...sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. The Gospel . St. Matth. xxiii. 34. BEHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and...from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you,...

...man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous.— Matt. xi. 18, 19. Behold, 1 send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes,...synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.— Matt, xxiii. 34. Some said Christ was a good man : others said, Nay, but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit...

...prophets, and wise men and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall you scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from...from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you,...

...of persecuting ancestors were visited upon that generation who persecuted Christ and his apostles. "Behold I send unto you prophets and wise men and...from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew, [the crime had been committed five hundred years before,]...

...this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. The Gospel. St. Matth. xxiii. 34. BEHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and...from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you,...

...Providence are not absolute or irrespective. " Behold," saith our Saviour (Matth. xxiii. 34 — 36.) " I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes...from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you,...

...generation of vipers ! how can ye 33 escape the damnation of hell ? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you 34 prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some of...from city to city ; that upon you may come all the righteous 35 blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias,...

...fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 ITWherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and...your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city : 35 That upon you may come all the rignteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous...

...this persecution and cruelty was fulfilled that saying of Christ, Matt. xxiii. 34. " Behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some...synagogues, and persecute them from city to city." III. I proceed to take notice of the judgments which were executed on those enemies of Christ, the...

...there was an impostor of the name of Theudas before the nativity of Christ. II IV. Matt, xxiii. 34. ' Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise...from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar} There is a Zacharias, whose...