ed Rabbi, for one is your mafter, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. v. 9. And call no man your father upon the earth for one is your father, who is in heaven. v. 10. Neither be ye called mafters; for one is your mafter, even Chrift. 2 Cor. i. 24. Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are .helpers of your joy: for by faith ye ftand. Mat. xv. 9. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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m Col. ii. 20. Wherefore if ye dead with Chrift from the rudiments of the world; why as though living in the world, are ye fubject to ordinances, v. 22. Which all are to perifh with the ufing, after the commandments and doctrines of men? v. 23. Which things have indeed a fhew of wisdom in will worship and humility, and neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the fatisfying of the flesh. Gal. i. 10. For do I now perfwade men, or God? or do I feek to please men? for if I yet pleafed men, I fhould not be the fervant of Chrift. Gal. ii. 4. And that becaufe of falfe brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to fpy out our liberty, which we have in Chrift Jefus, that they might bring us into bondage: v. 5. To whom we gave place by fubjection, no not for an hour: that the truth of the gofpel might continue with you. Gal. v. 1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Chrift hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the

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"Rom. x. 17. So then, faith cometh, by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom. xiv. 24. And he that doubteth, is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith for whatfoever is not of faith, is fin. Ifa. viii. 29. To the law and to the' teftimony: if they fpeak not according to this word, it is becaufe there is no light in them. Acts xvii. II. These were more noble than thofe in Theffalonica, in that they received the word with all readinefs of mind, and fearched the fcriptures daily, whether thofe things were fo. John iv. 22. Ye worthip ye know not what: we know what we worship; for falvation is of the Jews. Hof. v. 11. Ephraim is oppreffed, and broken in judgment; becaufe he willingly walked after the commandment. Rev. xiii. 12. And he exercifeth all the power of the first beaft before him, and caufeth the earth, and them who dwell therein, to worship the firft beat, whofe deadly wound was healed. 16. And he caufeth all, both fmall and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: v. 17. And that no roan might buy, or fell, fave he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Jer. viii. 9. The wife men are afhamed, they are difmayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wifdom is in them?

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written unto you, not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with fuch an one, no not to eat. v. 13. But them that are without, God judgeth. Therefore put away from among your felves that wicked perfon. 2 John 10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your houfe neither bid him God fpeed. v. II. For he that biddeth him God fpeed, is partaker of his evil deeds. And 2 Theff. iii. 14. And if any man obey not our word by this epiftle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. And I Tim. vi. 3. If any man teach otherwife, and confent not to wholfom words, even the words of our Lord Jefus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godlinefs; v. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about queftions and ftrifes of words, whereof cometh envy, ftrife, railings, evil furmifings, v. 5. Perverse difputings of men of corrupt minds, and deftitute of the truth, fuppofing that gain is godlinefs from fuch withdraw thy felf. And Tit. i. 10. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, efpecially they of the circumcifion, v. 11. Whose mouths must be ftopped, who fubvert whole houfes, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's fake. v. 13. This witness is true: wherefore rebuke them fharply, that they may be found in the faith. And Tit. iii. 10. A man that is an heretick, after the first and fecond admonition, reject. With Mat. xviii. 15. Moreover, if thy brother fhall trefpafs against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hall hear thee, thou haft gained thy

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brother. v. 16. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witneffes word every be emay stablished. v. 17. And if he shall ne glect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 1 Tim. 4. 19. Holding faith and a good confcience which fome having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck. v. 20. Of whom is Hymeneus and A lexander: whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blafpheme. Rev. ii. 2. I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canft not bear them who are evil; and thou haft tried them, who fay they are apoftles, and are not; and haft found them liars. v. 14. But I have a few things against thee, becaufe thou haft there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balack to caft a ftumbling-block before the children of Ifrael, to eat things facrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. v. 15. So haft thou alfo them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. v. 20. Notwithstanding, I have a few things againft thee, because thou fuffereft that woman Jezebel, which calleth her felf a prophetefs, to teach, and feduce my fervants to commit fornication, and to eat things facrificed unto idols. Rev. iii. 9. Behold, I will make them of the fynagogue of Satan, (who fay they are Jews, and are not, but do lie,) Behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that i have loved thee.

