1 10, ways, and as many as ye fhall find, bid to the marriage. So thofe fervants went out into the high-ways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11. And when the king came in to fee the guests, he faw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: 12. And he faith unto him, Friend, how cameft thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment? And he was fpeechlefs. 13. Then faid the king to the fervants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and caft him into outer darkness: there fhall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14. For many are" called, but few are chofen. 15. Then went the Pharifees, and took counfel how they might intangle him in his talk. 16, And they fent out unto him their difciples, with the Herodians,faying, Mafter, we know that thou art true, and teach beard? yes, verily, their found went into all the Earth, and their Words unto the Ends of the World. D Mat. 13. 38, 47. The Fields is the World, the good Seed are the Children of the Kingdom: but the Tares are the Children of the wicked one. The Kingdom Eof Heaven is like unto a Net that 10 16. Was caft into the Sea, and gathered of every kind. Put on 20 n See on Mat. 8. 12. See the Note on Mat. 20. • Mar. 12. 13. They fend unto him certain of the Pharifees, and of the Herodians, to catch him in his Words. * Luk. 20. 20. And they watched him, and fent forth Spies, which fhould feign themfelves juft Men, that they might take hold of his Words, that fo they might deliver him unto the Power and Authority of the Go vernour. tiCor. 5. 3. Iffo be, that being clothed, we shall not be found naked. † Eph. 4. 24. Put on the 15 new Man, which after God is crested in Righteoufnefs, and true Holiness. Col. 3. 10, 12. And have put on the new Man, which is renewed in Knowledge, after the Image of him that created him. therefore (as the Ele&t of God, holy and teloved) Bowels of Mercies, kindnefs, humbleness of Mind, meeknefs, long-fuffering. 35, Rev. 3. 4, 18. Thou hast a few' Names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their Garments, and they hall walk with me in White: for they are worthy. I counfel thee, to buy of me white Raiment, that 30 thou mayt be clothed + Rev. 16. 15. Blaffed is he that watch P Pfal. 2. 2. The Rulers take Counsel together against the Lord, and against his anointed. Jer. 18. 18. Come and let us devices against Jeremiah Pfal 12. 2. With flattering Lips, and with a double Heart do they fpeak. Pfal. 55. 21. The Words of his Mouth were smoother than Butter, bur War was in his Heart; his Words were fofter than Oil, yet were they drawn Swords. : eft the way of God in truth, neither careft thou for any ma for thou regardeft not the perfon of men. 17. Tell us the fore, What thinkeft thou? Is it lawful to give tribute u Celar, or not? 18. But Jefus perceived their wickednefs, a faid, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19. Shew met tribute money. And they brought unto him a (1) peny. And he faith unto them, Whofe is this image and sup fcription [Or, infcription]? 21. They fay unto him, Cefa Then faith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cefar, t things which are Cefars: and unto God, the things that Gods. 22. When they had heard thefe words, they marvell and left him, and went their way. 23. The fame day ca to him the Sadducees, which fay, that there is no refurrecti and asked him, 24. Saying, Mafter, Mofes faid, If a m die, having no children, his brother fhall marry his wife, a raife up feed unto his brother. 25. Now there were with a C b feven brethren, and the firft when he had married a wife, ceased, and having no iffue, left his wife unto his broth 26. Likewise the second alfo, and the third, unto the * venth [Gr. Seven]. 27. And laft of all the woman died al 28. Therefore in the refurrection whofe wife fhall fhe be the seven? for they all had her. 29. Jefus anfwered a faid unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the fcriptures, the power of God. 30. For in the refurrection they neith marry, nor are given in marriage: but are as the angels e G whom Cuftom, Fear to whom 10 appear, we fhall be like him Fear, Honour to whom Honour. : b Luk. 20. 27. See on Mar. 12, 18. * Deut. 25. 5 12. 19. Tob. 3. 8. She had been we fhall fee him as he is. I C 15. 