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22. And ye fhall be hated of all men for my names fake but he that endureth to the end, fhall be faved 23. But when they perfecute you in this city, flee y into another; for verily I fay unto you, Ye fhall not have gone over [Or, end, or, finish] the cities of Ifrael d till the fon of man be come. 24. The e difciple is not above his mafter, nor the fervant above his lord 25. It is enough for the difciple that he be as his mafter, and the fervant as his lord: if they have called the mafter of the houfe Beelzebub, [Gr. Beelzebul,] how much more fhall they call them of his houfhold? 26. Fear them

at Luk. 21. 17.

b Mat. 24. 13. * Mar. 13. 13. Rev. 2. 7. To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradife of God.

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e Joh. 13. 16. † Joh. 15. 20 See on Luk. 6. 49.

† Mat. 12. 24. The Pharifees -faid, This fellow doth not caft out Devils, but by Beelzebub the Prince of the Devils. + Mar. 3. 22. -Scribes-faid, He hath Beelzebub, and by the Prince of the Devils cafteth he out Devils. † Luk. 11. 15. Some of them faid, He cafteth out Devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the Devils. + Joh. 15 8. 48. Then anfwered the Jews, and faid unto him, fay we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and haft a Devil?

Mat. 2. 13. The Angel of the Lord appeareth to Jofeph in a Dream, faying, Arife, and take the young Child, and his Mother, and 10 free into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee Word: for Herod will feek the young Child to deftroy him. Mat 4. 12. Now when Jefus heard that John was caft into Prifon, he departed into Galilee. Mat. 12. 15. When Jefus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence. Mar. 3. 7. Jefus withdrew himself with his Difci- 20 ples. A&is. 8. 1. There was a great Perfecution against the Church which was at Jerufalem; and they were all fcattered abroad through

Prov. 29. 25. The fear of man bringeth a Snare, but whofo putteth his truft in the Lord fhall be fafe. Jer. 1. 8. Be not afraid of their Faces; for I am with thee to deliver thee, faith the Lord.

out the Regions of Judea, except 25 Dan. 3. 16. Shadrach, Meshach, and

the Apostles. + Acts 9. 25. Then
the Difciples took him by Night,
and let him down by the Wall in a
Basket Acts 14. 6. They were
ware of it, and fed unto Lyitra and 30
Derbe, Cities of Lycaonia, and un-
to the Region that lieth round a-
bout. Acts 17. 14. Immediately
the Brethren fent away Paul, to go
as it were to the Sea.-

Mat. 16. 28. Verily I fay unto you, there be fome flanding here, which thall not taft of Death,

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Abednego, anfwered and faid, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this Matter. Acts 4. 19. Peter and John an fwered and faid unto them, Whether it be right in the fight of God, to bearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. I Pet. 3. 14. If ye fuffer for Righteoufnefs fake, happy are ye: And be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.

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them not therefore for there is nothing covered, that hall not be revealed; and hid, that fhall not be known. 27. What I tell you in darkness, that fpeak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the houfe-tops. 28. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the foul: but rather fear him which is able to deftroy both foul and body in hell. 29. Are not two fparrows fold for a (1) farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of m more value than many fparrows. 32. Whofoever therefore fhall

h+ See on Luk: 12. 2.

Luk. 12.4 I fay unto you, my Friends, be not afraid of them that kill the Body, and after that have no more that they can do.

turneth not, &c.

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t1 Sam. 14. 45. As the Lord liveth, there fhall not one Hair of his [Jonathan's] Head fall to the 5 ground. 2 Sam. 14. 11. As the Lord liveth, there fhall not one Hair of thy fon fall to the earth. 1 King. 1.52. And Solomon faid, if he will fhew himself a worthy 10 Man, there fhall not an Hair of him [Adonijah] fall to the earth : but if Wickednefs be found in him he fhall die. Luk. 21. 18. There fhall not an Hair of your Head perifh. Luk. 12. 7. Even the very Hairs of your Head are all number* ed. A&ts 27. 34. There shall not an Hair fall from the Head of any of you.

