unto thee 28 And * Jos 24.12 I will send hornets before thee which shall drive out the Hivite the Canaanite and the Hittite from before thee 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year lest the land become desolate and the beast of the field multiply against thee 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee until thou be increased and inherit the land 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the river for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand and thou shalt drive them out before thee 32 * Ch. 34.15 Deut. 7.2 Thou shalt make no covenant with them nor with their gods 33 They shall not dwell in thy land lest they make thee sin against me for if thou serve their gods * Deut. 7.16 Jos 23.13 Judg. 2.3 it will surely be a mare unto thee CHAP. XXIV 1 Moses is called up into the mountain 3 The people promise obedience 4 Moses buildeth an altar and twelve pillars 6 He sprinkleth the bloud of the Covenant 9 The glory of God appeareth 14 Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people 15 Moses goeth into the mountain where he continueth fourty days and fourty nights ANd he said unto Moses Come up unto the LORD thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel and worship ye afar off 2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD but they shall not come nigh neither shall the people go up with him 3 ¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgements and all the people answered with one voice and said * Ch. 19.8 Vers 7. Deu. 5.27 All the words which the LORD hath said will we do 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early in the morning and builded an altar under the hill and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel it offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD 6 And Moses took half of the bloud and put it in basons and half of the bloud he sprinkled on the altar 7 And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of the people and they said * Vers 3. All that the LORD hath said will we do and be obedient 8 And Moses took the bloud and sprinkled it on the people and said Behold * 1 Pet. 1.2 Hebr. 9.20 the bloud of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words 9 ¶ Then went up Moses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel 10 And they saw the God of Israel and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand also they saw God and did eat and drink 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Come up to me into the mount and be there and I will give thee tables of stone and a law commandments which I have written that thou mayest teach them 13 And Moses rose up and his minister Joshua and Moses went up into the mount of God 14 And he said unto the elders Tarry ye here for us until we come again unto you and behold Aaron and Hur are with you if any man have any matters to do let him come unto them 15 And Moses went up into the mount a cloud covered the mount 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai and the cloud covered it six days and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud and gat him up into the mount and * Ch. 34 2â— Deut. 9.9 Moses was in the mount fourty days and fourty nights CHAP. XXV 1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the tabernacle 10 The form of the ark 17 The mercy-seat with the cherubims 23 The table with the furniture thereof 31 The candlestick with the instruments thereof ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Speak unto the children of Israel that they †Heb. take for ox bring me an ‖ Or heave-offering offering * Ch. 35. â— of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them gold and silver and brass 4 And blue and purple and scarlet and ‖ Or silk fine linen goats hair 5 And rams skins died red and badgers skins and shittim-wood 6 Oyl for the light spices for anointing oyl and for sweet incense 7 Onyx-stones and stones to be set in the * Ch. 28.4 ephod and in the * Ch. 28.15 breast-plate 8 And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell amongst them 9 According to all that I shew thee after the pattern of the tabernacle the pattern of all the instrument thereof even so shall ye make it 10 ¶ * Ch. 37.1 And they shall make an ark of shittim-wood two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof and a cubit and a half the height thereof 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold within and without shalt thou overlay it shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the four corners thereof and two rings shall be in the one side of it and two rings in the other side of it 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim-wood and overlay them with gold 14 And thou shalt put the staâ—es into the rings by the sides of the ark that the ark may be born with them 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark they shall not be taken from it 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee 17 And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof a cubit and a half the breadth thereof 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold of beaten work shalt thou make them in the two ends of the mercy seat 19 And make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the other end even ‖ Or of the matter of the mercy-seat of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high covering the mercy-seat
tabernacle which is called the holiest of all 4 Which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold wherein was * Ex. 16.34 the golden pot that had manna and * Num. 17.16 Aâ—rons rod that budded and * Deut. 10.5 1 King 8.9 〈◊〉 Chr. 5.10 the tables of the covenant 5 And * Ex. 25.22 over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy-seat of which we cannot now speak particularly 6 Now when these things were thus ordained the priests went always into the first tabernacle accomplishing the service of God 7 But into the second went the high priest alone * Ex. 30.10 â—ev 16. 