Infirmities which he endured. Matt. iv. 1. He was tempted of the devil. Ver. 2. He fasted and hungered. Ch. xxi. 18. John xix. 28. He thirsted. Ch. iv. 7. iv. 6. He was weary. Luke xv. 2. He receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Matt. xi. 19. He is a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. Luke vii. 34. xxvii. 63. A deceiver. John vii. 12. He Matt. viii. 24. He slept. John xi. 35. He deceiveth the people. wept. Mark iii. 5. He was grieved. John xii. 27. His soul was troubled. Matt. xxvi. 37. He was sorrowful. Luke xxii. 44. In an agony he prayed. Matt. viii. 20. He had not where to lay his head. XV. That he should be despised of men. Isa. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, To him whom man despiseth, whom the nation abhorreth. liii. 2, 3. He hath no form nor comeliness, nor beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; and we esteemed him not. Ps. xxii. 6. I am despised of the people. Ps. cxviii. 22. Fulfilled. John i. 11. He came to his own, and his own received him not. Luke xix. 14. They say, We will not have this man to reign over us. Matt. xxvii. 23. The people said, Let him be crucified. Ver. 25. His blood be upon us and our children. John ix. 16. This man is not of God. Matt. ix. 3. This man blasphemeth. xxvi. 65. Ye have heard his blasphemy. John x. 33. John x. 20. He hath a devil, and is mad, why hear ye him? viii. 48. Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil. Ver. 52. Matt. xii. 24. This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of devils. Ch. ix. 34. Luke xvi. 14. They derided him. Ch. xxiii. 35. Matt. xxvii. 29. They mocked him. Ver. 31. Mark xv. 20. John v. 16. They call him a Sabbath breaker. Heb. xii. 3. He endured such contradiction of sinners against himself. XIX. That he should be persecuted. Isa. liii. 4. We did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. Ps. Ixix. 26. They persecute him whom thou hast smitten; they talk to the grief of Luke xxiii. 18. They cried out all at once, those whom thou hast wounded. Ps. vii. 1. saying, Away with this man. Fulfilled. John v. 16. The Jews did per John xviii. 40. Release unto us, not this secute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because man, but Barabbas. he had done these things on the Sabbath day. -Ver. 18. They sought the more to kill him, XVI. He was hated. Luke xix. 14. His because he said that God was his Father. citizens hated him. xv. 20. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. XX. That Jews and Gentiles should join against him. Ps. ii. 1, 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set them XVII. That he should be reproached. Ps. selves, and the rulers take counsel together xxii. 6. I am a reproach of men. XVIII. Reproaches cast upon him. Matt. xiii. 55. Is not this the carpenter's son.-Ver. 57. They were offended in him. Mark vi. 3. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary? John i. 46. Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? vii. 52. Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. Luke vii. 39. If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, for she is a sinner. John ix. 24. This man is a sinner. against the Lord, and against his anointed. Fulfilled. Matt. xii. 14. The Pharisees held a counsel together how they might destroy him. Mark iii. 6. John xi. 53. Luke xxiii. 12. Pilate and Herod were made friends together. Acts iv. 27, 28. Against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. XXI. Should be sold for money. Zech. xi. 12, 13. They weighed for my price thirty XXIII. Prophecies of Christ concerning who should betray him. John vi. 64. Jesus knew from the beginning who should betray him. Ver. 70, 71. He said, Have not I chosen you twelve? and one of you is a devil. He spake this of Judas; for he it was that should betray him. Matt. xxvi. 21. One of you shall betray me.-Ver. 23. He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish shall betray me. Luke xxii. 21. The hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. John xiii. 18. He that eateth bread with me hath lift up his heel against me. Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 14, 15, 16. Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Ver. 47. Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude. Ver. 48, 49. He gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is he. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master, and kissed him. XXIV. Concerning the miserable end of Judas. Ps. cix. 7, 8. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned. Let his days be few, and let another take his office. Acts i. 20. Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 24. Wo unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. Fulfilled. Matt. xxvii. 4, 5. Judas said, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And he went and hanged himself. Acts i. 25. That he might go to his own place. Zech. xiii. 7. Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts, smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. Thus expressed by Christ. Matt. xxvi. 31. All ye shall be offended because of me this night. Mark xiv. 27. John xvi. 32.-Fulfilled. Ver. 56. They all forsook him and fled. XXVI. Peter's denying him. Matt. xxvi. 34. Peter, thou shalt deny me. Ver. 70-74. Peter denied, &c. He denied again with an oath. He denied, and began to curse and to swear. XXVII. That Christ should be beaten and spit on. Ps. xxii. 16. The assembly of the wicked have enclosed me. Isa. 1. 6. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.