25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, asye see the day approaching. A. M. cir. A. D. cir. 63. x Ro.13.11. Examples of farth. came heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have Nu.15.30. go out into a place which he should after rec.6.4, &ceive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went received the knowledge of the truth, there re-Zep.1.18. out, not knowing whither he went. maineth no more sacrifice for sins, a De. 17.2.. 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall de- c.2.3. vour the adversaries. © Mat. 12 De 32.35, 36. 29 of how much sorer punishment, suppose 1 Th.2.14. ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trod-gor, den under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. e for your selves. h Lu. 1233. i Mat.5.12 nor, ground, b Ro.8.24, c Ge. 1.1. e or, is yet spoken of g T's 106.21, h Ge.6.14.. 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in hea-i or, being ven a better and an enduring substance. 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great i recompense of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after e have done the will of God, ye might receive e promise. k 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. wary. J Ge. 12.1,4, &c. k Ge. 13.3, 1 c. 12.22. m Re.21.2, 10. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any n Ge. 21.1,2 man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. o c.10.23. p Ge 22.17. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to accord the saving of the soul. ing to. $ Ex.3.6,15. u Ge. 22.1, ▼or, To. w Ge. 21.12. x Ge.27.27.. y Ge.48.5.. 20. z Ge 47.31. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtain-a ed witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts and by it he being dead yet speaketh. : 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city 1 which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith also Sara" herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful ° who had promised. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, P so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures membered of sin for a season; bor, re c Ex.2.2 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greatEx.1.16, er riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. 22. e Ex.2.10, 11. 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of 1 Ex. 1221, things not seen as yet, moved with fear, pre-mEx pared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and be 29. n Jos.6.12.. 20. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the first-born should touch them. m 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho " fell down, An exhortation to faith, 0 HEBREWS.-CHAP. XII., XIII. A. D. cir. €3. patience, and godliness. after they were compassed about seven days. A. Mireth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that P believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. o Jos 6.23. Ja.225. Por, ere disobedi ent. Jos. 2.4, 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of ▾ David also, and Samuel, and of the pro-r Jn.c.6&7. phets: W &c. ■ Ju.4.6, &c. t Ju.e.15 & u Ja.11.32, 1 Sa. 17. w 1 Sa.7.9, x Ga.3.16. y Da.6.22. z Da.3.25. 2 Ki.6 16. 35 Women received their dead raised to a 1K 19.3. life again and others were tortured, not ac-b1K1722 cepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: с 2 Ki. 1.35, 36. e Ac. 4.19. d Ge.39.20. e Je. 20.2. Ac.7.59. gor, fore 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goat-bor, skins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: $40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. CHAPTER XII. begin c Lu.24.26. Pr.3.11,12 e Re.3.19. f Pr.13.24. g N.16.22 27.16. h or, as mee!, to 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation d which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Re.3.12 Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when " he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 18 For ye are not come unto the mount} that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart : 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, a 23 To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, h e 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Divers admonitions, as to charity, 4 to honest life, 5 to avoid covetousness, 7 to regard God's preachers, 9 to take heed of strange doctrines, 10 to confess Christ, 16 to give alms, 17 to obey governors, 18 to pray for the apostle. 20 The conclu sion. ET brotherly a love continue. LE 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage honourable in all, and the Godly admonitions. HEBREWS.-CHAP. XIII. bed undefiled: but whoremongers anil adul- A. M. cir. terers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. h 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation: 4067. A. D. cir. 63. e 1 Co.6.9. Re.22.15. 31. g Ge. 29.15. De 31.65 P.27.1. ior, are the 1 Ch.23.20 guiles. jc.6.12. k Re.1.4. 11 Ju.4.1. m Le. 16.27. n Jn.19.17, 13. o Ac.5.11. P Mi.2.10. 9 Ep.5.20. 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned m without thex Eze. 3.17. camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. D 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. y Ac.21.16. 31 Th.5.23. a 1 Pe.1.21. b Eze.31.23 c Zec 9.11. dor, testa ment. e 1 Pe.5.10. for, doing. 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice & Phi.2.43. Concluding prayer. of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 8 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such " sacrifices God is well pleased. 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good y conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 20 Now the God of peace, a that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting d covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the Word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. 24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. 25 Grace be with you all. Amen. Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Ti mothy. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES. CHAPTER I. 1 We are to rejoice under the cruss, 5 to ask patience of Ged, 13 and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, unto him, 19 but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate in it, and to do thereafter. 26 Otherwise men inay seem, but never be truly religiong JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. с d 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. A. M. cir. a Jude 1 c Ac.8.1. d Mat.5.12. 1 Pe. 4. 13 ..16. e Ro.5.3. Lu.8.15. 21.19. g Pr.23.6. Je 29.12. Ma.11.21. or, glory, k 1.40.6. 1 2 Ti. 48. Re.2.10. m Is.64.4. n er, evils. o flo.13.9. 7 For let not that man think that he shall re-p Job 15.35. ceive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. q Ro.6.21.. 23. Jn.3.27. 1 Co. 4.7. 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with 18.15.29 meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. Mal.3.6. t Jn.1.13. Ep.1.12. v Ec. 5.2. 1 Pe. 2.1,2. y Mat.7.21. z 2 Co.3.18. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the Ps 119.15 of liberty, and continueth therein, he being 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth | the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: A. M. cir. A. D. cir. d Ps.34.13. e Is. 1.16,17. f Ro. 12.2. b syna- e or, well, d 1 Co.1.26 e Re.2.9. g Mat 5.3. h Ps.111.9. Le 19.8. ver.1. 1 or, that m Ex.20.13, 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and c.1.25. are become judges of evil thoughts? d in 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? h 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye com-z mit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. o Pr. 21.13. Por, lo rieth. प Ps. 85.10. Mat 7.26. 1 Jn.3.18 by itself. pies read, u Some co by. v c.3.13. 5.7. Of prudence in reproving. Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not d Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? f 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. CHAPTER III. 1 We are not rashly or arrogantly to reprove others: 5 but rather to bridle the tongue a little member, but a powerful instrument of much good, and great harm. 15 They who be truly wise be mild, and peaceable, without envying and strife. MY b Y brethren, be not many a masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in a word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniw Ma.1.24.quity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. Y Gie. 22.9, Brest. He.11.17. a Ge.15.6. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law" of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy P rejoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwitlistanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Worldly desires reproved. d JAMES.-CHAP. V. 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye a kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. e 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. A. M. cir. 61. d or, envy. el Jn. 215. Ec.4.4. i 1 Pe. 5.9. 2 Ch.15.2 k Is. 1.16. Mat.23.12 m Ep.4.31. n Mat 10.23 o or, For 8 Draw i nigh to God, and he will draw nigh|p Job 7.7. to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter De turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. m प Lu.12.47. a Pr.11.28. e Je.17.11. Job 1323 Mal.3.5. f Ex 22.27 Of patience in afflictions. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 91 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth m before the door. 11 Speak " not evil one of another, bre-e Je22.13 thren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but ah Mat 5.39. not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, judge. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick "among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; a 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. |