of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he bath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. Lev. v, 13. And the priest shall make an atonement for him, is touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meatoffering. Lev. xv, 14, 15. And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young Digeons, and come before the GORD unto the door of the taberacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest. And he priest shall offer them, the one or a sin-offering, and the other or a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an 'atonement or him before the LORD for his fice made by fire unto the LORD, Deut. xii, 7, 12. And there ye you. sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. figure for the time then present, Heb. ix, 9, 10. Which was a and sacrifices, that could not make in which were offered both gifts him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal' ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. Heb. x, 1-4, 11. For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year, continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For to be offered? because that the then would they not have ceased worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices Isa. xl, 16. And Lebanon is not which can never take away sins. Neh. xii, 43. Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. THEIR SPIRITUAL INEFFI CACY. 647 DIVINE REVELATION. 2 Kings xxi, 10. And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying. Ps. cxix, 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. SCRIPTURE. Noah, and to his sons with him, ness of Sinai, in the first month of saying. TO MOSES IN EXODUS. Exod. vi, 10, xiii, 1; xiv, 1; xvi, 11; XXV, 1; xxx, 11, 17, 22; xxxi. 1, 12. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. unto all the congregation of the Exod. xxxv, 4. And Moses spake Ps. cxxxviii, 2. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-children of Israel, saying. This is kindness and for thy truth: for the thing which the LORD comthou hast magnified thy word manded, saying. above all thy name. Prov. vi, 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. Prov. xxii, 20. Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge? John xvi, 12. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 1 Cor. xiv, 36, 37. What! came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 1 Thess. ii, 13. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 2 Tim. iii, 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 2 Pet. i, 19-21. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. INSTANCES. GOD TO NOAH, Exod. xl, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. IN LEVITICts. Lev. iv, 1; v, 14; vi, 1, 8, 19, 24; vii, 22, 28; viii, 1; xii, 1; xiv, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. Lev. xvi, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died. Lev. xvii, 1; xviii, 1; xix, 1; xx, 1; xxi, 16; xxii, 1, 17, 26; xxiii, 1, 9, 23, 26, 33; xxiv, 1, 13, xxv, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. Lev. xxvi, 46. These are the statutes and judgments and laws. which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. Lev xxvii, 1, 34. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. IN NUMBERS. Num. 1, 1, 48. And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first dag of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying. For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying. Num. iii, 5, 11, 14, 44. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. Num. iv, 21; v, 1, 5, 11; vi, 1, 22; viii, 1, 5, 23. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying Num. ix, 1, 9. And the LORD Gen. ix, 8. And God spake unto spake unto Moses in the wilder 648 the second year after they were come out of the land of Eg saying. the LORD splat unto Moses, saying. And children of Israel, and say t Num. xv, 18, 37. Speak unto the them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you. And the LORD spake unto Moses, SFing. Num. xvi, 23, 36, 44; xvii, 1; TË. 25; xx, 7; xxv, 10, xxviii, 1. And i LORD spake unto Moses, saying Num. xxx, 1. And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes.c cerning the children of Israel saying, This is the thing wh the LORD hath commanded. Num. xxxi, 25. And the La spake unto Moses, saying. Num, xxxiii, 50. And the Low spake unto Moses in the plains Vi Moab, by Jordan near Jeti saying. Num. xxxiv, 1, 16. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying Num. XXXV, 1, 9. And the In spake unto Moses in the plaits o Moab, by Jordan near Jend saying. And the LORD Sal unto Moses, saying. Num. xxxvi, 13. These are the commandments and the ja ments which the LORD comment ed by the hand of Moses unto th children of Israel in the plais Moab by Jordan near Jeriche IN DEUTERONOMY. Deut. i, 1-3. These be the word which Moses spake unto all Isra on this side Jordan in the wilder ness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (There are eerst days' journey from Horeb, by way of mount Seir, unto Kades the fortieth year, in the elevent barnea) And it came to pass 3 month, on the first day of month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according all that the LORD had given in commandment unto them. law which Moses set before the Deut. iv, 44, 45. And this is the children of Israel. These are the testimonies, and the statutes, the judgments, which Mos spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt. Deut. xxxii, 48. And the LORD spake unto Moses that self-same day, saying. TO MOSES AND AARON. Exod. vii, 8. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying. Exod. xii, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying. Lev. xi, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them. Lev. xiii, 1; xiv, 33; xv, 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying. Num. ii, 1; iv, 1, 17; xiv, 26; xvi, 20; xix. 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying. Num. xx, 23. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in -mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying. TO MOSES AND ELEAZAR. Num. xxvi, 1. And it came to =pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying. TO AARON. be right; and I hate every false way. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous Thy word is and very faithful. very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Prov. xxx, 5. Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Ps. xix, 7. The law of the LORD Eccles. xii, 10. The Preacher is perfect, converting the soul: the sought to find out acceptable testimony of the LORD is sure, words: and that which was writ-making wise the simple. ten was upright, even words of truth. Luke 1, 1-4. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, That thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou Last been instructed. Luke xxiv, 44. And he said un Lev. x, 8. And the LORD spake to them, These are the words tinto Aaron saying TO JOSHUA. Josh. iv, 15; xx, 1. And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying. TO JOB. Job xxxviii, 1. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said. Job xl, 1, 6. Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said. Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said. (For other instances, see under PROPHETS.) TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE. 2 Sam. xxii, 31. As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. Ps. xil, 6. The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, puri fied seven times. Ps. xix, 9. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. John xvii, 17. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John xxi, 24. This is the dis ciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. Rom. vii, 12. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 2 Cor. i, 13. For we write none other things unto you than what ye read or acknowledge, and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end. Rev. xxi, 5. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he words are true and faithful. said unto me, Write: for these ITS POWER AND PERMAN ENCE. Ps. cxix, 128, 138, 140, 142, 151, 160. Therefore I esteem ail thy Num. xxxv, 29. So these things precepts concerning all things to | shall be for a statute of judgment Ps. cxix, 96, 144, 152. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. Isa. xl, 8. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Isa. lv, 10, 11. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and mak eth it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it Jer. xxiii, 29. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Matth. v, 17, 18. Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Mark iv, 14, 20. The sower soweth the word. And these are on good they which are sown ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. Luke xvi, 16, 17. The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Luke xxi, 33. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. John v. 46, 47. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye belleve my words? John xv, 3. Now ye are clean through the word which I bave spoken unto you. John xx, 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. Acts xviii, 28. For he mightily Ps. xix, 11. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Ps. cxix, 9, 98-100, 104, 130. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. Thou, through thy command ments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the hath quickened me. fainteth for thy salvation:! hope in thy word. Unless y law had been my delight then have perished in mine tär tion. I will never forget ty cepts: for with them the quickened me. Thy tex have I taken as an herbage ever: for they are the re of my heart. Trouble and a have taken hold on me: T commandments are my I prevented the dawning morning, and cried: 1 b convinced the Jews, and that ancients, because I keep thy pre- thy word. I rejoice at thy wa publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. Rom. x, 17. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 2 Cor. vii. 8. For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. 2 Cor. x, 9-11. That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. For his letters, say they, are weighty and powertul.. Let such an one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will ace be also in deed when we are present. 2 Tim. ii, 15. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Tim. iii, 15-17. And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. Heb. iv, 12. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. cepts. Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore 1 hate every false way. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. Prov. 1, 2-4. To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. Isa. xxviii, 10, 13. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little but the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. Luke xxiv, 45. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. 2 Pet. iii, 16, 17. As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things be fore, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfast. ness. AND OF SPIRITUAL BLESS- Ps. xix, 8. The statutes of the James 1, 21. Wherefore, lay LORD apart all filthiness, and super-heart: the commandment of the fluity of naughtiness, and receive LORD is pure, enlightening the with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. THE SOURCE OF INSTRUCTION TO MAN. Ps. xvii, 4. eyes. as one that findeth great p Prov. xxii, 19, 21. That th may be in the LORD. I have known to thee this day, thee. That I might make t know the certainty of the truth; that thou mightest the words of truth to the send unto thee? Jer. xv, 16. And thy sed unto me the joy and rej mine heart, for I am called name, O LORD God of hosts. Acts xv, 30, 31. So when were dismissed, they came tioch: and when they had ed the multitude together delivered the epistle: Wh they had read, they rejoiced the consolation. Rom. xv, 4. For w that we through patien write we unto you, that you? SCRIPTURE ABOVE TRA Matt. xv, 1-3. Then came wash not their hands whet eat bread. But he answe Mark vii, 1-5, 7--9, 13 Th ciples eat bread with dele are right, rejoicing the when they saw some of he is to say, with unwashe they found fault. (For the P sees, and all the Jews expl wash their hands oft, Ps. cxix, 14, 16, 24, 50, 81, 92, 93, 111, 143, 147, 162. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as holding the tradition of the H much as in all riches. I will de- And when they come fr light myself in thy statutes: I will market, except they wast Concerning the not forget thy word. Thy testi- eat not. And many other lips I have kept me from the paths my counsellors. This is my come to hold, as the washing off works of men, by the word of thy monies also are my delight, and there be which they have res fort in my affliction: for thy word and pots, brazen vessels, and of the destroyer. tables.) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? Howbeit, In vain do they worship me, teach ing for doctrines the commandments of men. For, laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered; and many such like things do ye. Gal. i, 14. And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. phets also find no vision from the Ezek. vii, 26. Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour, then shall they seek a vision of the prophet: but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. 2 Thess. ii, 15. Therefore, breth-every way: chiefly, because that ren, stand fast, and hold the tradi- unto them were committed the tions which ye have been taught, oracles of God. whether by word, or our epistle. PRIVILEGE OF POSSESSING II. MODE OF RECORD. PRINCIPALLY BY WRITING. Deut. vi, 9. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. Isa. xxx, 8. Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever Jer. xxx, 2. Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. Jer. xxxvi, 2, 4, 17, 18. 27-29, 32. Amos vili, 11-13. Behold, the Take thee a roll of a book, and days come, saith the Lord GOD, write therein all the words that I that I will send a famine in the have spoken unto thee against land, not a famine of bread, nor a Israel, and against Judah, and thirst for water, but of hearing against all the nations, from the the words of the Lord: And they day I spake unto thee, from the shall wander from sea to sea, and days of Josiah, even unto this. from the north even to the east day. Then Jeremiah called Baruch, they shall run to and fro to seek the son of Neriah: and Baruch the word of the LORD, and shall wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah not find it. In that day shall the all the words of the LORD, which fair virgins and young men faint he had spoken unto him, upon a for thirst. roll of a book. And they asked Rom. iii, 1, 2. What advantage Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How then hath the Jew? or what pro- didst thou write all these words fit is there of circumcision? Much at his mouth? Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, (after that the king had burnt the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,) Deut. iv, 6, 8. Keep therefore, saying, Take thee again another and do them; for this is your wise roll, and write in it all the former dom and your understanding in words that were in the first roll, the sight of the nations, which king of which Jehoiakim the shall hear all these statutes, and Judah hath burnt. And thou shalt say, Surely this great nation is say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, a wise and understanding people. Thus saith the LORD, Thou hast And what nation is there so great, burnt this roll, saying, Why hast that hath statutes and judgments Deut. xxvii, 2, 3, 8. And it shall thou written therein, saying, The so righteous as all this law, which be, on the day when ye shall pass king of Babylon shall certainly over Jordan unto the land which come and destroy this land, and 1 set before you this day? Deut. xxx, 11-14. For this com- the LORD thy God giveth thee shall cause to cease from thence mandment, which I command that thou shalt set thee up great man and beast? Then took Jerethee this day, it is not hidden stones, and plaster them with miah another roll, and gave it to from thee, neither is it far off. It plaster: And thou shalt write Baruch the scribe, the son of Neis not in heaven, that thou should-upon them all the words of this riah; who wrote therein, from the est say, Who shall go up for us to law, when thou art passed over; mouth of Jeremiah, all the words heaven, and bring it unto us, that that thou mayest go in unto the of the book which Jehoiakim king we may hear it, and do it? Neither land which the LORD thy God of Judah had burnt in the fire: is it beyond the sea, that thou giveth thee, a land that floweth and there were added besides shouldest say, Who shall go over with milk and honey; as the LORD unto them many like words. the sea for us, and bring it unto God of thy fathers hath promised us, that we may hear it, and do it? thee. And thou shalt write upon But the word is very nigh unto the stones all the words of this thee, in thy mouth, and in thy law very plainly. heart, that thou mayest do it. Deut. xi, 20. And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thine house. and upon thy gates. Jer. xlv, 1. The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a Deut. xxxi, 19, 22. Now there-book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying. 2 Chr. xv, 3. Now for a long fore write ye this song for you. season Israel hath been without and teach it the children of Israel: the true God, and without a teach-put it in their mouths, that this ing priest, and without law. song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the Ps. cxlvii, 19, 20. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. children of Israel. Josh. viii, 32. And he wrote there, upon the stones, a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel." Lam. 11, 9. Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars; her king and Isa. viii, 16. Bind up the testiher princes are among the Gen-mony, seal the law among my tiles the law is no more; her pro-disciples. Jer. 11, 60. So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. Dan. viii, 26. And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. Dan. an, 4,9. But tnou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: |