k Pfal. 2. 11. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Prov. 23. 17. Let not thine Heart envy Sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the Day long. Ifa. 8. 12, 13. Neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctifie the Lord of Hofts himfelf, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. Ifa. 51.15 7,8. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteoufnefs, the People in whofe Heart is my Law, fear ye not the Reproach of Men, neither be ye afraid of their Revilings. For 20 the moth fhall eat them up like a Garment, and the worm shall eat them like Wool: but my righteoufnefs fhall be for ever, and my Salvation from generation to gene- 25 ration Wifd. 16. 13, 14. Thou haft Power of life and death, thou lead to the gates of Hell, and bringeft up again. A Man indeed killeth through his malice, and the 3 Spirit when it is gone forth re

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in Mat. 6. 26. Behold the Fowls of the Air, for they fow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye much better than they? I Cor. 9. 9: Doth God take care for Oxen? Pfal. 8. 5. Thou haft made him a little lower than the Angels, and haft crowned him with Glory and Honour.

(1) It is in value, Half-peny farthing in tle Original, as being the tenth Part of the Roman Peny. See on Mat. 18. 28.

ǹ confefs me before men, him will I confefs alfo before my Father which is in heaven. 33. But whofoever fhal deny me before men, him will I alfo deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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n* Luk. 12. 8. Whofoever fhall confefs me before men, him fhall the Son of Man alfo confefs before the Angels of God. + Rom. 10. 9, 10. If thou fhalt confefs with thy s mouth the Lord Jefus, and shalt believe in thine Heart, that God hath raifed him from the dead, thou fhalt be faved. For with the Heart man believeth unto Righte-10 oufnefs, and with the Mouth confeffion is made unto Salvation.

° Pfal. 119. 46. I will fpeak of thy Teftimonies alfo before Kings, and will not be afhamed. Acts 4.15 19. The Words under Ver. 2 28.

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in this adulterous and finful generation, of him alfo fhall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy Angels. Luk. 9. 26. Whofoever fhall be ashamed of me, and of my Words, of him fhall the Son of man be ashamed, when he fhall come in his own Glory, and in his Father's, and of the Holy Angels. † 2 Tim. I. 8. Be not thou ashamed of the Teftimony of the Lord, nor of me his Prisoner: but be thou partaker of the Afflitions of the Gofpel, according to the Power of God. See Rom. 1. 16. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Chrift: for it is the Power of God unto Salvation to every one

P Rev. 3. 5. He that overcometh, the fame fhall be clothed in white Raiment, and I will not blot out his Name out of the book 20 that believeth. 2 Tim. 2. 12. of Life; but I will confefs his Name before my Father, and before his Angels.

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9 Mar.8.38. Whofoever fhall be afhamed of me, and of my Words,

If we fuffer, we fhall alfo reign with him; if we deny him, he alfo will deny us. 1 Joh. 2. 23. Whofoever denieth the Son, the 25 fame hath not the Father.

(2) Thefe Words found harfh in the Ears of fome Chriftians, and therefore it may be proper to explain them. Dr. Lightfoot fuppofes them to refer to the Land of Judea; iffo, our Lord may be properly faid to come not to give that Peace to the Inhabitants thereof, which they expected at the Appearance of the Meffiah, but a Sword, to destroy them for their re jecting him, against the cleareft Evidence, and refufing to hearken to the divine Inftructions he gave them. And what terrible Defolations came upon the Jews after they had put our Lord to Death, both from their Enemies, and from their Difcords among themfelves, may be seen in Jofephus's Hiftory of the Wars of the Jews. Or,

We may understand the Words in a more general Senfe, and then the Meaning of them will be, that notwithstanding one great Defign of our Lord's Coming, and of his Gofpel, was, and is, to promote univerfal Love and Peace among Men, yet through the inveterate Malice of the Devil, and the mighty Corruption of Men, it would occafion much Difcord and Strife in the World, and that even between very near Relations, fome endeavouring to reclaim Men from their Sins, and to bring them to be fincere Subjects and Members of Chrift's Kingdom; others, on the contra

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am come to fend peace on earth: I came not to fend peace, but a fword. 35. For I am come to fet a man at variance against his Father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36. And a man's foes fall be they of his own houthold. 37. He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth fon or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. 38. And he that taketh not his crofs, and followeth after 39. He that f findeth his life lofeth his life for my fake, He that receiveth you, receiveth

me, is not worthy of me. fhall lofe it and he that fhall find it. 40.