42, 44. It is fown in Con ption, it is raifed in Incorruption. is fown a natural Body, it is rail 15 a fpiritual Body. There is a natu Body, and there is a fpiritual Bo (1) In Value Seven-Pence Half-peny, Mat. 20. 21 God in heaven. 31. But as touching But as touching the refurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was fpoken unto you by God, faying, 32. I am f the God of Abraham, and the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33. And when the multitude heard this, they were aftonished at his doctrine. 34. But when the Pharifees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to filence, they were gathered together. 35. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a queftion, tempting him, and faying, 36. Mafter, which is the great commandment in the law? 37. Jefus faid unto him, Thou fhalt i love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind. 38. This is the firft and great commandment. 39. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou shalt k love 5 *Exod. 3. 6, 16. I am the God of thy Father, the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob. Go and gather the Elders of Ifrael together, and fay unto them, the Lord God of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, of Ifaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me. Mar. 12. 26. As touching the Dead that they rife: have ye 1o not read in the Book of Mofes, how in the Bush God fpake unto him, faying, I am the God of Abrabam, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Luk. 20. 37. Now that the Dead are raifed, even Mofes fhewed at the Bufh, when he called the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Act. 3.13. The God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, and of Jacob, the God of our Fathers hath glorified his Son Jefus. A&ts 5. 30. The God of our Fathers raifed + A&t. 7. 32. I am the God of thy up Jefus.. Fathers, the God of Abraham, &c. A&t. 22. 14. The God of our Fathers hath chofen thee. Heb. they defire a bet 11. 16. But now Mat. 7. 28. And it came to pafs, when Jefus had ended these Sayings, the People were aftonished at his Doctrine. h Mar. 12. 28. One of the Scribes came, and having heard them reafoning together, and perceiving that he had anfwered them well, asked him, which is the first commandment of all. i * Deut. 6. 5. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Might: † Deut. 10. 1512. And now Ifrael, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his Ways, and to love him, and to ferve the Lord thy 20 God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul. Deut. 30. 6. The Lord thy God will circumcife thine Heart, and the Heart of thy, Seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine Heart, and with all thy Soul, that thou mayft live, Luk. 10. 27. And he [the Lawyer] anfwering, faid, Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all 25 * ter Country, that is an heavenly: 30 thy Strength, and with all thy wherefore God is not afhamed to be called their God: for he hath Mind; and thy Neighbour as thy felf. prepared for them a City, love thy neighbour as thy felf. 40. On these two com mandments hang all the law and the prophets. 41. While the Pharifees were gathered together, Jefus asked them, 42. Saying, What think ye of Chrift? whole fon is he? They fay unto him, The Son of David. 43. He faith unto them How then doth David in fpirit, " call him Lord, faying, 44 • The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footftool? 45. If David then call him Lord, how is he his fon? 46. And no man was able to anfwer him a Word, neither durft any man (from that day forth) ask him P any more questions. **Lev. 19. 18. † Mar. 12. 31. † Jam. 2.8. See on Joh. 13.34. ןןן * Mar. 12. 35. Jefus anfwered and faid, while he taught in 10 the Temple, How fay the Scribes that Chrift is the fon of David? Luk. 20. 41. And he faid unto them, How fay they that Chrift is David's Son? n Ecclefiafticus 51. 10. I called upon the Lord the Father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the Days of trouble, and in the Time of the Prowd, when there 20 was no Help. CHAP. things which are above, where Christ fitteth at the right Hand of God. Heb. 1. 3. When he had himself purged our fins, fat down on the right Hand of the Majesty on high. Heb. 8. 