〈◊〉 once every year not without bloud which he offered for himself and for the errours of the people 8 The holy Ghost this signifying that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest while as the first tabernacle was yet standing 9 Which was a sigure for the time then present in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him that did the service perfect as pertaining to the conscience 10 Which stood onely in meats and drinks and divers washings and carnal ‖ Or vitor ceremonies ordinances imposed on them until the time of reformation 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not of this building 12 Neither by the bloud of goats and calves but by his own bloud he entred in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption fâ—r us 13 For it * Lev. 1â— 14 the bloud of bulls and of goats and * 1 Num. 19.17 c. the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh 14 How much more shall the bloud of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without ‖ Or fault spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God 15 And for this cause he is the Mediatour of the new testament that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance 16 For where a testament is there must also of necessity ‖ Or be brought in be the death of the testatour 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead otherwise it is of no strength at all whilest the testatour liveth 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was ‖ Or purified dedicated without bloud 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law he took the bloud of calves and of goats with water and ‖ Or purple scarlet wooll and hyssop and sprinkled both the book and all the people 20 Saying * Eâ— 24.8 This is the bloud of the testament which God hath enjoyned unto you 21 Moreover he sprinkled likewise with bloud both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministery 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with bloud and without shedding of bloud is no remission 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices then these 24 For Christ is not entred into the holy places made with hands which are the figures of the true but into heaven it self now * 1 Joh. 2.1 to appear in the presence of God for us 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often as the high priest entreth into the holy place every year with bloud of others 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die but after this the judgement 28 So * 1 Pet. 3.18 Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation CHAP. X. 1 The weakness of the law-sacrifices 10 The sacrifice of Christs body once offered 14 for ever hath taken away sins 19 An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving 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 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year 4 For it is not possible that the bloud of bulls and of goats should take away sins 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world he saith * Psal 10.6 c. Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not but a body ‖ Or thou â—â—st fitted me hast thou prepared me 6 In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then said I Lo I come In the volume of the book it is written of me to do thy will O God 8 Above when he said Sacrifice and offering and barnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not neither hadst pleasure therein which are offered by the law 9 Then said he Lo I come to do thy will O God He taketh away the first that he may establish the second 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all 11 And every priest standeth daily ministring and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices which can never take away sins 12 But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sat down on the right hand of God 13 From henceforth expecting * Psal 11â— 1. 1 Cor. 15.25 Chap. 1.13 till his enemies be made his footstool 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified 15 Whereof the holy Ghost also is a witness to us for after that he had said before 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days saith the Lord I will * Jer. 31.33 put my laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more 18 Now where remission of these is there is no more offering for sin 19 Having therefore brethren ‖ Or liberty boldness to enter into the holiest by the bloud of Jesus 20 By a new and living way which he hath ‖ Or new mâ—dâ— consecrated for us through the vail that is to say his flesh 21 And having an high priest over the house of God 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and
taxation to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh 36 ¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah 37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD according to all that his fathers had done CHAP. XXIV 1 Jehoiakim first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar then rebelling against him procureth his own ruine 6 Jehoiachin succeedeth him 7 The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon 8 Jehoiachin his evil reign 10 Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon 17 Zedekiah is made king and reigneth ill unto the utter destruction of Judah IN his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up Jehoiakim became his servant three years then he turned rebelled against him 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Caldees and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the children of Ammon and sent them against Judah to destroy it * Chap. 20.17 23.27 according to the word of the LORD which he spake †Heb. by the hand of by his servants the prophets 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah to remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh according to all that he did 4 And also for the innocent bloud that he shed for he filled Jerusalem with innocent bloud which the LORD would not pardon 5 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead 7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt 8 ¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign and he reigned in Jerusalem three moneths and his mothers name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD according to all that his father had done 10 ¶ * Dan. 1.1 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and the city †Heb. came into siege was besieged 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city and his servants did besiege it 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon he and his mother and his servants and his princes and his ‖ Or. eunuchs officers and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign 13 * Chap. 20.17 Isa 39 6. And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the kings house and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD as the LORD had said 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem and all the princes and all the mighty men of valour even ten thousand captives and all the crafts-men and smiths none remained save the poorest sort of the people of the land 15 And * 2 Chron. 