is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Re. xx. 10-15.

29 Two sparrows.] Fear not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Lu. xii. 7.

Farthing.] The same servant (whose debt had been forgiven) went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence, and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. Mat. xviii. 28.

And one of them shall not fall.] These wait all upon thee that thou mayest give them their meat in due season; that thou givest them they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good; thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust; thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth. Ps. civ. 27-30.

30 The very hairs of your head.] And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid as the Lord liveth there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. 1 Sa. xiv. 45. As the Lord liveth (said David to the widow of Tekoah), there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 2 Sa. xiv. 11. And Solomon said, If he (Adonijah) will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness shall be found in him he shall die. 1 Ki. i. 52. But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Lu. xii. 7. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. Lu. xxi. 18. I pray you (those who sailed with Paul to Rome) to take some meat; for this is for your health; for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. Ac. xxvii. 34.

31 Ye are of more value, &c.] See chap. vi. 26. What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not lay hold VOL. II.

on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Mat. xii. 11, 12. Thou hast made him (man) a little lower than the angels; and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Ps. viii. 5. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them; how much more are ye better than the fowls. Lu. xii. 24. Doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? Lu. xiii. 15, 16. (For it is written in the law of Moses) Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt this is written, that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 1 Co. ix. 9, 10.

32 Confess me.] I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. Ps. cxix. 46. Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God; but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Lu. xii. 8, 9. The Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. John ix. 22. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved; for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Ro. x. 9, 10. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who, before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession. 1 Ti. vi. 12, 13. Be not thou, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God. 2 Ti. i. 8. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him and he in God. 1 John iv. 15. I know thy works (said Christ to the angel of the church in Pergamos), and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast

not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you where Satan dwelleth. Re. ii. 13.

Him will I confess.] Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Mat. xxv. 34. Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith (to Eli), I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 Sa. ii. 30. He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. Re. iii. 5.

33 Deny me. before men.] He (Peter) denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth; and again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee; then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Mat. xxvi. 70-75. Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mar. viii. 38. Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his own glory and in his Father's and of the holy angels. Lu. ix. 26. He that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. · Lu, xii. 9. If we deny him (Jesus) he also will deny us. 2 Ti. ii. 12. There were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pe. ii. 1. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father; (but he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath the Father also). 1 John ii. 23.

34 That I am come to send peace.] Woe is "me" (said “Jeremiah"), my mother, that

thou hast born me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth, Je. xv. 10. I will send "them" ("the Jews," said the wisdom of God) prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute; that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation. Woe unto you, lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in, ye hindered. And as he said these things unto them, the Scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things, laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth that they might accuse him. Lu. xi. 49-54. Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying (if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink), said, Of a truth, this is the Prophet; others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him. And some of them would have taken him, but no man laid hands on him. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them), Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee! Search and look; for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. John vii. 40-52. When the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you; but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. Ac. xiii. 45. 50. But the unbeliev ing Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. Ac. xiv. 2. 4.

35 To set a man at variance against his father.] See verse 21, and com.

36 A man's foes shall be they, &c.] I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Ge. iii. 16. Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Ge. iv. 8-10. Joseph went after his brethren and found them in Dothan. And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams. And (as Reuben interfered to save him) they took him and cast him into a pit; and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels, bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. Then there passed by Midianites, merchant-men, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph into Egypt. Ge. xxxvii. 17-20. 24-28. Eliab his eldest brother heard when he (David) spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David; and he said, Why camest thou down hither? And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the

naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 1 Sa. xvii. 28. David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life; how much more now may this Benjamite do it? Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him. 2 Sa. xvi. 11. He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me; my kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me; they that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight; I called my servant and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth; my breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake, of mine own body; yea, young children despised me; I arose and they spake against me; all my inward friends abhorred me, and they whom I loved are turned against me. Job xix. 13-19. Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Ps. xli. 9. It was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it; neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himself against me: then I would have hid myself from him; but it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. Ps. lv. 12, 13. Even thy brethren (said the Lord to Jeremiah) and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee; believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. Je. xii. 6. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. Je. xx. 10. The son dishonoureth the father; the daugh ter riseth up against her mother; the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. Mi. vii. 6. I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. John xiii. 18. **

37 That loveth father or mother.] Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Mat. xxii. 37. And of Levi he (Moses) said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy Holy One, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children; for they