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A81852	The evangelical history: or, The life of our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ comprehensively and plainly related. With practical inferences and discourses thereupon. In four books. I. Of the birth of John the Baptist. Of the conception and birth of Jesus Christ; with an account of what passed to his entrance upon the ministerial function. II. The history of the acts and miracles of our Saviour, in the first two years of his ministry. III. A relation of his acts and miracles, in the third year of his preaching. IV. An account of his acts and preaching, from the triumphant entrance into Jerusalem. Of his Crucifixion, Resurrection, apparitions, and glorious ascension into heaven. With a large practical introduction, by way of preface. Written in French by the learned L.E. du Pin, and Englished by a divine of the Church of England, with additions. Adorn'd with copper cuts.	Du Pin, Louis Ellies, 1657-1719.	1694 (1694)	Wing D2641A; ESTC R229041	170,749	286

the Multitude That if the Devils who are Man's irreconcilable Enemies should thus cast out one another their Kingdom would not stand long that there were some Persons among the Jews who cast out Devils whom yet the Pharisees did not accuse of casting them out by the Prince of the Devils That an armed Man will not be put out of his own House but by a stronger than himself so that he did not cast out Satan but by the Power of a Spirit stronger than Satan i. e. by the Spirit of God which ought to be a convincing Proof that the Kingdom of God is come unto them that in opposing such manifest Works of the Holy Spirit as they had done they had made themselves guilty of an unpardonable Blasphemy that since we judge of a Tree by its Fruits they ought to judge of him by his Works and not condemn him as a wicked Man whenas he doth nothing but good Actions that the Calumnies which they so rashly spoke against him proceeded from the evil Treasure of their Hearts and should not escape unpunished since at the Day of Judgment we must give an account of every evil Word and be condemned for them as we are justified by good XXIV The Pharisees desire a Sign of him Matth. 12 38-46 Luke 11 29-32 Then certain of the Scribes and Pharisees said unto him Master we desire that thou wouldst shew us some Sign of thy Mission They had been Witnesses of a great Number of Miracles which they cryed down for Cheats and Impostures and as if all that he had done already were not enough to convince them that he wrought them by the Spirit of God they desired to see some new thing But Jesus gave them no other Answer but this An evil and an adulterous Generation seeketh after a Sign and no other Sign shall be given them but that of the Prophet Jonas Jonas was a Prophet who being sent by God to foretel and Threaten to the Inhabitants of Ninive the Destruction of their City within Forty Days instead of obeying this Command took Ship to go to another Place but a Tempest arising in his Voyage he confessed that it was a Punishment of his Disobedience and to appease it bid them cast him into the Sea He was immediately devoured by a great Fish which at the end of Three Days cast him upon the Shore from whence he went to Ninive and preached as God had commanded him The Ninivites believed his Words proclaimed a solemn Fast and so by their Repentance escaped the Punishment which God had threatned them Jesus propounds this Sign of Jonas to the Pharisees and makes a double Application of it the one to himself the other to them for he says That as this Prophet was Three Days in the Belly of the Fish which devoured him so should the Son of Man be Three Days in the Heart of the Earth By which he signifies That he should be buried in a Tomb and should rise from the Dead the third Day He adds for a second Reflection That as Jonas was a Sign to the Ninivites so should he be to the Pharisees which he explains in this manner The Men of Ninive shall rise up in the Judgment against this Generation and shall condemn them because they repented at the Preaching of Jonas but a Person greater than Jonas is here He says further to them That the Queen of Sheba shall also condemn them in the Day of Judgment because she came from a far Country to hear the Wisdom of Solomon which Princess they are so far from imitating that they despise his Words and Miracles who manifested more Divine Wisdom than Solomon ever did Lastly He threatens them with such Fury as the Devil exercises over those Persons from whom they have been once forced to go out but have found out a way to enter again which are therefore the more enraged Teaching us at the same Time That we ought to be always upon our Guard when we are delivered from an unclean Spirit because the Devil doth not wholly abandon us but if we are not watchful against him will return with Seven Spirits more wicked than himself and by this second Possession make the Condition of that Soul more miserable a great deal than it was by the first As Jesus was thus confuting the Pharisees Malice a certain Woman of the Company lift up her Voice and said Blessed is the Womb that bare thee and the Paps that thou hast sucked But he answered her Yea rather blessed are they that hear the Word of God and practise it At the same Time it was told him That his Mother and his Brethren Matth. 