-Fulfilled. Matt. xxvi. 67. Mic. v. 1. They shall smite the Judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.— Fulfilled, Matt. xxvii. 30. XXVIII. Christ's own testimony of this. Matt. xvi. 21. From that time forth Jesus began to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Matt. xx. 18, 19. Behold, we go up unto Jerusalem, (Luke xiii. 33. For it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem) and the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles, to mock, &c. Mark x. 34. To spit upon, and to scourge, and to kill him; and the third day he shall rise again. XXIX. Concerning what kind of death he should die. Ps. xxii. 16. They pierced my hands and feet. Zech. xii. 10. They shall look on me whom they have pierced. John iii. 14. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up. Matt. xxvi. 2. After two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.-Ver. 45. The hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. XXX. Christ's silence. Isa. liii. 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he XXV. That Christ should be forsaken. opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. Fulfilled. Matt. xxvii. 12. accused, he answered nothing. -xv. 3. 5. Luke xxiii. 9. When he was Mark xiv. 61. XXXVI. His death. Dan. ix. 26. Messiah shall be cut off. Isa. liii. 8. Cut off out of the land of the living.-Ver. 12. He hath poured out his soul unto death. Luke xxii. 53. This is your hour, and the 1 Pet. ii. 23. When he was reviled, he re- power of darkness.-Matt. xxvii. 50. Jesus viled not again. XXXI. They give sentence against him. Matt. xxvi. 66. They condemn him to death. Ver. 67, 68. Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy to us, thou Christ, who is he that smote thee? Luke xxii. 64. cried and yielded up the ghost. Mark xv. 37. broken. 1 Cor. v. 7. Christ our passover is John xix. 36. That the scripture might be fulfilled. A bone of him, shall not be broken. Luke xxiii. 1. They lead him to Pilate (a Comp. Ex. xii. 46. Gentile.) Ver. 7. Pilate sends him to Herod.-Ver. 11. Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and sent him again to Pilate. XXXVIII. Buried with the rich. Isa. liii. 9. He made his grave with the rich. Matt. xxvii. 57, 58. There came a rich man of Arimathea, and begged the body of Jesus. Ver. 21. The people cried, Crucify him.--Ver. 59, 60. He wrapped it in clean linen, Ver. 23. And the voices of them, and of the and laid it in his own new tomb. chief priests, prevailed. Ver. 66. They made the sepulchre sure, Ver. 24. And Pilate gave sentence, that it sealing the stone and setting a watch. should be even as they required. Matt. xxvii. 26. Pilate scourged Jesus, and delivered him to be crucified. Ver. 27, 28, 29. Ver. 30, 31. They spit upon him, and smote him on the head, and led him away to crucify him. XXXIX. That he should arise from the dead. Ps. xvi. 10. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Christ often promised he should rise on the third day, which answers to his not seeing corruption, in the foregoing text. See Matt. xvi. 21.-xx. 19. Mark viii. 31. XL. Christ seems to rest the credit of all his pretensions on this event of his rising from the dead. Matt. xvi. 16. Peter said unto him, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.Ver. 20. He charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ, (Mark ix. 9,) till the Son of man were risen from the dead." XLI. The witnesses of his resurrection. Matt. xxviii. 5-7. The angel said to the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified. He is not here, for he is risen as he said. Go quickly and tell his disciples, that he is risen from the dead, and behold he goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see him. See John xx. and Mark xvi. 6, 7. Luke xxiv. 5, 6. XLII. Other evidences of Christ's resurrection are, his appearances often after he arose, to many who had been personally acquainted with him before his death. Mark xvi. 9. He appeared first to Mary Magdalene. John xx. 14. Matt. xxviii. 9. To other women. Mark xvi. 12. To two disciples as they went into the country. Luke xxiv. 36. To the eleven and others with them.-Ver. 40. He shewed his hands and his feet to them.-Ver. 43. He did eat before them. Mark xvi. 14. John xx. 19. John xx. 26, 27. To the disciples: and said to Thomas, Reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless but believing. Luke xxiv. 34. He appeared to Simon. John xxi. 1. To the disciples, at the sea of Tiberias. Matt. xxviii. 16. To the eleven, on a mountain in Galilee. Acts i. 3. To the apostles he shewed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs; being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. xv. 6. He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once. Acts x. 40, 41. Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly unto witnesses chosen before of God; even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. ii. 32. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 1 Cor. xv. 14. If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. XLIII. He was raised by the power of God. Rom. vi. 4. Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father. Heb. xiii. 20. The God of peace brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus. Rom. i. 4. He was declared to be the Son of God with power, by the resurrection from the dead. ther and your Father, to my God and your God. Fulfilled. Luke xxiv. 51. It came to pass while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. Mark xvi. 19. Acts i. 9. While they beheld he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. XLV. That he should sit at God's right hand. Ps. cx. 1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. cxviii. 