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**Luk. 12. 49, 51. I am come to fend Fire on earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled? Suppofe, ye that I am come to give Peace on Earth? I tell you, nay; but rather Divifion. Joh. 7. 40, 41. Many of the People when they heard this faying, faid, Of a Truth this is that Prophet. Others faid, This is the Chrift. But fome faid, 10 Shall Chrift come out of Galilee? Ats 13.45. When the Jews faw the Multitudes, they were filled with envy, and fpake against thofe things which were fpoken by Paul, traditing and blafpheming, A&ts 23 24. Some believed the things which were fpoken, and fome be

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་ Mar. 8. 34. Luk. 9. 23. Luk. 14. 27. See on Mat. 16.

15ft Luk. 17. 33. Whofoever shall feek to fave his Life, fhall lofe it: and whofoever fhall lofe his Life, fhall preferve it. *Joh. 12. 25. He that loveth his Life, fhall lofe it, and he that hateth his Life in this World, fhall keep it unto Life eternal.

Mich. 7. 6. The Words un-20 der the aft verfe.

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Pfal. 41. 9. Yea, mine own familiar Friend in whom I trufted, which did eat of my Bread, hath lift up his Heel against me. 55.13. But it was thou, a Man, mine equal, my guide, and mine. acquaintance. Mich. 7. 6. The Words under Ver. 21. Joh. 13.

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+ Mat. 18. 5. Whofo fhall receive one fuch little Child in my Name, receiveth me. * Luk. 10. 16. He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that defpifeth you, defpifeth me: and he that defpif eth

as ftrenuously endeavouring to promote the Kingdom of Satan, whence Wars, Perfecutions, and many Calamities would arife, and cause the Death of many. What Difputes and Divifions were in the Time of our Lord and his Apoftles, fee the references on thefe Veries, and on

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me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that fent 41. He that (1) receiveth h a prophet in the name of a prophet, fhall receive a prophets reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, fhall receive a righteous mans reward. 42. And whofoever fhall give to drink unto one of those little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a difciple, verily I fay unto you, he fhall in no wife lofe his reward.

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eth me, defpifeth him that fent me.
*Joh.13.20. Verily, verily, Ifay unto
you, he that receiveth whomfoever I
fend,receiveth me: and he that receiv
eth me,receiveth him that fent me. 2 5
Cor. 5. 20. We are Ambassadors for
Chrift, as though God did befeech
you by us: we pray you in Christ's
ftead, be ye reconciled to God.

Gal. 4. 14. And my temptation which was in my Flesh, ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an Angel of God, even as Christ Jefus,

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i Gen. 20. 7. He is a Prophet, and he shall pray for thee. Jam. 5. 16. The effectual fervent Prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

1. Mat. 18. 5, 6. Whofo fhall receive one fuch little Child in my Name, receiveth me. But whofo fhall offend one of thefe little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a Millstone were hanged about his Neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the Sea. Mat 25. 40. And the King fhall anfwer and fay unto them, verily I fay unto you, In as much as ye have done it unto one of the leaft of these my Brethren, ye have done it unto me. *Mar. 9.

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h +1 King. 17. 10. So he arofe 15 and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the Gate of the City, behold, the Widow Woman was there gathering of fticks: and he called to her and faid, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little Water in a Velfel, that I may drink. † 1 King. 18. 4. It was fo, when Jezebel cut off the Prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred Prophets, and 25 hid them by fifty in a Cave, and fed them with Bread and Water. † 2 King. 4. 8. And it fell on a Day, that Elifha paffed to Shunem, where was a great Woman; and the constrained him to eat Bread. And fo it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat Bread.

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Whofoever fhall give you a Cup of Water to drink, in my Name, because ye belong to Chrift, verily I fay unto you, he fhall not lofe his reward. 2 Cor. 9. 10. Now he that miniftreth Seed to the Sower, both minifter Bread for your Food, and multiply your Seed fown, and increase the Fruits of your righteoufnefs. † Heb. 6. 10. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of Love, which ye have fhewed toward his Name, in that ye have miniftred to the Saints, and do minister.

(1) To receive a Prophet or Teacher, implies, the hearkening to, and obeying the wife and wholfome Inftructions given by him, and the giving Entertainment, and fhewing Kindness to his Perfon for the fake of

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