36.10 Esth 2.6 he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon and the kings mother and the kings wives and his ‖ Or eunuchs officers and the mighty of the land those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon 16 And all the men of might even seven thousand and crafts-men and smiths a thousand all that were strong and apt for war even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon 17 ¶ And * Jer. 37.1 the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead and changed his name to Zedekiah 18 * Jer. 52.1 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem and his mothers name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD according to all that Jehoiakim had done 20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah until he had cast them out from his presence that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon CHAP. XXV 1 Jerusalem is besieged 4 Zedekiah taken his sons slain his eyes put out 8 Nebuzar-adan defaceth the city carrieth the remnant except a jew poor labourers into captivity 13 spoileth and carrieth away the treasures 18 The nobles are slain at Biblab 22 Gedaliah who was set over them that remained being slain the rest flee into Egypt 27 Evil merodath advanceth Jehoiachin in his court ANd it came to pass * Jer. 39.1 and 52.4 in the ninth year of his reign in the tenth moneth in the tenth day of the moneth that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came he and all his host against Jerusalem and pitched against it and they built forts against it round about 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah 3 And on the ninth day of the * Jer. 52.6 fourth moneth the famine prevailed in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land 4 ¶ And the city was broken up and all the men of war fied by night by the way of the gate between two walls which is by the kings garden now the Caldees were against the city round about and the king went the way toward the plain 5 And the army of the Caldees pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army were scattered from him 6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah and they †Heb. spake judgement with him gave judgement upon him 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and †Heb. made blind◠put out the eyes of Zedckiah and bound him with fetters of brass and carried him to Babylon 8 ¶ And in the fifth moneth on the seventh day of the moneth which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came Nebuzar-adan ‖ Or chief marshal captain of the guard a servant of the king of Babylon unto Jerusalem 9 And he burnt the house of the LORD and the kings house and all the houses of Jerusalem and every great mans house burnt he with fire 10 And all the army of the Caldees that were with the captain of the guard brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about 11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city and the †Heb. faln away fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon with the remnant of the multitude did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away 12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen
the God of their fathers 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countreys that pertained to the children of Israel and made all that were present in Israel to serve even to serve the LORD their God And all his days they departed not †Heb. from after from following the LORD the God of their fathers CHAP. XXXV 1 Josiah keepeth a most solemn pass-over 20 He provoking Pharaoh-necho is slain at Megiddo 25 Lamentations for Josiah MOreover * 2 King 23.21 22. Josiah kept a pass-over unto the LORD in Jerusalem and they killed the pass-over on the * Ex. 12.6 fourteenth day of the first moneth 2 And he set the priests in their charges and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel which were holy unto the LORD Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders serve now the LORD your God and his people Israel 4 And prepare your selves by the * 1 Chr. 9.10 houses of your fathers after your courses according to the * 1 Chr. 23. and 24. and 25. and 2â— writing of David king of Israel and according to the * Chap. â— 14 writing of Solomon his son 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of †Heb. the house of the fathers the families of the fathers of your brethren †Heb. the sons of the people the people and after the division of the families of the Levites 6 So kill the pass-over and sanctifie your selves and prepare your brethren that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses 7 And Josiah †Heb. â—ffered gave to the people of the flock lambs and kids all for the pass-over-offerings for all that were present to the number of thirty thousand and three thousand bullocks these were of the kings substance 8 And his princes †Heb. â—ffered 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 pass-over-offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattel and three hundred oxen 9 Conaniah also and Shemaiah and Nethaneel his brethren and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad chief of the Levites †Heb. â—ffered gave unto the Levites for pass over-offerings five thousand small cattel and five hundred oxen 10 So the service was prepared and the priests stood in their place and the Levites in their courses according to the kings commandment 11 And they killed the pass over and the priests sprinkled the bloud from their hands and the Levites * See chap. 29.34 fleyed them 12 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 13 And they * Exod. 12.8 9. rosted the pass-over with fire according to the ordinance but the other holy offerings sod they in pots and in caldrons and in pans and †Heb. made them run divided them speedily among all the people 14 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 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their †Heb. station place according to the * 1 Chr. 25.1 c. commandment of David and Asaph and Hâ—man and Jeduthun the kings seer and the porters * 1 Chr. 9.17.18 and 