22. The stone which the builders refused, &c. Acts vii. 55, 56. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God; and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. XLVII. Also promised by Christ. Luke xxiv. 49. Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high. Acts i. 4. John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.-Ver. 26. He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. xv. 26, 27. He shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been 1 Cor. xv. 20. He is the first-fruits of them with me from the beginning. that slept. Rev. i. 5. The first-begotten of the dead. See Acts iii. 15. 26.-iv. 10. 33.-v. 30.xiii. 30. 33, 34.-xvii. 3. Rom. iv. 24, 25.vii. 4.-viii. 11. 1 Cor. vi. 14.-xv. 14-18. Eph. i. 20. Col. ii. 12. 1 Thess. i. 10. 2 Tim. ii. 8. 1 Pet. i. 21. XLIV. Concerning Christ's ascension. Ps. xvi. 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life. Ixviii. 18. Thou hast ascended on high; thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts for men. Ps. xxiv. 7. John vi. 62. What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up, where he was before? Ch. xiv. 12. Acts i. 5. Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Matt. iii. 11. John said of Christ, He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. Fulfilled. Acts ii. 4. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.-Ver. 16. Peter said, This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. Ver. 33. Jesus, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. XLVIII. Other prophecies uttered by Christ. The persecutions of Christians. xx. 17. Jesus said, I ascend unto my Fa- Matt. x. 22. Ye shall be hated of all men for Mark xiii. 13. Luke my sake. Ver. 16. xxi. 17.-x. 3. xxiv. 9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you. Ch. x. 17. John xvi. 2. Matt. xxiii. 34.-v. 11.-x. 22. John xv. 20. Fulfilled. Acts vi. 12. They stoned Stephen. Ch. vii. 59. viii. 1. At that time there was a great persecution. ix. 1. Saul persecuted them. Ch. xxii. 7, 8.-xxvi. 14, 15. xxvi. 9. I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus. Ver. 11. Ch. xxii. 19. Acts xxviii. 22. As concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against. MIRACLES OF CHRIST. XLIX. The evidence of miracles appealed to as a foundation of faith in Christ. Matt. xi. 5. To determine John the Baptist's faith, Christ only sends him an account of his miracles and ministry. John v. 36. The works that I do bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me. Ch. ix. 4.-x. 25. x. 37, 38. If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. Though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him. Ch. xiv. 11. x7. 24. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin. Ch. iv. 48. Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. xx. 30, 31. Many other signs did Jesus, which are not written: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. xii. 37. Though he had done so many miracles, some believed not. Matt. xi. 20. He began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. Acts ii. 22. Jesus approved of God by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did by him. L. New Testament miracles, a foundation of faith in Christ. Miracles attending the birth of Christ, and that of John his forerunner. Luke i. 20. Zacharias is struck dumb for unbelief.-Ver. 64. The use of his speech is restored. Ver. 41. The babe leaped in Elisabeth's womb: she is filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesieth of Christ. Matt. i. 18. Christ's miraculous conception and birth foretold by an angel. Ver. 20, Luke ii. 11. 15. Christ's birth published by an angel, to shepherds; who, thereby finding him, glorified God. Ver. 20. Matt. ii. 2. An extraordinary star appears, and guides the wise men to where Christ was: they worship him. Ver. 11. Luke ii. 25-38. Simeon and Anna are directed by the Spirit to acknowledge Christ, and speak of him. LI. Miraculous cures performed by Christ, and the effects thereof. Matt. iv. 23. Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease, among the people.Ver. 24. And they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. The effects thereof: Ver. 24, 25. His fame spread abroad, and there followed him great multitudes. xi. 5. The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up. Isa. xxxv. 6., xv. 30. Great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and he healed them. Effect: Ver. 31. They wondered, and glorified God. LII. Devils cast out by Christ. Matt. viii. 16. He cast out the spirits with his word. (Mark i. 32, 33. Luke iv. 40.) Ver. 28. Out of two men he cast devils, who enter into the swine. Ver. 32. Mark v. 2. 8. 15. Luke viii. 26. 29. Effect: The people were taken with great fear. ix. 32. He casts a devil out of a dumb man, who then spake. Effect: The people mar velled saying, It was never so seen in Israel. xii. 22, 23. He casts a devil out of a man, blind and dumb, who then both spake and saw. (Luke xi. 14.) Effect: The people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? xv. 22. He cast a devil out of the daughter of a woman of Canaan. Mark vii. 25. He commended her faith. xvii. 15. Casts a devil out of a child that was a lunatic, and sore vexed with a devil. (Mark ix. 17. Luke ix. 43.) Effect: The people were all amazed at the mighty power of God. The father of the child said, I believe, help thou mine unbelief. Mark i. 23. Christ casts out an unclean spirit. (Luke iv. 36.) Effect: Ver. 27, 28. The people were amazed, and his fame spread abroad. |