280 A. D. 64. HEB. IV. 11, 12. A. D. 64. sometimes foolish, disobedient, de- VER. 12. Ζῶν γὰρ ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐνεργής, καὶ τομώτερος ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν μάχαιραν διστολὸν καὶ διϊκνούμενος ἄχρι μερισμού ψυχῆς τε καὶ πνεύματος, ἁρμῶν τε καὶ μυελῶν, καὶ κριτικὸς ἐνθυμήσεων καὶ ἐνvov xapdias For a the word of God b is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the di Come unto take it by force, xi. 12. me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light, 28-30. Strive to enter in at the straight gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able, Luke xiii. 24. The Law and the Prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth Labour not for the into it, xvi. 16. meat which perisheth, but for that d and is a disthe joints and marrow, meat which endureth unto everlastingviding asunder of soul and spirit, and of life, which the Son of man shall give cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. unto you for him hath God the Father sealed, John vi. 27. Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and Wherefore trembling, Phil. ii. 12. the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 2 Pet. i. 10, 11. b Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision, Acts xxvi. 19. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all, Rom. xi. 30-32. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience, Eph. ii. 2. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience, v. 6. For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience, Col. iii. 6. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate, Tit. i. 16. For we ourselves also were For a Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation, Heb. xiii. 7. Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God, Luke viii. 11. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness, Acts iv. 31. we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ, 2 Cor. ii. 17. But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God, iv. 2. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years, Rev. xx. 4. b The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies, Psal. cx. 2. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple, cxix. 130. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd, Eccl. xii. 11. So shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isa. v. 11. Is not my word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces, Jer. xxiii. 29. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek, Rom. i. 16. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God, 1 Cor. i. 24. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds ;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, 2 Cor. x. 4, 5. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe, 1 Thess. ii. 13. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures, Jam. i. 18. Being born again not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever, 1 Pet. i. 23. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world, John vi. 51. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. ii. 4, 5. A. D. 64. a two-edged sword in their hand, cxlix. 6. But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword, Prov. v. 4. But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked, Isa. xi. 4. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me, xlix. 2. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Acts ii. 37. When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them, v. 33. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, Eph. vi. 17. And he had in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength, Rev. i. 16. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God, xix. 15. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth and all the fowls were filled with their flesh, 21. But if all prophecy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest, and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth, 1 Cor. xiv. 24, 25. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light, Eph. v. 13. VER. 13. Καὶ οὐκ ἔστι κτίσις ἀφανὴς ἐνώπιον πάντα δὲ γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισ ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ, πρὸς ἂν ἡμῖν Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, Ο αὐτοῦ· most mighty, with thy glory and thy μένα τοῖς majesty, Psal. xlv. 3. Let the high | ό λόγος. praises of God be in their mouth, and Neither is there any creature that A. D. 64. HEB. IV. 13, 14. is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. a But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart, 1 Sam. xvi. 7. And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast the off for ever, 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men :) 2 Chron. vi. 30. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins, Psal. vii. 9. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works, xxxiii. 14, 15. Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart, xliv. 21. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee, cxxxix. 11, 12. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good, Prov. xv. 3. Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men, 11. I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings, Jer. xvii. 10. Can hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD, xxiii. 24. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, any A. D. 64. and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God, 1 Cor. iv. 5. See also on Matt. ix. ver. 4. clause 3. b Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering, Job. xxvi. 6. For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and seeth all his goings, xxxiv. 21. Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? xxxviii. 17. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil, Eccl. xii. 14. See also on John v. ver. 22. a See on chap. iii. ver. 1. clause 6. b Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec, Heb. vi. 20. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them, For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens, vii. 25, 26. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, viii. 1. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us, ix. 12. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us, 24. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God, x. 12. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God, xii. 2. 