A. D. 64. HEB. V. 7. b Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words, Matt. xxvi. 38-44. And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane : and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; and saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation, The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words, Mark xiv. 32-89. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone'a cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground, Luke xxii. 41-44. A. D. 64. •Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? Matt. xxvi. 52, 53. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt, Mark xiv. 36. He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me, Psal. xviii. 19, 20. Save me from the lion's mouth for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns, xxii. 21. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard, 24. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: 0 God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, Ixix. 13-16. This saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages, Isa. xlix. 8. And I know that thou hearest me always but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me, John xi. 42. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was, xvii. 4, 5. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear, Heb. xii. 28. e And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me, Matt. xxvi. 37, 38. And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; and saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death; tarry ye here, and watch, Mark xiv. 33, 34. Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground, Luke xxii. 42-44. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again, John xii. 27, 28. VER. 8. A. D. 64. the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting, Isa. 1. 5, 6. And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him, Matt. iii. 15. Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work, John iv. 34. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me, vi. 38. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love, xv. 10. And being found in fashion as a man, he hum bled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, Phil. ii. 8. VER. 9. Καὶ τελειωθεὶς ἐγένετο τοῖς ὑπακούου σιν αὐτῷ πᾶσιν αἴτιος σωτηρίας αἰωνίου, And a being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation d unto all them that obey him; a For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation Καίπες ὢν ὑἱὸς, ἔμαθεν, ἀφ ̓ ὧν ἔπαθε, perfect through sufferings, Heb. ii. 10, τὴν ὑπακοὴν· Though he were a Son, byet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; * See on Matt. xiv. ver. 33. clause 3. b Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may stablish the second, Heb. x. 5-9. The LORD God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect, xi. 40. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy, Dan. ix. 24. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected, Luke xiii. 32. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost, John xix. 30. b Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God, Heb. xii. 2. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. Blessed be the LORD who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the LORD belong the issues from death, Psal. Ixviii. 18-20. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else, Isa. xlv. 22. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth, xlix. 6. And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witness, Acts iii. 15. Neither is there salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved, iv. 12. A. D. 64. like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation, 8. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 2 Thess. ii. 16. Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory, 2 Tim. ii. 10. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John v. 20. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life, Jude 21. d By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went, Heb. xi. 8. Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God, Isa. I. 10. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David, Iv. 3. And they that are afar off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, Zech. vi. 15. Therefore whoso ever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descend How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him, Heb. ii. 3. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us, ix. 12. And for this cause he is the mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance, 15. But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed, and the floods came, and the ed nor confounded world without end, Isa. xlv. 17. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished, li. 6. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand; And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it, Matt. vii. 24-27. While he yet spake, behold, a bright clould over A. D. 64. A. D. 64. shadowed them : and behold a voice | his epistles, speaking in them of these out of the cloud, which said, This is things; in which are some things my beloved Son, in whom I am well hard to be understood, which they pleased; hear ye him, xvii. 5. And that are unlearned and unstable wrest, we are his witnesses of these things; as they do also the other Scriptures and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom unto their own destruction, 2 Pet. God hath given to them that obey iii. 16. him, Acts v. 32. By whom we have b Make the heart of this people fat, received grace and apostleship, for and make their ears heavy, and shut obedience to the faith among all na- their eyes ; lest they see with their tions, for his name, Rom. i. 5. But eyes, and hear with their ears, and unto them that are contentious, and understand with their heart, and condo not obey the truth, but obey un- vert, and be healed, Isa. vi. 10. For righteousness, indignation and wrath, this people's heart is waxed gross, ii. 8. But God be thanked, that ye and their ears are dull of hearing, were the servants of sin, but ye have and their eyes they have closed ; lest obeyed from the heart that form of at any time they should see with their doctrine which was delivered you, vi. eyes, and hear with their ears, and 17. But they have not all obeyed the should understand with their heart, Gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who and should be converted, and I should hath believed our report? x. 16. For heal them, Matt. xiii. 15. And when I will not dare to speak of any of Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, those things which Christ hath not Why reason ye, because ye have no wrought by me, to make the Gentiles bread ? perceive ye not yet, neither obedient, by word and deed, xv. 18. understand ? have ye your heart yet Casting down imaginations, and every hardened ? Having eyes, see ye not? high thing that exalteth itself against and baving ears, hear ye not? and the knowledge of God, and bringing do ye not remember, Mark viii. 17, into captivity every thought to the 18. And he said unto them, How is obedience of Christ, 2 Cor. x. 5. In it that ye do not understand, 21. flaming fire taking vengeance on them Then he said unto them, O fools, and that know not God, and that obey slow of heart to believe all that the not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus prophets have spoken, Luke xxiv. 25. Christ, 2 Thess. i. 8. Seeing ye have For the heart of this people is waxed purified your souls in obeying the truth gross, and their ears are dull of hearthrough the Spirit unto unfeigned love ing, and their eyes have they closed ; of the brethren, see that ye love one lest they sbould see with their eyes, another with a pure heart fervently, and hear with their ears, and under1 Pet. i. 22. stand with their heart, and should be VER. 10. converted, and I should heal them, Acts xxviii. 27. Προσαγορευθείς υπό του Θεού αρχιερεύς κατά την τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ. VER. 12. a Called of God an High Priest, efter Και γάρ οφείλοντες είναι διδάσκαλοι δια the order of Melchisedec. τον χρόνον, πάλιν χρείαν έχετε το διδάa See on chap. v. ver. 6. σκειν υμάς, τίνα τα στοιχεία της αρχής των λογίων του Θεού και γεγόνατε χρείαν VER. 11. έχοντες γάλακτος, και ου στερεάς τροφής. Περί ου πολύς ημϊν ο λόγος και δυσερ- For when a for the time ye ought to μήνευτος λέγειν, έπει νωθροί γεγόνατε ταϊς | beb teachers we have need that one teach anonis you again, which be the first principles Of whom a we have many things to say, of the oracles of God; and are become and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are such as have need of milk, and not of dull of hearing. strong meat. . And this he said to prove him a Then Jesus answered and said, for he himself knew what he would О faithless and perverse generation, do, John vi. 6. I have yet many how long shall I be with you? how things to say unto you, but ye cannot long shall I suffer you? bring him hi. bear them now, xvi. 12. As also in ther to me, Matt. xvii. 17. He an A. D. 64. HEB. V. 12, 13. A. D. 64. swered him, and saith, O faithless | is he, that was in the church in the generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me, Mark ix. 19. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments, Ezra vii. 10. Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD, Psal. xxxiv. 11. Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue, 1 Cor. xiv. 19. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord, Col. iii. 16. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, Tit. ii. 3, 4. c Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little, Isa. xxviii. 9, 10. But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line apon line ; here a little, and there a | little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken, 13. Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the LORD. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe, Phil. iii. 1. Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Heb. vi. 1. And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom, 2 Sam. xvi. 23. This wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers who received the lively oracles to give unto us, Acts vii. 38. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God, Rom. iii. 2. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever, Amen, 1 Pet. iv. 11. f For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe, ver. 13. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price, Isa. lv. 1. And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 1 Cor. iii. 1-3. As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby, 1 Pet. ii. 2. VER. 13. Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ μετέχων γάλακτος, ἄπειρος λόγου δικαιοσύνης· νήπιος γάρ ἐστι· For every one that useth milk, is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for bhe is a babe. * Gr. hath no experience. a Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness, Psal. cxix. 123. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness, Rom. i. 17, 18. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which |