evil in your hearts? 5. For whether is easier to fay, Thy Sins be forgiven thee? or tó fay, Arife and walk? 6. But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive fins, (then faith he to the fick of the palfie) Arife, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 7. And he arofe, and departed to his houfe. 8. But when the multitude faw it, they marvelled, and ¿ glorified God, which had given fuch power unto men. 9. And as Jefus paffed forth from thence, he faw a man named Matthew, fitting at the receit of cuftom : and he faith unto him, Follow me, And he arofe, and followed him. 10. And it came to pafs, as Jefus fat at meat in the houfe, behold, many publicans and finners came and fat down with him and his difciples. 11. And when the Pharifèes faw it, they faid unto his difciples, Why eateth your mafter with publicans and f finners. 12. But when Jefus heard that, he said untỏ: them, They that be whole need not a phyfician, but they that are h fick. 13. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, a Pf. 1c3. 5. Blefs the Lord, O my Soul and all that is within me, blefs his holy name. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities: who healeth all thy Diseases. d own house: and there was a great company of publicans, and of others that fat down with them. * Mat. 11. 19. The Son of Man 5 came eating and drinking, and they fay, Behold, a man gluttonous,and a Wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and finners: but Wisdom is justified of her Children. Luk. 15. 2. The Pharifees and Scribes murmured, faying, This man receiveth finners, and eateth with them. Mar. 2. 14. As he paffed by, he faw Levi the fon of Alpheus fitting at the receit of Custom, and faid unto him, follow me. And he arofe and followed him. Luk. 5.10 27. And after these things, he went forth, and faw a publican named Levi, fitting at the receit of Cuftom, and he faid unto him, fol low me. с I Cor. 6. 11. Such were fome of you: but ye are washed, but ye are fan&tified, but ye are juftified in the name of the Lord Jefus, and by the Spirit of our God. f Gal. 2. 15. We who are Jews by nature, and not finners of the 15 Gentiles. 8 Luk. 18. 11. The Pharifee ftood and prayed thus with himfelf; God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, 20 unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. Mar. 2. 15. And it came to pafs,as Jefus fat at meat in his houfe, many publicans and finners fat alfo together with Jefus and his Difciples; for there were many, and they 25 followed him. Luk. 5. 29. And Levi made him a great Feaft in his h. Luk. 19. 10. The Son of man is come to feek, and fave that which is loft. Rom. 1. 24 O wretched man that I am, who fhall deliver me from the body of this death. i k meaneth, I will have mercy, and (4) not facrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but finners to repentance. 14. Then came to him the difciples of John, faying, Why do we and the Pharifees faft oft, but thy difciples faft not. 15. And Jefus faid unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come when the bridegroom fhall be taken from them, and hall they faft. 16. No man putteth a piece of s 5 then new cloth faithful faying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jefus Chrift came into the World to fave Sinners. in ་ Mar. 2. 18. And the difciples of John, and of the Pharifees ufed to faft; and they come and fay unto him, Why do the Difciples of John, and the Pharifees faft, but thy difciples faft not? to * Hof, 6. 6. I desired mercy, and not facrifice; and the know ledge of God, more than burntofferings. 1 Sam. 15. 22. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and Sacrifices, as in obeying the Voice of the Lord: Behold, to bey is better than Sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams. t Mich. 6. 6, 7, 8. Wherewith fhall I come before the Lord, and bow my felf before the high God? hall I come before him with burntferings, with Calues of a year old? Will the Lord be pleafed with thousands of Rams, or with ten thousands of Rivers of Oil? fhall I give my first born for my tranfgreffion, the fruit of my body for the fin of my Soul? He hath 20 hewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. Mat. 12. 7. If ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not facrifice, ye would not have condemned the * guiltless. 15 25 Luk. 157. Joy fhall be in 30 heaven over one Sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just perfons which need no repent ance. I Luk. 5. 33. And they faid unto him, Why do the difciples of John faft often, and make prayers; and likewife the difciples of the Pharifees; but thine eat and drink? nt Joh. 3. 29. He that hath the Bride, is the Bridegroom: buc the friend of the Bridegroom which ftandeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the Bridegrooms Voice: This my Joy therefore is fulfilled. Acts 13. 2. As they miniftred to the Lord and fafted. Acts 14. 23. When they had ordained then Elders in every Church, and had prayed with fasting, they recom. mended them to the Lord. 2 Cor. 6. 5. In watchings, in faftings. P Gen 33. 14. I will lead on foftly, according as the Cattle that goeth before me, and the children be able to endure. Joh. 16. 12. I have yet many things to fay unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. I Cor. Tim. . 15. This is a 35 14 Thefe Words do not imply, that God did not command Sacrifices, but the Meaning is, that he preferr'd Mercy, and fuch like moral Duties, before Sacrifices. So Solomon tells us, Prov. 21. 3. To do Faftice and Judge ment, is more acceptable to the Lord than Sacrifice. cloth [Or, ram, or, unwrought cloth] unto an old garment: fo that which is put in to fill it up, taketh from the gar ment, and the rent is made worfe. 17. Neither do me put new wine into old (5) bottles: elfe the bottles break and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perifh; bu they put new wine into new bottles, and both are pre ferved. 18. While he fpake these things unto them behold there came a certain ruler and worshipped him faying, My daughter is even now dead: but come an lay thy hand upon her, and fhe fhall live. 19. And Jefu arofe, and followed him, and fo did his difciples. 20. b (And behold, a woman which was difeafed with an iffu of blood twelve years, came behind him; and touched th hem of his garment. 21. For fhe faid within her felf If I may but touch his garment, I fhall be whole 22. But Jefus turned him about, and when he faw her, h faid, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hat made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.) 