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MATT. V. 9.

Blessed are the a peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of God.

a And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left, Gen. xiii. 8, 9. And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? Exod. ii. 13. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men, Rom. xii. 18. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, Gal. v. 22. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy, James iii. 17,

b Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven, Matt. v. 19. Afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city, Isa. i. 26. Thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called, liv. 5. And this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, Jer. xxiii. 6. And Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts the holy mountain, Zech. viii. 3. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest, Luke i. 32. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, 76.

Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, Deut. xiv. 1, 2. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people,

A. D. 31. there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God, Hos. i. 10. Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection, Luke xx. 36. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, John i. 12. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God, Rom. viii. 14. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, 16.

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God, 21. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed, ix. 8, Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty, 2 Cor. vi. 17, 18. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, Gal. iii. 26. When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father, iv. 4-6. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved, Eph. i. 5, 6. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children, v. 1. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life, Phil. ii. 14-16. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved,

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now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure, 1 John iii. 1-3.

VER. 10.

Μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιο- | σύνης, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Blessed are they which are a persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles, Matt. x. 17, 18. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved, 21, 22. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation, Ps. vii. 12. 14. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets, Luke vi. 22, 23. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony, xxi. 12, 13. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and by kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death, and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake, 16, 17. Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant

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is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my say. ing, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me, John xv. 20, 21. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service, xvi. 2. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God, xxi. 18, 19. And when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name, Acts v. 40, 41. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles, viii. 1. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter, Rom. viii. 36. For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it being defamed, we entreat : we are made as the filth of the earth, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day, 1 Cor. iv. 9-13. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, 2 Cor. iv. 8. 11. you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake, Phil. i. 29. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution, 2 Tim. iii. 12,

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MATT. V. 10-12.

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous, 1 John iii. 12.

A. D. 31. season, until their fellow servants also, and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled, vi. 9, 10. See also parallels on clause 2. ver. 2. chap. iii.

VER. 11.

Μακάριοί ἐστε ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ διώξωσι, καὶ εἴπωσι πᾶν πονηρὸν ῥῆμα καθ ̓ ὑμῶν, ψευδόμενοι, ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ.

Blessed are ye when men shall a revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you *falsely,

*falsely Gr. lying.

a If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? Matt. x. 25. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself, xxvii. 39, 40. With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth,they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it, Ps. xxxv. 16. 21. John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! Luke vii. 33, 34. Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. John ix. 28. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously, 1 Pet. ii. 23.

b Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it, Mark viii. 35. Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel's, But he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and bre-b for my sake. thren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life, Mark x. 29, 30. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake; but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved, xiii. 13. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 2 Cor. iv. 17. So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, 2 Thess. i. 46. If we suffer, we shall also reign with him, 2 Tim. ii. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him, James i. 12. Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy, 1 Pet. iv. 13. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of into prison, that ye you may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life, Rev. ii. 10. I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little

b See parallels on clause 1. ver. 10.

VER. 12.

Χαίρετε καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὅτι ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολὺς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· οὕτω γὰρ ἐδίωξαν τοὺς προφήτας τοὺς πρὸ ὑμῶν.

a Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: bfor great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

a Blessed are ye when men shall hate you-and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy, Luke vi. 22. 23. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to

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suffer shame for his name, Acts v. 41. And at midnight Faul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them, xvi. 25. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also, Rom. v. 3. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me, Phil. ii. 17, 18. Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church, Col. i. 24. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations, James i. 2. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of Glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified, 1 Pet. iv. 14.

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works, Matt. vi. 27. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven, Luke vi. 23. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth, Ps. lviii. 11. To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward, Prov. xi. 18. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings, Isa. iii. 10. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ, Col. iii. 24. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward, Heb. xi. 26.

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise, Matt, xxi. 34-36. Ye are the children of them which killed the prophets, xxiii. 31. Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of VOL. I.

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them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar, 34, 35. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 57. And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword, 1 Kings xix. 1. The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away, 10. Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing, 2 Chron. xvi. 10. And they conspired against him (Zechariah), and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD, xxiv. 21. But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy, xxxvi. 16. Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, Neh. ix. 26. In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion, Jer. ii. 30. When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die,-and all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, xxvi. 8, 9. And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves F

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of the common people, 23. unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres, Luke xi. 47, 48. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers, Acts vii. 52. The Jews: who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, 1 Thess. ii. 15. And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and im. prisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented: (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth, Heb. xi. 36-38.

VER. 13.

Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ ἅλας τῆς γῆς· ἐὰν δὲ τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ, ἐν τίνι ἁλισθήσεται; εἰς οὐδὲν ἰσχύει ἔτι, εἰ μὴ βληθῆναι ἔξω, καὶ καταπατεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

a Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? bIt is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

a And every oblation of thy meatoffering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt, Lev. ii. 13. Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another, Mark ix. 50. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man, Col. iv. 6.

bSalt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Mark ix. 50. Salt is good but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the 'dunghill; but men cast it out, Luke 'xiv. 34, 35.

VER. 14.

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Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· οὐ δύο ναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη· a Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

a The children of this world are in

their generation wiser than the children of light, Luke xvi. 8. He (John) was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light, John v. 35. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light, xii. 36. And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, Rom. ii. 19. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light, Eph. harmless, the sons of God, without rev. 8. That ye may be blameless and buke, in the midst of a crooked and shine as lights in the world; holding perverse nation, among whom ye forth the word of life, Phil. ii. 15, 16. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness, 1 Thess. v. 5. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, Rev. i. 20.

VER. 15.

Οὐδὲ καίουσι λύχνον, καὶ τιθέασιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ ̓ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ λάμπει πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ.

a Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

A* measure containing about a pint less than a peck.

a He said unto them, is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? Mark iv. 21. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light, Luke viii. 16. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light, xi. 33. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal, 1 Cor. xii, 7.

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