26.14 c. waited at every gate they might not depart from their service for their brethren the Levites prepared for them 16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day to keep the pass-over and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the LORD according to the commandment of king Josiah 17 And the children of Israel that wâ—re †Heb. found present kept the pass-over at that time and the feast of unleavened bread seven days 18 And there was no pass-over like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a pass-over as Josiah kept and the priests and the Levites and all Judah and Israel that were present and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this pass-over kept 20 ¶ * 2 Kin. 23.29 After all this when Josiah had prepared the †Heb. house temple Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates and Josiah went out against him 21 But he sent embassadours to him saying What have I to do with thee thou king of Judah I come not against thee this day but against †Heb. the house of my war the house wherewith I have war for God commanded me to make haste forbear thee from medling with God who is with me that he destroy thee not 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him but disguised himself that he might fight with him and hearkned not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah and the king said to his servants Have me away for I am sore †Heb. made sick wounded 24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had and they brought him to Jerusalem and he died and was buried ‖ Or among the the sepulchres in one of the sepulchres of his fathers and * Zech. 12.11 all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah 25 ¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah and all the singing-men and the singing-women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel and behold they are written in the lamentations 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his †Heb. kindnesses goodness according to that which was written in the law of the LORD 27 And his deeds first and last behold they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah CHAP. XXXVI 1 Jehoahaz succeeding is deposed by Pharaoh and carried into Egypt 5 Jehoiakim reigning ill is carried bound into Babylon 9 Jehoiachin succeeding reigneth ill and is brought into Babylon 11 Zedekiah succeeding reigneth ill and despiseth the prophets and rebelleth against Nebuchadnezzar 14 Jerusalem for the sins of the priests and people is wholly destroyed 22 The proclamation of Cyrus THen * 2 Kin. 23.30 c. the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his fathers stead in Jerusalem 2
Peter heard that it was the Lord he girt his fishers coat unto him for he was naked and did cast himself into the sea 8 And the other disciples came in a little ship for they were not far from land but as it were two hundred cubits dragging the net with fishes 9 Assoon then as they were come to land they saw a fire of coals there and fish laid thereon and bread 10 Jesus saith unto them Bring of the fish which ye have now caught 11 Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land full of great fishes an hundred and fifty and three and for all there were so many yet was not the net broken 12 Jesus saith unto them Come and dine And none of the disciples durst ask him Who art thou knowing that it was the Lord. 13 Jesus then cometh and taketh bread and giveth them and fish likewise 14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples after that he was risen from the dead 15 ¶ So when they had dined Jesus saith to Simon Peter Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me more then these He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my lambs 16 He saith to him again the second time Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me He saith unto him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee He saith unto him Feed my sheep 17 He saith unto him the third time Simon son of Jonas lovest thou me Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time Lovest thou me And he said unto him Lord thou knowest all things thou knowest that I love thee Jesus saith unto him Feed my sheep 18 Verily verily I say unto thee when thou wast young thou girdedst thy self 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 19 This spake he signifying by what death he should glorifie God And when he had spoken this he saith unto him Follow me 20 Then Peterturning about seeth the disciple * Chap. 13.23 20.2 whom Jesus loved following which also leaned on his breast at supper and said Lord which is he that betrayeth thee 21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus Lord and what shall this man do 22 Jesus saith unto him If I will that he tarry till I come what is that to thee Follow thou me 23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren that that disciple should not die yet Jesus said not unto him He shall not die but If I will that he tarry till I come what is that to thee 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things and wrote these things and we know that his testimony is true 25 * Chaâ— 20.30 And there are also many other things which Jesus did the which if they should be written every one I suppose that even the world it self could not contain the books that should be written Amen ¶ The ACTS of the Apostles CHAP. I. Christ preparing his apostles to the bebolding of his ascension gathereth them together into the mount Olivet commandeth them to expect in Jerusalem the sending down of the boly Ghost promiseth after few days to send it by vertue whereof they should be witnesses unto him even to the utmost parts of the earth 9 After his ascension they are warned by two angels to depart and to set their minds upon his second coming 12 They accordingly return and giving themselves to prayer choose Matthias aposile in the place of Judas THe former treatise have I made O Theophilus of all that Jesus began both to do and teach 2 Until the day in which he was taken up after that he through the holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs being seen of them fourty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God 4 And ‖ Or â—â—ting together with them being assembled together with them commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father * Luk. 24.49 which saith heâ— ye have heard of me 5 * Mat. 3.11 