by thy fervants the prophets, faying, The land unto which ye go to poffefs it, is an unclean

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ple,v. 12. Now therefore give not your daughters unto their fons, nor-1 Kings xi. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Ifrael, who had appeared unto him twice, v. 10. and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: But he kept not that which the Lord commanded.

. Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your nfembers which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleannefs, 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 themfelves 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. 1o. 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, lacketh understanding: he that doth it, deftroyeth his own foul. v. 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get,- -Joth. vii. 21. When I faw among the fpoils a goodly Babylonifh garment, and two hundred fhekels of filver, and a wedge of gold of fifty fhekels weight,

weight, then I coveted them, and took them.

Jam. i. 14. But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lufts, and enticed. v. 15. Then, when luft hath conceived, it bringeth forth fin; and fin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Mat. 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, fhall be in danger of the council: but whofoever shall fay, Thou fool, fhall be in danger of hell-fire. Mic. ii. 1. Wo unto them that devife iniquity, and work evil upon their beds; when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

9 Mat. xviii. 7. Wo to the world because 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 makeft thy boaft of the law, through breaking the law, dishonoureft thou God? v. 24. For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

Deut. xxii. 22. If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, 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 damsel that is a virgin which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and ly with her; and they be found: v. 29. Then the

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man that lay with her, fhall give to the damfels 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: he that doth it, deftroyeth his own foul. v. 33. A wound and difhonour 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 fpare in the day of vengeance. v. 35. He will not regard any ranfom: neither will he reft content, though thou givet many gifts.

/Mat. 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 shall 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 spoken unto them, they had not had fin: but now they have no cloke for their fin.

t Ifa. i. 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the afs his mafters 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 establithed thee?

v Amos iv. 8. So two or three cities wandered unto on: city, to drink water; but they were not fatisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. v. 9. I have smitten you with blafting, and mildew: when your gardens and vineyards, and your fig-trees, and your olive-trees increafed, 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 horfes, and I have made the ftink of your camps to come up unto 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 refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to return.

w Rom. i. 26. For this caufe God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: v. 27. And likewise alfo the men, leaving the natural ufe of the women, burned in their luft one toward another, men with

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men working that which is unfeemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which

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x Rom. i. 32. Who knowing the judgment of God, (that they who 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 knewest all this. Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an heretick, after the first and second admonition, reject: v. 11. Knowing that he that is fuch, is fubverted, and finneth, being condemned of himself.

y Prov. xxix. 1. He that being of ten reproved, hardneth his neck, fhall fuddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

2 Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an heretick, after the first and fecond admonition, reject. Mat. xviii. 17. And if he fhall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

a Prov. xxvii. 22. Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a peftil, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxiii. 35. They have ftricken me, fhalt thou fay, and I was not fick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when fhall I awake? I will feek it yet again.

b Pfa. lxxviii. 34. When he flew them, then they fought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. v. 35. And they remembred that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. v.