12 47-50 Mark 3.31 35. Luke 8 19-21 i. e. his Kindred stood without because they could not get at him for the Press and desired to speak with him But he answered Who is my Mother and who are my Brethren Then looking upon those that were set about him and stretching forth his Hands towards his Disciples he said Behold my Mother and my Brethren for my Mother and my Brethren are they that hear the Word of God and do it and they that do the Will of my Father which is in Heaven XXV Jesus Christ delivers many Parables Matth. 13 1-23 Luke 8.4 15. Mark 4 1-20 The same Day Jesus went out of the House and came to the end of the Lake of Gennesareth but when he saw a great Multitude of People coming unto him from the neighbouring Towns he went into a Ship and instructed the People out of it who gave great Attention to him from the Shore He delivered many excellent and saving Truths to them in Parables which was his ordinary way of Teaching Parables in the Gospel are feigned Stories or Comparisons taken from Nature Things the Application of which being something hard to find out exercises the Attention of the Mind but being discovered opens some Mystery of Religion to us or makes known some important Maxim or Precept for the Government and Direction of our Manners As for Example this is a kind of Parable which Jesus speaks of the strong Man armed who keeps his House but is expelled by a stronger than he The Application of which is this as we have seen The strong Man is the Devil whom Jesus Christ drives out of Men's Souls by the Spirit of God which is stronger than the Devil The First Parable which the Son of God propounded to the People from the Ship where he sat was this A Man went out to sow and some of his Seed fell in the High-Way and it was trodden upon and devoured with Birds Another Part fell upon a Rock and was scorched by the Sun because it had no Root for want of Moisture Other fell among Thorns which chok'd it And other fell on good Ground and brought forth Fruit in abundance Now because the Application of this Parable which our Saviour intended by it was not easy to find out he added He that hath Ears to

which they saw their Hearts being so much hardened that they could not endure the Remedies which were applyed for their Cure Nevertheless even among the Chief Men of the Jewish Nation there were several that belived on Jesus Christ but they dare not own him openly because the Pharisees had resolved to put all Jesus's Disciples out of the Synagogue and this their cowardly Timorousness proceeded from hence That they loved the Praise of Men more than the Praise of God So that it was in vain for Jesus to cry out to these sort of Persons as he doth in the next Words He that believeth on me believeth on him that sent me I am come a Light into the World that whosoever believeth in me may not abide in Darkness I am come to save and not to judge he that disregards my Words shall be judged by the same Word at the Last Day for I have not spoken of my self nor taught any thing but what my Father commanded me to teach So great an effect had their Fear and Hardness upon them IV. Jesus Christ curseth the Fig-Tree Matt. 21 17-22 Mark 11 12-14 Perhaps these last Words were spoken in the Temple for S. Mark saith That he went thither and in the Evening returned to Bethany with his Twelve Disciples The next Morning he came again to Jerusalem and perceiving himself an hungry he went to a Figtree which he saw in the Way hoping to find something on it to eat But because the Time for Figs was not come he found nothing for which Reason he cursed the Tree saying Let no Fruit grow on thee henceforth for ever and immediately the Fig-Tree withered away Not that the Fig-Tree say the Fathers was really to be condemned for not bearing Fruit since it was not the proper Season for it but that Jesus Christ would teach Men by what he did to the Fig-Tree that he expects good Works of them that he doth not allow them to be without Good Fruits and that the Punishment due to their Barrenness is to be given over to it that since they have not done the good they are able they should not be able to do the Good they would V. Jesus Christ drives the Merchants out of the Temple Matth. 