For John truly baptized with water but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost not many days hence 6 When they therefore were come together they asked of him saying Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel 7 And he said unto them It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power 8 * Chap. 2.1 But ye shall receive ‖ Or the power of the holy Ghost coming upon you power after that the holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth 9 * Luk. 24.51 And when he had spoken these things while they beheld he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up behold two men stood by them in white apparel 11 Which also said Ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven 12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Oliver which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-days journey 13 And when they were come in they went up into an upper room where abode both Peter and James and John and Andrew Philip and Thomas Bartholomew and Matthew James the son of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Judas the brother of â—ames 14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brethren 15 ¶ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples and said the number of the names together were about an hundred and twenty 16 Men and brethren This scripture must needs have been fulfilled * Psal 41.9 which the holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas which was guide to them that took Jesus 17 For he was numbred with us had obtained part of this ministery 18 * Mat. 27. â— Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity and falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst and all his bowels gushed out 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue Aceldama that is to say The field of bloud 20 For it is written in the book of psalms * Ps 69.23 Let his habitation be desolate and set no man dwell therein and * Ps 109.8 His ‖ Or office or charge bishoprick let
my name 9 Behold I will make them of the synagogue of Satan which say they are Jews and are not but do lie behold I will make them to come and worship before thy feet and to know that I have loved thee 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth 11 Behold I come quickly hold that fast which thou hast that no man take thy crown 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God which it new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new name 13 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write ‖ Or in Laodius These things saith the Amen the faithful and true witness the beginning of the creation of God 15 I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot I would thou wert cold or hot 16 So then because thou art luke-warm and neither cold nor hot I will spue thee out of my mouth 17 Because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blinde and naked 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou mayest see 19 * Pr. 2. â—â— Heb. 12. â— As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent 20 Behold I stand at the door and knock If any man hear my voice and open the door I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his throne 22 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches CHAP. IV. 2 John seeth the throne of God in heaven 4 The four and twenty elders 6 The four beasts full of eves before and behinde 10 The elders lay down their crowns and worship him that sat on the throne AFter this I looked and behold a door was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said Come up hither and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter 2 And immediately I was in the spirit and behold a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper a sardine stone there was a rainbowe round about the throne in sight like unto an emerald 4 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 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thundrings and voices And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven Spirits of God 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal And in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behinde 7 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 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him and they were full of eyes within and †Gr. they have no rest they rest not day and night saying * Isa 6.3 Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is is to come 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne who liveth for ever and ever 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne and worship him that liveth for ever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne saying 11 * Ch. 5.12 Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created CHAP. V. 1 The book sealed with seven seals 9 which onely the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open 12 Therefore the elders praise him 9 and confess that he redeemed them with his blood ANd I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside sealed with seven seals 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof 3 And no man in heaven nor in earth neither under the earth was able to open the book neither to look thereon 4 And I wept much because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book neither to look thereon 5 And one of the elders saith unto me Weep not behold * Gen. 19.9 the Lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof 6 And I behold and lo in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts and in the midst of the elders stood a Lamb as it had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne 8 And when he had taken the book the four beasts and four and twenty eiders fell down before the Lamb having every one of them harps and golden vials full of ‖ Or inâ—nse odours which are the prayers of saints 9 And they sung a new song saying Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy bloud out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation 10 * 1 Pet. 2.9 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth 11 And I beheld and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders and the number of them was * Dan. 7.10 ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands 12 Saying with a loud voice Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing 13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under