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LECTURE II.
HISTORY OF JESUS CHRIST.
Isaiah liii. 8.-Who shall declare his generation?
LECTURE III.
Haggai ii. 6, 9.-For thus said the Lord of Hosts. Yet once,
it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the
earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all
nations, and the desire of all nations shall come and I
will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord
of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater
than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts and in this
place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
LECTURE IV.
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Luke i. 11, 20.—And there appeared unto him an angel of
the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
And when Zacharias saw him he was troubled, and fear fell
upon him. But the angel said unto him, fear not, Zacha-
rias for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall
bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And
thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice
at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord,
and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall
be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's
womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn
to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the
spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers
to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the
just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. And
Zacharias said unto the angel, whereby shall I know this?
for I am an old man, and my wife well striken in years.
And the angel answering, said unto him, I am Gabriel,
that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak
unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And, be-
hold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the
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day that these things shall be performed, because thou be-
lievest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their
season.
LECTURE V.
Luke i. 26, 33.—And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel
was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth.
To a virgin espoused to a man, whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
And the angel came in unto her, and said, hail thou art
highly favoured, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou
among women. And when she saw him she was troubled
at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of saluta-
tion this should be. And the angel said unto her, fear not,
Mary for thou hast found favour with God. And behold,
thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and
shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be
called the son of the highest: and the Lord God shall give
unto him the throne of his father David: and he shall reign
over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom
there shall be no end.
LECTURE VI.
Luke ii. 1, 14,-And it came to pass in those days, that there
went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed, (and this taxing was first made when Cy-
renius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed,
every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up
from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto
the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he
was of the house and lineage of David.) To be taxed with
Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so
it was, while they were there, the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her
first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and
laid him in a manger; because there was no room for
them in the inn. And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their
flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came up-
on them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about
them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said
unto them, fear not: for behold I bring you good tidings
of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is
born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multi-
tude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward
men.
LECTURE VII.
Luke ii. 40.-And the child grew, and waxed strong in spi-
rit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon
him.
LECTURE VIII.
Luke ii. 41, 52.-Now his parents went to Jerusalem, every
year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve
years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of
the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they re-
turned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and
Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they supposing
him to have been in the company, went a day's journey, and
they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
And when they found him not, they turned back again to Je-
rusalem seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three
days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of
the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.
And all that heard him were astonished at his understand-
ing and answers. And when they saw him they were ama-
zed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou
thus dealt with us? Behold, thy father and I have sought
thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, how is it that ye
sought me wist ye not that I must be about my father's
business? And they understand not the saying which he
spake unto them. And he went down with them and
came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them; but his
mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus in-
creased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God
and man.
LECTURE IX.
Luke iii. 21, 23.--Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus being also baptized, and praying,
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the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a
bodily shape, like a dove, upon him, and a voice came from
heaven, which said, thou art my beloved son; in thee I am
well pleased. And Jesus himself began to be about thirty
years of age, being, (as was supposed) the son of Joseph,
which was the son of Heli.
LECTURE X.
Mat. iv. 1, 11.-Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into
the wilderness, to be tempted of the Devil. And when he
had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards an
hungered. And when the tempter came to him he said, if
thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made
bread. But he answered and said, it is written, man shall
not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God. And the Devil taketh him up
into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the tem
ple, and saith unto him, if thou be the Son of God, cast
thyself down: for it is written, he shall give his angels
charge concerning thee; and in their hands they shall bear
thee up, lest at any time thon dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him, it is written again, thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God. Again the Devil taketh him up into an
exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the king-
doms of the world, and the glory of them, and saith unto
him, all these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down
and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, get thee
ence, Satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the
Devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and minister-
ed unto him.
LECTURE XI.
Luke iv. 13, 32.-And when the Devil had ended all the
temptation he departed from him for a season. And Jesus
returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee ; and there
went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.
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and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the
Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was de-
livered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias: and,
when he had opened the book, he found the place where
it was written, the spirit of the Lord is upon me, because
be hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliver-
ance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised; to preach the ac-
ceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and
he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the
eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fasten-
ed on him. And he began to say unto them, this day is
this Scripture fulfilled in your ears. 'And all bear him
witness, and wondered at the gracious words which pro-
ceeded out of his mouth. And they said, is not this Jo-
seph's son? And he said unto them, ye will surely say un-
to me this proverb, physician, heal thyself: whatsoever
we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy
country. And he said, verily, I say unto you, no prophet
is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth,
many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the
heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great
famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of
them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon,
unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were
in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet, and none of
them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. And all
they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were
filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the
city, and led him unto the brow of the hill, whereon their
city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way,
and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and
taught them on the Sabbath days. And they were aston-
ished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
LECTURE XII
Luke iv. 16, 22.-And he came to Nazareth, where he had
been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into
the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to
read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the
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