21 12-22 Mark 11 15-26 Luke 19 45-48 Jesus being come to Jerusalem went into the Temple where seeing that Holy Place profaned and dishonoured by Trading and Merchandize he was moved with Indignation and drave out the Buyers and Sellers overthrew the Tables of the Mony-Changers and the Seats of them that sold Doves and would not permit any Man to carry any Vessel through the Temple And to satisfy them of the reasonableness of this Action he said to them Is it not written My House shall be called an House of Prayer by all Nations but ye have made it a Den of Thieves At the same Time came the Blind and the Lame to him and he healed them all The People were filled with Admiration at all these Things but the Priests Scribes and Chief Men among the Jews persisted still in their Resolution of putting him to Death and sought all occasions to bring it about but yet so that they might have no cause to fear the People The Miracles which he did and the Acclamations of the Children who cryed in the Temple Hosanna i. e. Health and Honour to the Son of David much enraged them and they could not but discover that Anger by asking him If he regarded what these children said But he silenced them by shewing them That that which displeased them so highly fulfilled the Scripture for have you never read saith he these Words of the Psalmist Out of the Mouth of Bakes and Sucklings thou hast perfected Praise Psal 8.2 When it was Night Jesus went from Jerusalem and returned again the next Morning in the Way the Apostles beholding the Fig-Tree which Christ had cursed but the Day before to be quite withered away and dead to the very Roots Peter shewed it to him saying Master behold the Fig-Tree which thou cursedst is withered away Whereupon Jesus takes an occasion to shew them how great is the Force of Faith and Prayer for he said unto them That if they have a stedfast Faith in God they should not only be able to dry up a Fig-Tree but to remove Mountains and whatsoever they shall ask in Prayer it shall be granted them provided that they be careful before Prayer to pardon those that have offended them because unless that be done God will not pardon them their Offences VI. The Discourse of Jesus Christ with the Priests and Doctors Matth. 21 23-27 Mark 11 27-33 Luke 20 1-8 Jesus enters again into the Temple where while he was instructing the People and preaching the Gospel the Priests Scribes and Rulers came upon him and asked him By what Authority he did these things He answered them I also will ask you one Thing which if you will answer me I will tell you by what Authority I do this He then asked them Whether the Baptism of John was from Heaven or of Men i. e. Whether it was of Divine or Human Appointment This Question much perplexed them for they durst not affirm that it was from Heaven for fear Jesus should retort it upon them Why did ye not then believe it But if they should affirm it to be a mere Human Institution they feared that the People who did generally believe that John was a Prophet would stone them wherefore they chose to answer That they knew not Then Jesus replyed Neither tell I you by what Authority I do these things which ye behold to be done by me After this he proposeth several Parables to these Hypocrites wherein he shews how great punishment they deserved for that unjust aversion and hatred which they had taken up against him and for their obstinacy by which they rejected those Truths which he had preached to them The first is of a certain Man who having two Sons commanded them one after another to go and Labour in his Vineyard The first told him plainly that he would not go but afterwards he repented and went the other having promised him to go went not Jesus asked the Priests and Scribes which of these two Sons did the Will of his Father They answered the first Then he shews them that the First figured the Publicans and Sinners who repented at the Preaching of John the Baptist and that they themselves not believing this his Holy Fore-runner who came to them in the way of Righteousness should not get into Heaven so easily as the Harlots themselves whose Repentance they would not imitate nor follow their Faith VII The Parable of the Husband-men that hired the Vineyard The second Parable is concerning a Man Matth. 21 23-46 Mark 12 1-12 Luke 20 9-19 who being about to take a long Journey Let out his Vineyard to Husbandmen and about the time of the Vintage sent one of his Servants to them to

is an Hebrew and Christ a Greek Word and signify both of them Anointed the Jews calling him so because they expected He should be a great King consecrated to God by a special Unction of which the Anointing of their Kings and Prophets was but a Figure Four thousand Years being at last expired and spent in waiting for him the Time appointed by God and foretold by the Prophets for the Deliverance of Mankind came The Roman Empire enjoyed a profound Peace under the Reign of Augustus and the Jews were governed by Herod whom the Romans had made King over them being some Years before become subject to their Power This Government by a Foreign Prince was an Evident Sign that the Coming of the Messiah drew near according to the Prophesy of Jacob Gen. 49.10 The Scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a Law-giver from between his Feet until Shiloh he that is sent do come This was the Time which God from all Eternity had prefixed for the Execution of his gracious Design That Jesus Christ the Saviour both of the Jews and Gentiles should be born in Judea and by him hath he accomplish'd the great Work of Man's Salvation in such a manner as the Gospel relates and which we are about to give an account of in this History of which I shall make Four Parts containing so many Periods of our Saviour's Life and shew what passed I. From the Conception of John