loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. In one house shall it be eaten: thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. Num. xxviii, 18. In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein. Deut. xvi, 48. Neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. 2 Chron. xxx, 21. And the children of Israel, that were present at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. TIME AND PLACE. Lev. xxiii, 5, 6. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. Num. ix, 3, 10, 11. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonics thereof, shall ye keep it. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you, or of your posterity, shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the est not sacrifice the passover said unto them, Stand stin, and! gladness. Ezek. xlv, 21. In the first month, PREPARATION. Exod. xii, 43-45, 47, 48. And the This is the ordinance of the passLORD said unto Moses and Aaron, over; There shall no stranger eat thereof: But every man's servant that is bought for money, when shall he eat thereof. A foreigner thou hast circumcised him, then and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. And when a and will keep the passover to the stranger shall sojourn with thee, were many in the congregation the 2 Chron. xxx, 17-20. For the were not sanctifled; therefore Levites had the charge of killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to say them unto the LORD. For a titude of the people, eren m Ephraim, and Manasseb, Isact themselves, yet did they ea and Zebulun, had not cleats. passover otherwise than it written: but Hezekiah prayed pardon every one That prepar them, saying, The good Le God of his fathers, though his heart to seek God, the La not cleansed according to purification of the sanct kial, and healed the people. And the LORD hearkened to He 2 Chron. Xxxv, 6. So kill the passover, and sanctify yoursel and prepare your brethren, th word of the LORD by the hand they may do according to th Moses. and the Levites were pur Ezra vi, 20, 21. For the pries together, all of them were per and killed the passover for al their brethren the priests, and children of the captivity, and themselves. And the childre Israel, which were come again from the filthiness of the heather separated themselves unto the of captivity, and all such as LORD. The fourteenth day of the LORD, let all his males be circum- of the land, to seek the LORD GO second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Num. xxviii, 16. And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for of Israel, did eat. John xi, 55. And the Jews' p over was nigh at hand: and went out of the country up Jerusalem before the passover, purify themselves. ACCOMPANYING SACRIFICES Num. ix, 6-8, 13, 14. And there were certain men, who were deDeut. xvi, 1-6. Observe the filed by the dead body of a man, month of Abib, and keep the pass-that they could not keep the passover unto the LORD thy God; for over on that day; and they came In the month of Abib the LORD before Moses and before Aaron on thy God brought thee forth out of that day. 2 Chron. XXXV, 7-9, 12, 13 A And those men said Josiah gave to the people, Egypt by night. Thou shalt unto him, We are defiled by the the therefore sacrifice the passover dead body of a man: wherefore all for the passover offering flock, lambs and ki unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place not offer an offering of the LORD the number of thirty thous are we kept back, that we may for all that were present, which the LORD shall choose to in his appointed season among the and three thousand bullocks place his name there. Thou may- children of Israel? And Moses these were of the king's Estance. And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passoverofferings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. Conaniah also, and Shemaiah, and Nathaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses: and so did they with the oxen. And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt-offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. INSTANCES. Num. ix, 4, 5. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. Josh. v, 10. And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even, in the plains of Jericho. 2 Kings xxiii, 21-23. And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this cove nant. Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalern. 2 Chron. xxx, 1, 5, 26. And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the LORD God passover unto the of Israel. So they est ablished a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel from Beer sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon, the son of David king of Israel, there was not the like in Jerusalem. be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him into the house where he entereth in. 2 Chron. xxxv, 1, 16-19. More- And ye shall say unto the goodover, Josiah kept a passover unto man of the house, The Master the LORD in Jerusalem: and they saith unto thee, Where is the killed the passover on the four-guest-chamber, where I shall eat teenth day of the first month. So the passover with my disciples? all the service of the LORD was And he shall show you a large prepared the same day, to keep upper room furnished: there make the passover, and to offer-burnt- ready. And they went, and found offerings upon the altar of the as he had said unto them: and LORD, according to the command- they made ready the passover. ment of king Josiah. And the And when the hour was come, he children of Israel that were pres- sat down, and the twelve apostles ent kept the passover at that time, with him. And he said unto and the feast of unleavened bread them, With desire I have desired seven days. And there was no to eat this passover with you bepassover like to that kept in Israel fore I suffer: For I say unto you, from the days of Samuel the pro- I will not any more eat thereof, phet; neither did all the kings of until it be fulfilled in the kingdom Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. Luke ii, 41, 42. 