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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. 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.

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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 αὑτοῦ εἰκῇ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ κρίσει· ὃς δ ̓ ἂν εἴπῃ τῷ ἀδελφῶ αὐτοῦ, Ρακά, ἔνοχος ἔσται τῷ συνεδρίῳ· ὃς δ ̓ ἂν εἴπῃ, Μωρέ, ἔνοχος ἔσται εἰς τὴν γέενναν τοῦ Tugos.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment: and 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 name, I will require it of him, 18, 19.

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For Moses truly said unto the fathers, 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. Be ye 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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eJohn 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.

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But when the Pharisees heard it, they 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. Nor revilers-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.

fBut 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 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. I. 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

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dead, small and great, stand before 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, κακεῖ μνησθῆς ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἔχει τὶ κατὰ σοῦ,

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

thou tell no man; but go thy way, a And Jesus saith unto him, See 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 the LORD thy God in the place which year shall all thy males appear before he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernathe LORD empty: Every man shall cles and they shall not appear before give as he is able, according to the he hath given thee, Deut. xvi. 16, 17. blessing of the LORD thy God which

VER. 24.

Αφες ἐκεῖ τὸ δῶρον σου ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ ὕπαγε, πρῶτον διαλλάγηθι τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου. καὶ τότε ἐλθὼν πρό σφερε τὸ δῶςόν σου.

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lost his saltness, wher ewith 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.

*17di eůvoõv tõ åvtiðing σou Taxù, as ὅτου εἶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ μετ ̓ αὐτοῦ· μήποτέ σε παραδῷ ὁ ἀντίδικος τῷ κριτῇ, καὶ ὁ κριτής σε παραδῷ τῷ ὑπεξέτῃ, καὶ εἰς φυλακὴν βληθήσῃ.

a Agree with thine adversary quickly, b whiles 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, Put this fellow in the prison, the king's son; and say, Thus saith and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of afiction, 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 ἀποδῷς τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην.

Verily I say unto thee, a Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost furthing.

a 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 gulf fixed: 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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VER. 27.

MATT. V. 27--30.

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for it is profitable for thee that one of

Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐῤῥέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις· οὐ thy members should perish, and not that μοιχεύσεις. thy whole body should be cast into a hell.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, a Thou shalt not commit adultery:

a Thou shalt not commit adultery, Exod. xx. 14. And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death, Lev. xx. 10. If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from among you, Deut. xxii. 22. Whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh standing: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul, Prov. vi. 32.

VER. 28.

*Or, do cause thee to offend.

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a 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, Matt. xviii. 9. 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, Mark ix. 47.

b And there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it, Matt. xix. 12. If ye live after the under-flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live, Rom. viii. 13. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myñself should be a cast-away, 1 Cor. ix. 27. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts, Gal. v. 24. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth, Col. iii. 5.

Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι πᾶς ὁ βλέπων zvraïna węòs vò imiduμñcai avtñç, ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

But a I say unto you, b that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

a See parallels on clause 1. ver. 22. bAnd it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me, Gen. xxxix. 7. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, Exod. xx. 17. I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Job xxxi. 1. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eye-lids, Prov. vi. 25. Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls, 2 Pet. ii. 14. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world, 1 John ii. 16.

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cFor what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matt. xvi. 26. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark viii. 36, 37. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke ix. 25.

See parallels on last clause of ver. 22.

VER: 30.

Καὶ εἰ ἡ δεξιά σου χεὶς σκανδαλίζει σε, ἔκκοψον αὐτὴν, καὶ βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ· συμφέ ρει γάρ σοι, ἵνα ἀπόληται ἓν τῶν μελῶν σου, καὶ μὴ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου βληθῇ εἰς γέενναν.

And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

a Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot

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