24 Then answered Simon, and said, "Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Gospel in many vil. lages of the Samaritans. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch 10 of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had 'come to Jerusalem for to worship, servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. PRO. v. 22: His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. ISA. xxviii. 22: Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong. h GEN. XX. 7, 17: Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. So Abraham prayed unto God and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. ExoD. viii. 8: Intreat the LORD that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people. NUM. xxi. 7: Pray unto the LORD that he take away the serpents from us. 1 KINGS, Xiii. 6: Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. JOB, xlii. 8: My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept. JAMES, V. 16: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. ¡JOSHUA, XV. 47: Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof. ZEP. iii. 10: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 12 CHR. vi. 32, 33: Moreover concerning the stranger, which 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 "Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.11 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, "How can I, except some man should guide me ?12 And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32 The place 13 of the Scripture which he read was this, He was 'led as a sheep to the slaugh 11 yonder chariot. Co. Ma. Cr. Gen. 12 inform me. Co. 13 section. Ham. is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel. JOHN, xii. 20: There were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast. m DEUT. vi. 6, 7: These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. " ISA. lxv. 24: And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. • MAT. xiii. 23, 51: But he that received seed into the good round is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it. esus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? "hey say unto him, Yea, Lord. EPH. v. 17: Wherefore be ye ot unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. PROM. X. 14: How then shall they call on him in whom hey have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of hom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without preacher? 9 Ps. xxv. 9: The meek will he guide in judgment: and the eek will he teach his way. ' ISA. liii. 7, 8: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; d as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not s mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: 24 Then answered Simon, and said, "Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Gospel in many vil. lages of the Samaritans. 26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto 'Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch 10 of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had 'come to Jerusalem for to worship, 10 a chamberlain. Co. Ma. Cr. servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. PRO. v. 22: His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. ISA. xxviii. 22: Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong. h GEN. XX. 7, 17: Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. So Abraham prayed unto God and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. EXOD. viii. 8: In treat the LORD that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people. NUM. xxi. 7: Pray unto the LORD that he take away the serpents from us. 1 KINGS, Xiii. 6: Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. Joв, xlií. 8: My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept. JAMES, V. 16: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. iJOSHUA, xv. 47: Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof. * ZEP. iii. 10: From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 12 CHR. vi. 32, 33: Moreover concerning the stranger, which m 28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 29 "Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.11 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, "Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, "How can I, except some man should guide me ?12 And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 32 The place 13 of the Scripture which he read was this, He was 'led as a sheep to the slaugh "yonder chariot. Co. Ma. Cr. Gen. 12 inform me. Co. 13 section. Ham. is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel. JOHN, xii. 20: There were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast. m DEUT. vi. 6, 7: These words, which I command thee this lay, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them dilirently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou ittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and hen thou liest down, and when thou risest up. " ISA. lxv. 24: And it shall come to pass, that before they all, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. • MAT. xiii. 23, 51: But he that received seed into the good ound is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it. sus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? ey say unto him, Yea, Lord. EPH. v. 17: Wherefore be ye t unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." PROм. x. 14: How then shall they call on him in whom ey have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of om they have not heard? and how shall they hear without reacher? Ps. xxv. 9: The meek will he guide in judgment: and the ek will he teach his way. Isa. liii. 7, 8: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: ter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth : 33 In his humiliation his judgment11 was taken away: and who shall declare his generation ? 15 for his life is taken from the earth. 34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 35. Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, "If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 14 the just judgment of him. Newcome. 15 and who can describe the wickedness of his generation, or race? see chap. xiii. 36. and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. LUKE, xxiv. 27: And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself Acts, xviii. 28: For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the Scrip tures that Jesus was Christ. * ACTs, x. 47: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? "MAT. xxviii. 19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. MARK, xvi. 16: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. AcTs, viii. 12: But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. V JOHN, ix. 35, 38: Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? And he said, Lord, I believe. And |