32 Galilee, near the Lake.

33 Cæsarea Philippi.

Mat. xvi.

dust of your feet, as a testimony
against them.

Luke ix. 5.

And they departed, and went Mark vi. through the towns, preaching 12, 13. the gospel and preached that

men should repent. And they Luke ix. 6.
cast out many devils, and
anointed with oil many that
were sick, and healed them.

Some time after, the apostles Mark vi.
gathered themselves together 30.
unto Jesus, and told him all

things, both what they had Luke is.
done, and what they had taught. 10.
Here the commission ends.
And now they continue with
him, to be the better acquainted
with what Jesus said and did.
And the harvest being great,
Jesus sends forth other seventy,
with the same commission, in
their stead.

On Peter's noble confession, Mat. xvi. 13. Jesus said unto him, "Thou 18, 19. Mark viii. art Peter, and on this rock will 27. I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven : whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in hea

At Capernaum, Christ said Mat. xviii. unto the twelve (beginning now 18, 19. to open their new commission for life to them), "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

John
xviii. 1.

For where two or three are
gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of
them."

At Jerusalem, just before the
last passover that Jesus kept
with his apostles, foretelling
what should come to pass after

his death; he says, that "They Luke xxi.
should be brought before kings 12-16.
and rulers for his name sake;
but that they should settle it in
their hearts, not to meditate
before what they should answer.
For," says he, "I will give
you a mouth and wisdom,
which your adversaries shall
not be able to resist."

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In the last discourse and John xiv. prayer that Jesus makes among 12-15. his disciples, he says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye

shall ask any thing in my name,

I will do it. And I will pray John xiv. the Father, and he shall give 16, 17.

you another Comforter, that he

may abide with you for ever,

even the Spirit of Truth."-But John xiv.

the Comforter, which is the 26.

Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall|
teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto
you. When the Comforter is John xv.
come, he shall testify of me: 27.
and then (fearful as you now

are) you also shall bear witness,

because ye have been with me

from the beginning.-Never-John xvi.
theless, I tell you the truth: it 7, 8.
lis expedient for you that I go

Luke

xxiv. 33

-36.

away: for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto
you; but if I depart, I will
send him unto you. And when
he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, and of righteous-
ness, and of judgment.-And he John xvi.
will guide you into all truth:13-15.
for he shall not speak of him-
self; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak; and
he will shew you things to
come. He shall glorify me:
for he shall receive of mine,
and shall shew it unto you. Al||
things that the Father hath are
mine, therefore, said I, he shall
take of mine, and shew it unto

you. And in that day ye shall John xvi.
ask me nothing; verily, verily, 23, 24.
I say unto you, whatsoever ye
shall ask the Father in my
name, he shall give it you.
Hitherto ye have asked nothing
in my name; ask, and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be

full.-And, addressing himself John xvii.
to God, he says, As thou hast 18, 19.
sent me into the world, even so
have I also sent them into the

world. And for their sakes I

sanctify myself, that they also
may be sanctified through the

truth.-And the glory which John xvii.
thou gavest me, I have given 22.
unto them: that they may be

one, even as we are one."

The evening of the day, on Luke xxiv.
which he arose from the dead, 46-49.
he said unto them; "Thus it

is written; and thus it behoved
Christ to suffer, and rise from
the dead the third day, and
that repentance and remission
of sins should be preached in
his name, or by his authority,|
among all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem." He being, by his
resurrection from the dead,
declared to be the Son of God,

VOL. I.

Mat. xxviii.

and the heir and governor of all
things, and being in a few days
to have all power put into his
hands.

"And ye are witnesses of John xx.
these things; as my Father 21-24.
hath sent me, so send I you."
And when he had said this, he
breathed on them, and said,
"Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
whose soever sins ye remit, they
are remitted; and whose soever
sins ye retain, they are re-
tained."

Jesus met the eleven in a mountain in Galilee (perhaps xvi. 7. the very mountain where he and xxvi. chose them, and where, it may 32. Mark be, he was transfigured), accordxvi. 17, ing to his appointment before

18.

his death, Mat. xxvi. 32, and
Mark iv. 28, and just after his
resurrection, Mark xvi. 7. And
being assembled together with
them there, Acts i. 4, (the
other times he appeared to
them, after his resurrection,
seem to have been by sur-
prise,) says to them: "Go into Mark xvi.
all the world, and preach the 15. 19.
gospel to every creature. And
these signs shall follow them
that believe. In my name
shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues,
they shall take up serpents, and
if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they
shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover."

And Jesus spake to them, Mat. saying, "All power is (now xxviii. declared to be, and will very 18-20.

suddenly, viz. at my ascension,
actually be) given unto me in
heaven and earth: go ye there-
fore and teach all nations, bap-
tizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of

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Jerusalem.

the Holy Ghost, teaching them
to observe all things, what-
soever I have commanded: and
lo, I am with you to the end of
the age." Then he directs
them to go up to Jerusalem
(whither their present fears
would probably have hindered
them from going, without bis
particular orders), and com-
mands them to tarry there till
they were endued with power
from on high; or till they
received the promise of the
Father: "which," says he,
"ye have heard of me: that
John baptized with water, ye
shall be baptized with the Luke
Holy Ghost not many days xxiv. 41.
hence."

Acts i. 5.

The eleven return with Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem, Acts xiii. 31. And when they Acts i. 6. were come together there, they ask him, "If the meaning of his coming back with them thither was to restore the kingdom to Israel?" which they do not ask so much out of so great a degree of impatience for restoring the kingdom; as out of surprise at the thought that he should restore the kingdom to a nation that had used him with such cruelty so lately at this very place. Jesus tells them, it is not for them to know the times and seasons; but

adds, " ye shall receive power,

Acts i. 8. after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and in the Mark xvi. Juttermost parts of the earth." 20. And afterward they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the words with the

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