23. And when Jefus came into the Ruler houfe, and faw the minstrels and the people making a 1 1 Cor. 3. 2. I have fed you with Milk and not with Meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet are ye able. * Mar. 5. 22. And behold, 5 there cometh one of the Rulers of the Synagoue, Jairus by name, and when he faw him, he fell at his feet. Luk. 8. 41. And behold, there came a man named Jairus,1ɔ and he was a Ruler of the Synagogue: and he fell down at Jefus feet, and befought him that he would come into his house. e noife many as touched were made perfect ly whole. d † Luk. 7. 50. † Luk. 17. 19. +Luk. 8. 48. Thy Faith hath made the whole; go in peace. † Luk 18. 42. Receive thy fight: thy Faith hath faved thee. A&s 14. 9 Perceiving that he had Faith to be healed. e ·.· Mar. 5. 35. While he yet fpake, there came from the Ruler of the Synagogues houfe, certain which faid, Thy daughter is dead, why troubleft thou the Mafter any 15 further. Luk. 8. 51. And when he came into the houfe, he fuffered no man to go in, fave Peter, and James, and John, and the Father and the Mother of the Maiden. b † Mar. 5. 25. And a certain woman which had an iffue of blood twelve years. † Luk. 8. 43. And a woman having an iffue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon phyficians, neither 20 could be healed of any. с Mat. 14. 36. That they might only touch his garment: and as (5) The Bottles anciently ufed were not made of Glafs, as ours are, but of Leather, which, when it was old, became rotten, and fo unfit to hold new Wine. W * noife, 24. He faid unto them, Give place, for the maid is not dead, but fleepeth. And they laughed him to fcorn. 25. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arofe. 26. And the fame hereof [Or, this fame] went abroad into all that land. 27. And when Jefus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and faying, Thou fon or David, have mercy on us. 28. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jefus faith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They faid unto him, Yea, Lord. 29. Then touched he eyes, faying, According to your faith, be it unto you. 30. And their eyes were opened, and Jefus ftraitly charged them, faying, See that no man know it. they, when they were departed, fpread abroad his fame in all that country. 32. As they went out, behold, they brought to him a "dumb man poffeffed with a devil. 33. And when the devil was caft out, the dumb fpake and the multitudes marvelled, faying, It was never fo feen in Ifrael. 34. But the pharifees faid, He caffeth out the devils through the prince of the de their fpake of Jofiah in their Lamentations to this day. + A&t. 20. 10. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him, faid, Trouble not your felves, for Life is in him. Mat. 13. 58. He did not many mighty Works there, because of their unbelief. See the Note on Mat. 8. 4. k † Mar. 7. 36. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, fo much the more a great deal they published it. 5 10 31. But vils. Mat. 12. 24. When the Pharifees heard it, they faid, This fellow doth not caft out Devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the Devils. * * Mar. 3. 22. And the Scribes which came down from Jerufalem, faid, he hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the Devils cafteth he cut Devils. Luk. 11. 15. And fome of them faid, He cafteth our Devils through Beelzebub the chief of the Devils. Joh. 7. 20. Thou hast a Devil? who goeth about to kill thee? Joh. 8. 48, 52. Say we 15 not well that thou art a Samaritan, and haft a Devil. Now we know that thou haft a Devil. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets; and thou fayeft, If a man keep my faying he fhall never tafte of death. Joh.10.20. He hath a Devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? A&s 26. 24. Feftus faid -Paul, thou art befide thy felf: much learning doth See Mat. 12.22. Then was brought unto him one poffeffed with a a devil, blind and dumb, and he healed him, infomuch that the blind and dumb both fpake and faw. 20 *Luk. 11. 14. And he was cafting out a Devil, and it was dumb. And came to pafs, when the Devil was gone out, the damb fpake; and the people wondered. it 25 e vils. 35. And Jefus went about all the Cities and Vi lages, f teaching in their fynagogues, and preaching th gofpel of the kingdom, and healing every ficknefs, an every difeafe among the people. 35. But when 1 faw the multitudes, he was moved with compaffion d them, because they fainted, [Or, were tired and lay dow and were fcattered abroad, as Sheep having no She herd. 37. Then faith he unto his difciples, The hal veft truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harveft, that he wi fend forth labourers into his harveft. k A * h CHA P. X. ND when he had called unto him his twelve di * ciples, he gave them power against [Or, over] u: clean fpirits, to caft them out, and to heal all manner doth make the mad. Ecclef. 4. 4. I confidered all travel, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. e 6. 6. Luk. 13. 22. See on Mar. ft Mat. 4. 23. And Jefus went about all Galilee, teaching, &c. as in this Verfe. ficknef truly is great,but &c. as here. † Jol 4. 35. Say not ye there are fou Months, and then cometh Harvest Behold, I fay unto you, lift u your eyes and look on the Fields for they are white already to Har veft. 2 Thef. 3. 1. Finally, Bre thren, pray for us, that the word o and be glorified even as it is with you. Mar. 6. 34. And Jefus when 10 the Lord may have free courfe he came out, faw much People, and was moved with compaffion toward them, because they were as Sheep not having a Shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. 15 * Numb. 27. 17. That the congregation of the Lord be not as Sheep which have no Shepherd. Ezek. 34. 6. My Sheep wandred through all the Mountains, and up- 20 on every high hill: yea, my Flock -- 1* Mar. 3. 14. And he ordained twelve, that they fhould be with him, and that he might fend them forth to preach. Mar. 6. 7. And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to fend them forth by two and two, and gave them power over unclean Spirits. † Luk. 6 13. And when it was day, he cal led unto him his difciples, and of them he chofe twelve, whom alfo he named Apoftles... Luk. 9. 1. Then he called his twelve difciples together, and gave them power and authority over all Devils, and to cure difeafes. |