Biblical Extracts Part 9

285. In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found; but _a rod_ is for the back of him that is void of understanding. Prov. x. 13.

286. Jesus answered and said unto them, verily I say unto you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, _it shall be done_. Matt. xxi. 21.

287. And the Lord' said, if ye had faith _as a grain of mustard seed,_ ye might say unto this sycamine tree be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; _and it should obey you_. Luke xvii. 6.

288. Therefore I say up to you, what things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark xi. 24.

289. _Pray without ceasing_. 1 Thess. v. 17.

290. Who is the _image of the invisible_ G.o.d; the first-born of every creature. Coloss. i. 15-.

291. While we _look not_ at things which are seen, but at the things _which are not seen_; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinth, iv. 18.

292. And it came to pa.s.s, as he was _alone_ praying, his disciples were _with him_; and he asked them, saying, whom say the people that I am.

Luke ix. 18.

293. _I and my Father are one_. John x. 30.

294. For there are three that bare record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these-_three_ are _one_. I John v.. 7.

295.. And David _danced_ before the Lord _with all his might_; and David was girded with a linen, ephod. 2 Samuel vi. M.

296. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved; and _the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll_; and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. Isaiah x.x.xiv. 4.

297. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth _were pa.s.sed away, and there was no more sea_. Rev. xxi.

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298. Then said the Lord unto Moses, behold I will _rain bread from heaven_ for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or no. And they gathered it every morning, ever man according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot it _melted_. Exod. xvi. 4, 21.

299. And it came to pa.s.s as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon that the Lord _cast down great stones from heaven_ upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more which died with hailstones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. Joshua x. 11

300. Then the Lord _rained_ upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, _brimstone and fire_ from the Lord _out of heaven_. Gen. xix. 24.

301. And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of G.o.d, _then let fire come down from heaven_, and consume thee and thy fifty, and there came down _fire from heaven_ and consumed him and his fifty. 2 Kings i. 10.

302. And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he _shut up the heaven that there be no rain_, and that the land yield not her fruit, and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. Dent. xi. 17.

303. _When heaven is shut up and there is no rain_, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them. 1 Kings viii.

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304. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell; G.o.d knoweth) such an one caught up to the _third heaven_. 2 Corin. xii. 2.

305. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was _silence in heaven_ about the s.p.a.ce of _half an hour_. Rev. viii. 1.

306. After this I looked, and behold, _a door was opened in heaven_; and the first voice which I heard was as it were a trumpet talking with me; which said, come up hither, _and, 1 will shew thee things which must be hereafter_. And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper, and a sardine stone; and there was a _rainbow round about the throne_, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, _clothed in white raiment,_ and they had on their heads _crowns of gold_. And out of the throne proceeded _lightnings and thunder-ings_, and voices, and there were _seven lamps of fire_ burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of G.o.d. And before the throne there was _a sea of gla.s.s_ like unto the crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne _were four beasts full of eyes before and behind._ And the first beast was like a _lion_, and the second beast like a _calf_ and the third beast _had a face as a man_, and the fourth beast was like a _flying eagle_. And the four beasts had each of them _six wings_ about him, and they were full of eyes within _and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord G.o.d Almighty which was, and is, and is to come_. Rev. iv. 1 to 8.

[This is a very beautiful description of heaven--it almost equals in absurdity and extravagance the wild dreams of Mahomet.]

307. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the _beast_ that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. Rev. xi. 7.

[It appears, then, from this and the preceding note, that there are beasts both in h.e.l.l and in heaven; whether these angelic creatures have immortal souls or not, the theologians may decide.]

Also Notes 73, 74, and 76.

Pa.s.sAGES CONTRADICTORY.

308. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke among people afar off; _and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks_; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more. Micah. iv. 3.

309. _Beat your plough-shares into swords_, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong. Joel iii. 10.

310. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels _and have not charity_, I am become as sounding bra.s.s, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, _and have no charity_, I am nothing. 1 Cor. xiii. 1, 2.

311. And as we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you, than that ye have received, _let him be accursed._ Gal. i. 9.

312. _Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer;_ and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John iii. 15.

313. If any man come to me, _and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters_, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luke xiv. 26.

314. Then said Jesus unto them, put up again thy sword into his place; _for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword._ Matt.

xxvi. 52.

315. Then said he unto them, but now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; _and he that hath no sword let him sell his garment and buy one_. Luke xxii. 38.

316. But I say unto you, _that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also_. Matt. v. 39.

317. _Whoso sheddeth maris blood, by man shall his blood be shed_; for in the image of G.o.d made he man. Gen. ix. 6.

318. But I say unto you, love your enemies, _bless them that curse you_, do good to them that hate you, _and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you._ Matt. v. 44.

319. Then said he unto his disciples, it is impossible but that offences will come; _but woe unto him through whom they come_, Luke xvii. 1.

320. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words; when ye depart out of that house or city, _shake off the dust of your feet._ Matt. x. 14.

321. Thou shalt have _no other G.o.ds before me_. Exodus xx. 3.

322. And G.o.d said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen. i. 26.

323. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I the Lord thy G.o.d am a jealous G.o.d, _visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me_. Exod. xx. 5.

324. The soul that sinneth it shall die; the son _shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son_; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Ezek. xviii. 20.

325. But the children of the murderers he slew not; according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, _the fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers_; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin, 2 Kings xiv. 6.

326. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it _holy_. Six days shalt thou labor, and do _all_ thy work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy G.o.d; in it _thou shalt not do any work_, thou nor thy son? nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. Exod. xx. 8, 9, 10.

327. And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day; _that they might accuse him_. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, stand forth. And he said unto them.