the Baptist to his entrance upon his Ministry II. In the first Two Years of his Preaching III. In the Third Year of his Ministry IV. From his triumphant going up to Jerusalem to his Ascension into Heaven BOOK I. An Account of what passed from the Conception of John the Baptist to the Entrance of Jesus Christ upon his Ministerial Function I. The Conception of S. John the Baptist Book I. Luke 1 5-22 THere was among the Jews a certain Priest named Zacharias who with his Wife Elizabeth kept all the Commandments of the Lord blameless They were both of them very old and God that he might at length reward their Patience and contentedness in a signal manner having given them no Child but laid upon them the Disgrace of Barrenness which at that Time was accounted a great Curse inflicted by God It came to pass as Zachary ministred in the Temple according to his Course and offered the Incense commanded by the Law to God the Angel Gabriel appeared to him and told him from God That he should have a Son whom he should call John That this his Son should be great in the Sight of God and be filled with the Holy Spirit from his Mother's Womb That he should convert many Israelites from their Sins and should go before the Lord in the Spirit and Power of Elias preparing his Ways for him and disposing p. 5 The Anunciation of the Blessed Virgin Men to receive him Zachary doubting of the Truth of these Promises answered the Angel How shall I be assured of the Truth of thy Words for I am Old and my Wife is well stricken in Years The Angel reproving his Unbelief told him That from that Moment he should be dumb and not be able to speak till the Things which he had spoken of should come to pass And in that very instant he lost his Speech and the People who could not understand him but by Signs perceived by his Silence that he had seen a Vision The Days of his Ministration being accomplish'd he returned to his own House at Hebron Luke 1 23-25 a City in the Tribe of Judah and God performed that which he had foretold by the Angel for Elizabeth conceived and hid her self Five Months that she might between God and herself raise in her Heart a more perfect Sense of his Favour in taking away from her the Reproach of Barrenness and giving her a Son of whom she might hope for so great things II. The Conception of Jesus Christ. Six Months after the Conception of Elizabeth the same Angel Luke 1 26-38 which had foretold the Birth of S. John to Zachary was sent by God into a City of Galilee called Nazareth to foretel the Nativity of Jesus Christ to her who was chosen from all Eternity to be his Mother It was an Holy Virgin of the House of David named Mary who was espoused to a Man of the same Family called Joseph and living in perfect Chastity had her Spouse for a faithful Witness and Guardian of her Purity The Angel being come to her said Hail O thou that art highly favoured the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among Women Her Modesty raised in her a great Disturbance at the unusual Appearance of the Angel and she was surprized at this kind of Salutation But the Angel bid her not be troubled telling her That she should have a Son who should be great and be called the Son of the Most High to whom God would give the Throne of his Father David i. e. an Eternal Kingdom and that she should call his Name Jesus which signifies a Saviour She reflecting upon her way of living with Holy Joseph and not understanding how she could preserve her Virginity and yet become a Mother said unto the Angel How shall this be seeing I know not a Man The Angel answered her That this Holy Child which shall be called the Son of God shall be born by the invisible Operation of the Holy Ghost and to shew her that God to whom nothing is impossible would work this great Miracle in her by his Almighty Power he tells her what had befallen her Cousin Elizabeth who having been barren for many Years was Six Months since with Child Being satisfied by this Instance that she might bear a Child and yet continue a Virgin she humbly submitted her self to the appointment of God and said to the Angel Behold the Handmaid of the Lord be it unto me according to thy Word Then the Angel departed from her but the Holy Spirit wrought this great Mystery in her for which she had been fitted and disposed a great while before by the plentiful effusion of his Graces She conceived the Son of God the Second Person of the Holy Trinity who was incarnate i. e. became Man by taking on him a Body and Soul like us in the Womb of this chast and humble Virgin III. The Visitation of the Holy Virgin As soon as Mary had heard that her Cousin was with Child she went with haste to see her Luke 1. 39-55 and entring into her House saluted her which when Elizabeth heard she felt the Infant leaping in her Womb for Joy and being filled with the Holy Ghost she spake out with a loud Voice and said Blessed art thou among Women and blessed is the Fruit of thy Womb How great a Felicity is this to me that the Mother of my Lord should come unto me And having inform'd the Virgin That her Child leaped in her Womb she added Blessed art thou because thou