love thy Neighbor as thy felf. There is no other Commandment greater then these. On these two hang all the Law and the Prophets. And the Scribe faid to Him, Mafter, thou haft faid the truth: for, there is one God, and there is none other but He. And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the underLanding, and with all the Soul, & with all the ftrengths and to love his Neigh bor as him felf; is more then all holocaufts and Sacrifices. And, JESUS, fee ing he had anfwered wifely, faid to him, Thou art not far from the King dom of God..

Relp. This, O my Soul, is the affection that fanctifieth us bere, this the difpofi tion that glorifies us hereafters To love our God and our Neighbor. The Law and the Prophets, the Ghofpel it felf, and all boly Religion is nothing but a Method to teach us charity, nothing but an Art of practising this Lefon, To Love Lesson 229.

And, the Pharifees being gathered together, JESUS askt them, as He taught in the Temple, faying, What thing you of Chrift? whofe Son is He? They, fay

to him, David's. And JESUS answer'd, How fay the Scribes that Chrift is the Son of David? fince David himself by the Holy Ghost called Him Lord; faying in the book of Pfalms, The Lord faid tomy Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot-ftool. If David then call him Lord, how is he his Son? And no man was able to anfwer him a word; neither durft anys from that day ask him any more ques ftions. And a great multitude heard Him gladly. Refp. Should Thou, O Lord, who know our guilty confciences, put us to the que stion, and ask feveraty. Do we spend our time, and what return male make For thy many bleffings & Not one of us were able to answer Thee a word. We call Thre Son of David, and Son of 5. God & we call Thee the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings: but frouidst Thou -demand,how our lives acknowledge Thet,

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Then fpake JESUS to the multitude and to his Difciples, faying to them in his Doctrine, The Scribes and the Pha

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rifees fit in Mofes's chair. All, therefore, whatever they fay to you, obferve and do: but, do not after their works, for, they fay, and do not. For they bind heavy burthens and infupportables; and lay them on mens fhoulders; but, with a finger of their own will not move them. But, they do all their works to be seen of men. Beware of the Scribes, who will walk in long Robes : for they make broad their Philacteries, and enlarge their fringes, & love falutations in the marketplace, and the firft chairs in the Syna gogues, and the chief rooms at feafts, and to be called of men Rabbi: who deYour widows houfes,fiegning long prayer. Thefe fhall receive greater damnation But, be not called Rabbi; for, one is your Master, and all you are Brethren And call no man your Father on earth for, one is your Father, who is in Heaven. Neither be you called Mafters; for, one

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your Mafter, Chrift.. But, he that is greatest among you fhall be your fervant:: and whoever that exalts Limself shall be humbled; and he that fhall humble him felf shall be exalted.

Refp. Not a Preacher in the World but will bid me be humble, though himself perhaps be proud; not one of them but will advife me to folid vertue, though poffibly them felves may practile hypo crify.What though they fay and do not let me follow my Lords Command, and do what they fay. They are indemed with authority from God, they are di rected by the affiftance of the Holy Ghoft, they are fecured by the presence of our Saviour. What though

Lefon 231.

And JESUS fat over against the Tr fury, and beheld how the people caft mony into the Treafury: and many that were rich caft in much. And He faw also a certain poor Widow puting in two mites, which is, a farthing. And, calling to him his Difciples, he fays to them, Verily this poor Widow has put more then they all into the Treasury: for, all they have put in of their abun dance; but, fhe of her penury, has put in all that he had, her whole lively

hood.

Refp. Faitb as a grain of Mustard feed enough to do miracles, and Charity in

a cup of cold water is honour'd with the reward of a Prophet, and an offering of two mites prefered before all the Oblations of the rich.Tis not how much we do, but how well. Bleffed, a Lord, be thy gracious mercy, that thus regards: our little and requires no se more of the least of thy fervants, then: thon enableft them to give.. 'Tis noting. Leffan 232.

And JESUS, departing from the: Temple, went away: And as he went out, his Difciples came to him to fhew him the buildings of the Temple.. And fome fpeaking how it was adorn'd with goodly ftones and guifts, one of his Di fciples faid to him, Mafter, behold what fones and what buildings! And JESUS faid

to them, Do you see all these things all these buildings? Verily I fay to you, the dais will come when there shall not here be left one ftone upon another, that hall not be thrown down..

Refp. Let them go on and profper in the World, let them raife their houses, and enrich their Families :: the day will come when there fhall not be left one fone upon another. O Jerufalem, that are,