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do that which is good, and thou fhalt have praife of the fame. v. 4. For he is the minifter of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the fword in vain; for he is the minifter of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil. With 2 John 10, II. (See in the letter g.) Ezra vii. 23. Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done, for the houfe of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his fons? v. 25. And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, fet magiftrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all fuch as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. v. 26. And whofoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed fpeedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confifcation of goods, or to imprisonment. v. 27. Bleffed be the Lord God of our fathers, who hath put fuch a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the houfe of the Lord, which is in Jerufalem: v. 28. And hath extended mercy unto me, before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes: and I was ftrengthened, as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Ifrael, chief men to go up with me. Rev. xvii. 12. And the ten horns which thou fawelt, are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beaft. v. 16. And the ten horns which thou faweft upon the beaft, thefe fhall hate the whore, and fhall make her defolate, and naked, and fhall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. v. 17. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and to

give their kingdom unto the beaft, until the words of God fhall be fulfilled. Neh. xiii. 15. In thofe days faw I in Judah fome treading wine-preffes on the fabbath, and bringing in fheaves, and lading affes; as alfo wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerufalem on the fabbath-day: and I teftified against them in the day wherein they fold victuals. v. 17. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and faid unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the fabbath-day? v. 21. Then I teftified against them, and faid unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do fo again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the fabbath. v. 22. And I commanded the Levites, that they fhould cleanfe themfelves, and that they fhould come and keep the gates, to fanctify the fabbath-day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this alfo, and spare me according to the greatnefs of thy mercy. v. 25. And I contended with them, and curfed them, and fmote certain of them, and pluckt off their hair, and made them fwear by God, faying, Ye fhall not give your daughters unto their fons, nor take their daughters unto your fons, or for your felves. v. 30. Thus cleanfed. I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priefts, and the Levites, every one in his bufinefs. 2 Kings xxiii. 5. And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incenfe in the high places, in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerufalem, them alfo that burnt incenfe unto Baal, to the fun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven, v. 6. And he brought out the grove from the houfe of the Lord, without Jerufalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and

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ftampt it fmall to powder; and caft the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. v. 9. Nevertheless, the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerufalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. v. 20. And he flew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burnt mens bones upon them, and returned to Jerufalem. v. 21. And the king commanded all the people, faying, Keep the paffover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 2 Chr. xxxiv. 33. And Jofiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Ifrael, and made all that were prefent in Ifrael to ferve, even to ferve the Lord their God, And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. 2 Chron. xv. 12. And they entered into a covenant to feek the Lord God of theit fathers, with all their heart, and with all their foul; v. 13. That whofoever would not seek the Lord God of Ifrael, fhould be put to death, whether fmall or great, whether man or woman. v. 16.,And alfo concerning Maachah the mother of Afa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Afa cut down her idol, and ftamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

Dan. iii. 29. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which fpeak any thing amifs against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fhall be cut in pieces, and their houses fhall be made a dunghil; becaufe there is no other god that can deliver after this fort. 1 Tim. ii. 2. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honefty. Ifa. xlix. 23. And kings fhall be thy nurfing fathers, and their queens thy nurfing mothers: they fhall bow down to thee, with their faces toward the earth, and lick up the duft of thy feet, and thou fhalt know that I am the Lord: for they fhall not be afhamed that wait for me. Zech. xiii. 2. And it fhall come to pafs in that day, faith the Lord of hofts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they fhall no more be remembred: and alfo I will caufe the prophets, and the unclean fpirit to pafs out of the land. v. 3. And it fhall come to pafs, that when any fhall yet prophefy, then his father and his mother, that begat him, fhall fay unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou fpeakeft lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother, that begat him, fhall thruit him through when he prophefieth.

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