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. John vi, 4. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. CHRIST'S LAST PASSOVER. Matth. xxvi, 17-20. Now, the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the Now, when the even passover. was come, he sat down with the twelve. Mark xiv, 12, 16, 17. And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?... And they made ready the passover. And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. Luke xxii, 1, 7-16. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must of God. 2.-UNDER NEW TESTAMENT. BAPTISM. INSTITUTION. fore, and teach all nations, bapMatth. xxviii, 19. Go ye theretizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. i, 13-17. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; Lest any should say that I baptized in mine own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with Christ should be made of none wisdom of words, lest the cross of effect. Eph. iv, 5. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. baptism that I am baptized withal when she was baptized, and her shall ye be baptized. household, she besought us, sayLuke xii, 50. But I have a bap-ing, If ye have judged me to be tism to be baptized with; and how faithful to the Lord, come into my And she am I straitened till it be accom- house, and abide there. constrained us. And he took plished! them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 1 Cor. x, 1, 2. Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed though the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 1 Cor. xii, 13. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Cor. xv, 29, 30. Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at for the dead? And why stand ye all? why are they then baptized in jeopardy every hour? INSTANCES. Acts viii, 12, 13, 36-38. But when they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the king dom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. Acts ix, 18. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales, and he received sight therewith, and arose and was baptized. Acts x, 46-48. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Acts xviii, 8. And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord, with all his house: and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. BLESSINGS. Mark xvi, 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Acts xxii, 16. And now, why tized, and wash away thy sins, tarriest thou? arise, and be bapcalling on the name of the Lord. Rom. vi, 3. 4. Know ye not, that into Jesus Christ were baptized so many of us as were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Gal. iii, 27. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. Col. ii, 12. Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. save 1 Peter iil, 21. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. BAPTISM OF CHRIST. Matth. iii, 13-15. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. And he Then he suffered him. Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then Mark 1, 9. And it came to pass prayed they him to tarry certain in those days, that Jesus came days. from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. Acts xvi, 14, 15, 33. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And DISPENSED BY CHRIST. John iii, 22. After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea, and there he tarried with them and baptized. Jonn IV, 1, 2. When therefo the Lord knew how the Pharise had heard that Jesus made 20 disciples th baptized more John. (Though Jesus hiz baptized not, but his disciple) BY JOHN. Matth. iii, 5, 6, 11, 12. Then we out to him Jerusalem, and i Judea. and all the region r about Jordan, And were begi of him in Jordan, confessing R sins. I indeed baptize yo water unto repentance bre that cometh after me is might than I, whose shoes I n. 1 worthy to bear; he shall bape you with the Holy Ghost, it with fire: Whose fan is in t hand, and he will throughly pr his floor, and gather bis b into the garner, but he will b fire. up the chaff with unquenchat Mark 1, 4, 5, 8. John did t tize in the wilderness, and pre the baptism of repentance for went out unto him all the land remission of sins. And the Judea, and they of Jerusalem. river of Jordan, confessing t sins. I indeed have baptize_F John iii. 23. And John also 7. baptizing in non near to N because there was much w there: and they came, and VA baptized. tized with water. but ye sh Acts xviii, 25. This man instructed in the way of the Let and, being fervent in the he spake and taught di the things of the Lord, kno only the baptism of John. Acts xix, 2-5. He said them, Have ye received the hề Ghost since ye believed they said unto him, We have so much as heard whether the And be be any Holy Ghost. unto them, Unto what the And they s ye baptized? Unto John's baptism. The Paul, John verily baptized F the baptism of repentance, unto the people, that they sh believe on him which should ca after him, that is, on Christ de When they heard this, they baptized in the name of the L Jesus. THE LORD'S SUPPER ITS INSTITUTION. Matth. xxvi, 26-29. And as the were eating, Jesus took tr and blessed it, and brake it, gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it: For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 1 Cor. xi, 23-26. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. BENEFITS AND CAUTIONS. blessing which we bless, is it not 1 Cor. x, 16, 17. The cup of the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being body: for we are all partakers of many are one bread, and one that one bread. 1 Cor. xi, 20-34. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken, What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them 517 that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But drink of that cup. For he that let him eat of that bread, and let a man examine himself, and so eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. PARABLES AND EMBLEMS. REMARKS ON PARABLES. Ps. xlix, 4. I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Ps. Ixxviii, 2. I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old. Prov. xxvi, 9. As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard; so is a parable in the mouth of fools. Ezek. xx, 49. Then sald I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? Hosea xii, 10. I have also spoken by the prophets; and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the pro phets. 1. PARABLES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. ROYAL BRAMBLE. Judges ix, 8-15. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto grew up together with him, and unto came a traveller unto the pity. Saul. QUARRELSOME BROTHERS. king remember the Lord thy G that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy more, lest they destroy my there shall not one hair of And he said, As the LORD live I son fall to the earth. Then pray thee, speak one word woman said, Let thine handm my lord the king. And be su Say on. And the woman sit Wherefore then hast thou the such a thing against the peop God? for the king doth speak thing as one which is faulty, that the king doth not fetch m again his banished. For we needs die, and are as water on the ground, which cannot gathered up again, neither And Nathan said to David, God respect any person; yet det Thou art the man. Thus saith he devise means that his baris the LORD God of Israel, I anointed be not expelled from him. Now thee king over Israel, and I de- therefore that I am come to sp livered thee out of the hand of of this thing unto my lord king, it is because the people b made me afraid; and thy banda said, I will now speak unto king, it may be that the king perform the request of his ha deliver his handmaid out of th maid. For the king will hear, hand of the man that trold stroy me and my son together of the inheritance of Godd thine handmaid said, The word comfortable: for as an ange my lord the king shall now be God, so is my lord the king discern good and bad; there 2 Sam. xiv, 3–20. And come to the king, and speak on this manwords in her mouth. And when ner unto him. So Joab put the the woman or Tekoah spake to the Wing, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O King! And the the said she answered, I am king unto her, What aileth indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. And thy hand Then said the maid had two sons, and they the LORD thy God will be trees unto the vine, Come thou, two strove together in the field, thee. Then the king answe them, Should I leave my fatness over the trees? and reign over us. And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? Then said all the and there was none to part them, and said unto the woman not from me, I pray tee an thing that I shall ask they br the woman said, Let and the king now speak. dofis trees unto the bramble, Come that smote his brother, that we king said, Is not the hand of Je bramble said unto the trees, vour the cedars of Lebanon. If in then come and put your trust in they shall quench my coal which none can turn to the right h truth ye anoint me king over you, will destroy the heir also: and so thy soul liveth, my lord the k my shadow; and if not, let fire is left, and shall not leave to my or to the left from ought that come out of the bramble, and de- husband neither name nor re-lord the king hath spoken t And thy servant Joab, he bade me, and the king said unto the woman, Go he put all these words to t to thine house, and I will give mouth of thine handmaid: T And fetch about this form of spee came unto him, and said unto him, the king, My lord, O king, the thing; and my lord is wise, acr sent Nathan unto David: and be the woman of Tekoah said unto hath thy servant Joab done th There were two men in one city; iniquity be on me, and on my ing to the wisdom of an angel the one rich, and the other poor. father's house: and the king and God, to know all things that a bought and nourished up and it Then said she, I pray thee, let the the king of Israel sent to Amaz |