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. (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God, Luke xxiii. 51. Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven, Aets i. 11. Whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began, iii. 21. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us, Rom. viii. 34. 8 | A. D. 64. firmities, and bare our sicknesses, Matt. viii. 16, 17. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory, xii. 20. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, Phil. ii. 7, 8. b See on chap. ii. ver. 17, 18. VER. 16. © See on Matt. xiv. ver. 33. clause 3. d See on chap. iii. ver. 1. clause 3. VER. 15. Οὐ γὰρ ἔχομεν ἀρχιερέα μὴ δυνάμενον συμπαθῆσαι ταῖς ἀσθενείαις ἡμῶν, πε πειραμένον δὲ κατὰ πάντα καθ ̓ ὁμοιότητα, χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας· For a we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points b tempted like as we are, yet without sin. a Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity, Heb. v. 2. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed, Isa. liii. 4, 5. When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed of devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our in θρόνῳ τῆς χάριτος, ἵνα λάβωμεν ἔλεον καὶ Προσερχώμεθα οὖν μετὰ παῤῥησίας τῷ χάριν εὕρωμεν εἰς εὔκαιρον βοήθειαν. Let us therefore a come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. a Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an High Priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assur ance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure sion of our faith without wavering; water. Let us hold fast the profes(for he is faithful that promised,) Heb. x. 19-23. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me, xiii. 6. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and jointheirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together, Rom. viii. 15-17. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father, Eph. ii. 18. In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him, iii. 12. b And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; of which A. D. 64. A.D. 64. we cannot now speak particularly, be given you ; seek, and ye shall find; Heb. ix. 5. And thou shalt make a knock, and it shall be opened unto mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and you : For every one that asketh rea half shall be the length thereof, and a ceiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth; cubit and a half the breadth thereof. and to him that knocketh it shall be And thou shalt make two cherubims opened. Or what man is there of of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make you; whom if his son ask bread, will them, in the two ends of the mercy he give him a stone? Or if he ask a seat. And make one cherub on the fish, will he give him a serpent? If one end, and the other cherub on the ye then, being evil, know how to give other end : even of the mercy seat shall good gifts unto your children, how ye make the cherubims on the two much more shall your Father which ends thereof. And the cherubims is in heaven give good things to them sball stretch forth their wings on high, that ask him ? Matt. vii. 7–11. For covering the mercy seat with their this thing I besought the Lord thrice, wings, and their faces shall look one that it might depart from me, And be to another; toward the mercy seat said unto me, My grace is sufficient shall the faces of the cherubims be. for thee : for my strength is made And thou shalt put the mercy seat perfect in weakness. Most gladly above upon the ark; and in the ark therefore will I rather glory in my thou shalt put the testimony that I infirmities, that the power of Christ shall give thee. And there I will meet may rest upon me. Therefore I take with thee, and I will commune with pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, thee from above the mercy seat, from in necessities, in persecutions, in disbetween the two cherubims which are tresses for Christ's sake: for when I upon the ark of the testimony, of all am weak, them am I strong, 2 Cor. things which I will give thee in com- xii. 8—10. Be careful for nothing ; mandment unto the children of Israel, but in every thing by prayer and supExod. xxv. 17—22. And the LORD plication with thanksgiving let your said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron requests be made known unto God. thy brother, that he come not at all And the peace of God, which passeth times into the holy place within the all understanding, shall keep your vail before the mercy seat, which is hearts and minds through Christ Jesus, upon the ark; that he die not : for I Phil. iv. 6, 7. Which in time past will appear in the cloud upon the were not a people, but are now the mercy seat, Lev. xvi. 2. Then David people of God: which had not obgave to Solomon his son the pattern oftained mercy, but now have obtained the porch, and of the houses thereof, mercy, 1 Pet. ii. 10. See also on Matt. and of the treasuries thereof, and of vii. ver. 7. clauses 1, 2. the upper chambers thereof, and of CHAP. V.-VER. 1. the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 1 Chron. Gανόμενος, ύσέρ ανθρώπων καθίσταται τα Πας γαρ αρχιερεύς εξ ανθρώπων λαμ. xxviii. 11. c When the boughs thereof are προς τον Θεόν, ίνα προσφέρη δωρά τε και θυσίας υπέρ αμαρτιών, withered, they shall be broken off : the women come, and set them on For å every High Priest tuken from fire : for it is a people of no under-among men, bis ordained for men in standing ; therefore be that made things pertaining to God, that he may them will not have mercy on them, offer o both gifts and sacrifices for sins : and he that formed them will shew a And every Priest standeth daily them no favour, Isa. xxvii. 11. Seek ministering and offering oftentimes the ye the LORD while he may be found, same sacrifices, which can never take call ye upon him while he is near; away sins, Heb. 1. 11. See also Exod: Let the wicked forsake his way, and xxviii. xxix. and Lev. viii. the unrighteous man his thoughts ; b And Moses said unto Aaron, Take and let him return unto the Lord, a censer, and put fire therein from off and he will have mercy upon him; the altar, and put on incense, and go and to our God, for he will abundantly quickly unto the congregation, and pardon, lv. 6,7. Ask, and it shall I make an atonement for them : for |