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in your hearts? Behold my hands and Anno my feet, that it is my felf: handle me, and fee, for a fpirit hath not flesh and 40.bones, as ye fee me have. he had thus fpoken, he fhewed them Joh, xx. 20. his hands, and his feet, and his fide. Then were the difciples glad, when * Luk. xxiv. 41. they faw the Lord. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondred, he faid unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a Joh. xx broil'd fifh, and of a hony comb. And 20. he took it and did eat before them. And he faid unto them, Thefe are the words which I fpake unto you while I was yet with you, that all things muft be fulfilled which were written in the law of Mofes, and in the Prophets, and in the Pfalms concerning me. 45. Then he opened their understanding,

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that they might understand the scrip46. tures, And faid unto them, Thus

it is written and thus it behoved Chrift to fuffer, and to rife from the 47 dead the third day. And that, repen

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tance and remiffion of fins should be preached in his name among all nations, 48.beginning at Ferufalem, And ye are wit49 nefes of these things. And behold

Jerufalem.
Joh. xx. 39.

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(*) The Jews divided the old Teftament into t
three parts, the Books of Mofes, which they cal-
led the Law, The Prophets. And under the
Pfalms they comprehended the Pfalms of David,
the writings of Solomon, and Job, which are
commonly called the Hagiographa, that is holy
Writings.

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fend the promife of my Father upon you: Jerufalem.
but tarry ye in the city of Ferufalem, Joh. xx.
till ye be endued with power from on high.
*Then faid Jefus to them again, Peace 21. Joh. xx.
·be unto you; as my Father bath fent me,
even fol fend you. And he faid unto 15.
them, "Go ye into all the world, and
"preach the Gospel to every creature.
"He that believeth and is baptized, 16.
"fhall be faved; but he that believeth

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not, fhall be damned. And these figns 17. "fhall follow them that believe, in my name shall they caft out devils, "and fhall fpeak with new tongues. They fhall take up ferpents, and if 18. "they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they fhall lay hands on the fick, and they fhall recover. * And when he had faid this, he breath- 22. Joh. xxq ed on them, and faith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghoft. Whofoever fins 23. ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whofoever fins ye retain, they are retained. But Thomas one of the twelve 24. called Didymus, was not with them when Jefus came. The other difciples 25, therefore faid unto him, We have feen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I fhall fee in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thruft my hand into his fide, I will not believe.

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Galilee.

SECT. CXLV.

Jefus is seen the fixth time by the
eleven Apoftles. He rebukesThomas
for his obftinacy.

Joh. xx.

HEN the eleven difciples went

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Mat.xxvii, 16.
Joh. xx. 26. away into Galilee. And after
eight days, again his difciples were
within, and Thomas with them: then
came Jefus, the doors being fhut, and
ftood in the midft, and faid, Peace be
27-unto you. Then faith he to Thomas,

Reach hither thy finger, and behold my
bands: and reach hither thy hand, and
thruft it into my fide, and be not faith-
28.lefs but believing. And Thomas an-

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fwered and faid unto him, My Lord and 29. my God. Jefus faith unto him, Thomas,

becaufe thou haft feen me, thou haft be-
lieved: bleffed are they that have not
feen, and yet have believed.

SECT. CXLVI.

Jefus appears a Seventh time to fome Seaof Tiberias. of his Difciples at the Lake of Tiberias, and foretels what shall befall Peter and John.

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Fter these things Jefus fhewed himfelf again to the difciples at the fea of Tiberias; and on this wife fhew2. ed he himself. There were together

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Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didy -Galilee.
mus, and Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, Joh. xxi.
the fons of Zebedee, and two other of
his difciples. Simon Peter faith unto 3.
them, I go a fishing. They fay unto
him, We also go with thee. They went
forth, and entred into a ship immediate-
ly; and that night they caught nothing.
But when the morning was now come, 4.
Jefus ftood on the fhore; but the difci-
ples knew not that it was Jefus. Then 5.
Jefus faith unto them, Children, have
ye any meat? They anfwered him, No.
And he faith unto them, Caft the net 6.
on the right fide of the ship, and ye shall
find. They caft therefore, and now
they were not able to draw it for the
multitude of fishes. Therefore that 7.
difciple whom Jefus loved, faith unto
Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Si-
mon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he girt his fifhers coat unto him, (for
he was naked) and did caft himself into
the fea. And the other difciples came 8.
in a little ship (for they were not far
from land, but as it were two hundred
cubits) dragging the net with fishes.
As foon then as they were come to 9.
land, they faw a fire of coals there, and
fish laid thereon, and bread. Jefus faith 10.
unto them, Bring of the fish which ye
bave now caught. Simon Peter went 11,
up, and drew the net to the land full
of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and
three: and for all there were fo many,
yet was not the net broken, Jefus faith 12.

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Sea of Tiberias. them, Come and dine. And none of the Anno Joh. xxi. disciples durft ask him, Who art thou? Autat-33. Minift. 4 13. knowing that it was the Lord. Jefus then cometh and taketh the bread, and 14. giveth them, and fish likewife. This is now the third time that Jefus fhewed himself to his difciples, after that he was rifen from the dead.

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So when they had dined, Jefus faith
to Simon Peter, Simon, Jon of Fonas,
loveft thou me more than the fe? He faith
unto him, Tea, Lord, thou knoweft that
I love thee. He faith unto him, Feed
16. my Lambs. He faith unto him again a
fecond time, Simon, fon of Fonas, loveft
thou me? He faith unto him, Tea, Lord;
thou knoweft that I love thee. He faith
17. unto him, Feed my fheep. He faith un-

to him the third time, Simon, son of
Fonas, loveft thou me? Peter was grie-
ved, because he said unto him the third
time, Loveft thou me ? and he faid un-
to him, Lord, thou knoweft all things;
thou knowest that I love thee. Jefus
18. faith unto him, Feed my Sheep.
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rily, verily I fay unto thee, When "thou waft young, thou girdeft thy "felf, and walkedft whither thou "wouldeft: but when thou shalt be

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old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, "and another fhall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldeft not. 19. This fpake he, fignifying by what death he fhould glorifie God. And when he had spoken this, he faith unto 20. him, Follow me. Then Peter turning

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