1. We have fuch an high Prieft, who is fet on the right Hand of the Throne of the Majefty in the Heavens. Heb. 12, 2. Looking unto Jefus, the Author and Finisher of our Faith; who for the Joy that was fet before him endured the Crofs, defpifing the Shame, and is fet down at the right Hand of the Throne of God. Heb. 15 10. 12. This man, after he had of fered one Sacrifice for Sins, for e ver fat down on the right Hand of God. † A&t. 2. 34. David is not afcended into the Heavens: but he faith himself, the Lord faid unto my Lord, fit thou on my right Hand. t1 Cor. 15. 25. He must reign, till he hath put all Enemies under his Feet. Eph.1. 25. When he raif ed him [Chrift] from the Dead, and fet him at his own right Hand in heavenly Places. Heb. 1. 13. To which of the Angels faid he at any time, Sit on my right Hand, until I make thine Enemies thy Foot ftool? Heb 10. 12,13.This man after he had offered one Sacrifice for Sins, for ever fat down at the right Hand of God, From henceforth expecting till his Enemies be made his Footstool. He 25 * Pfal. 110. 1. The Lord faid unto my Lord, fit thou at my right Hand, until I make thine Enemies thy Footftool. Mar. 16. 19. was received up into Heaven, and fat at the right Hand of God. Mat. 26.64. Mar. 14. 62. Hereafter ye fhall fee the Son of Man fitting on the right Hand of Power, and com- 39 ing in the Clouds of Heaven. Luk, 22. 69. Hereafter fhall the Son of man fit on the right Hand of the Power of God Att. 7. 56. Behold, I fee the Heavens opened, and the 35 Son of man ftanding at the right Hand of God. Col. 3. 1. If ye then be rifen with Chrift, feek thofe I THE CHA P. XXIII. a THEN fpake Jefus to the multitude, and to his difci ples, 2. Saying, The Scribes and the Pharifees fit in Mofes feat. 3. All therefore whatsoever they bid you obferve, that obferve and do; but do not ye after their works for they fay and do not. 4. For they bind hea vy burdens, and grievous to be born, and lay them on mens fhoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5. But all their works they do for to be feen of men: they make broad their (1) phylacteries, and enlarge e that durft ask him any Question. Luk. 14. 6. They could not answer him again to thefe things. Luk. 20. 40. After that they durft not ask him any Question at all. Mar. 12. 38. He faid unto them in his Doctrine, Beware of the Scribes, which love to go in long cloathing, and love Salutations in the Market-Places. Luk. 10 10.45. Then in the Audience of all the People, he said unto his Difciples, Beware of the Scribes, &c. See the Note on Mat. 16:6. C tRom. z. 19. And art con-15 fident that thou thy felf art a Guide of the Blind, a Light of them which are in Darkness. Luk. 11.46. Wo unto you allo ye Lawyers: for ye lade men 20 with Burdens grievous to be born, and ye your felves touch not the Burdens with one of your Fingers. Acts 15. 10. Why tempt ye God, to put a roke upon the Neck of the 25 Difciples, which neither our Fathers nor we are able to bear. Gal. 6. 13. Neither they themselves who are circumcifed keep the Law; but defire to have you circumcifed, that they may glory in your Flesh. Ifa. 10. 1. Wo unto them that decree unrighteous Decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prefcrib'd. * † Mat. 6. 1, 2, 5, 16. Take heed that you do not your Alms before Men to be feen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in Heaven. Therefore when thou doft thine Alms, do not found a Trumpet before thee as the Hypocrites do, in the Synagogues, and in the Streets, that they may have Glory of Men. Verily I fay unto you, they have their Reward. And when thou prayeft thou shalt not be as the Hypocrites are: for they love to pray ftanding in the Synagogues, & Moreover when ye Faft, be not as the Hypocrites, of a fad Countenance; for they disfigure their Faces, &c. f* Numb. 15. 38. Speak unto the Children of Ifrael, and bid them make them Fringes in the Borders of their Garments, throughout their Generations, and they put upon the Fringe of the Borders a Ribband of Blue. Deut. 6 8. Thou fhalt bind them for a Sign upon thine Hand, and they fhall be as Frontlets between thine Eyes. *Deut. 30 22. 12. Thou shalt make thee Fringes upon the four Quarters of thy Vefture, wherewith thou covereft thy felf. t Prov. 3. 3. Let not Mercy and Truth forfake thee, 35bind them about thy Neck, write them upon the Table of thy Heart. (1) This Word is derived from a Greek Word which signifies to pre |