They marvelled and glorified God; and his Ver. 34. He casts out many devils. xvi. 9. Casts seven devils out of Mary Mag-fame spread abroad. dalene. Luke viii. 2. Luke xiii. 32. Christ said, I do cures, and cast out devils. Thus literally did Christ-Gen. iii. 15. Bruise the serpent's head. Heb. ii. 14. Destroy the devil, and his works. 1 John iii. 8. John xii. 31. Cast out the prince of this world. Luke xi. 22. Being stronger than he. Col. ii. 15. Spoil principalities and powers. Luke xi. 20. By the finger, the power, and Spirit of God. LIII. Christ heals sicknesses. Matt. viii. 13. The servant of a believing centurion. Luke vii. 10. Peter's wife's mother. Mark i. 30. Luke iv. 38. 1x. 35. Every sickness and disease among the people. Matt. xii. 15.-xiv. 14. Luke ix. 11. John iv. 50. A nobleman's son. Effect: Ver. 53. The father of the child, and his whole house, believed. Christ cures blindness. Matt. ix. 30. Two blind men, by touching their eyes. Effect: Ver. 31. His fame spread abroad. Mark viii. 22, 23. A blind man, by spitting upon his eyes. x. 46. Cures Bartimeus. Luke vii. 21. Cures many. Mark vi. 56. John ix. 6, 7. A blind man, by anointing his eyes with clay. Effect: Ver. 32, 33. The man said, Since the world began was it not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. Ver. 16. 38. Isa. xxix. 18-xxxv. 5. Deafness. Mark vii. 32. A man that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech, by putting his fingers into his ears and touching his tongue. Effect: Ver. 37. They were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well. Matt. xi. 5. Lameness. Luke xiii. 13. Makes straight woman bowed down with an infirmity. Effect: She glorified God. a 44. ix. 22. He cures a bloody issue. Luke viii. xii. 10. He restores a withered hand. Luke vi. 10. LIV. Christ raises the dead to life. Matt. ix. 25. Jairus's daughter. Luke vii. 11. A widow's son. John xi. 39. Lazarus. Effect: Ver. 45. Ch. xii. 11. Many of the Jews believed on him because of Lazarus. LV. He calms the wind and sea, &c. Matt. viii. 27. Mark vi. 51. Luke viii. 24. Effect: They marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! xiv. 25. He walked on the sea. John vi. 19. xiv. 29. Makes Peter walk upon the water. Mark vi. 43. Feeds five thousand, with five loaves, and two fishes. viii. 8. Feeds four thousand, with seven loaves, and a few fishes. John ii. 8. He turns water into wine. Ef fect: Ver. 23. Ch. iii. 2. Many believed on him, seeing the miracles which he did. xxi. 6. Directs the disciples to take a great draught of fishes. Effect: Luke v. 8. Peter me, for I am fell down and said, Depart from a sinful man, O Lord. Matt. xvii. 27. Directs Peter to find a piece of money in a fish's mouth. xxi. 19. He curses the barren fig-tree, which immediately withers. LVI. Miracles accompanying the death of Christ. Matt. xxvii. 45. A supernatural darkness.-Ver. 51, 52. The veil of the temple rent, the earth quaked, the rocks rent, graves opened, and many bodies of saints arose. Effect: Ver. 54. The centurion and those that were with him, seeing these things, said, Truly this was the Son of God. xxviii. 2. A great earthquake at his resur Luke xxii. 51. Heals a servant's ear that rection. was cut off. John v. 8. Cures a man at the pool of Bethesda. The leprosy. Matt. viii. 3. A leper, by touching him. Mark i. 40. Effect: They blazed abroad his fame. Luke xvii. 14. Ten lepers. Effect: One of them who was a Samaritan, glorified God, and returned to Jesus and gave him thanks. xiv. 2. 4. Cures the dropsy. The palsy. Matt. iv. 24.-viii. 6. Mark ii. 3. 5. 10. 12. Luke v. 18. 24, 25. Effect: LVII. Christ empowers his disciples to work miracles for propagating the Gospel. Matt. x. 1. He gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease. Ver. 8. He said unto them, Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye have received, freely give. Mark iii. 15.—vi. 7.—xvi. 17. Luke ix. 1.— x. 19.-xxiv. 49. 1 Cor. xii. 9. 28. 30. MIRACLES OF THE APOSTLES. LVIII. Miracles wrought by the Apostles. Mark vi. 13. They cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. Luke ix. 6. Luke x. 17. The devils were subject unto them. Ver. 41. Three thousand are converted by Ver. 43. Many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. Ch. xiv. 3. x. 1. Cornelius's vision.-Ver. 11. Peter's vision.-Ver. 13. A voice to him. Ver. 44. The Holy Ghost falls upon Cornelius, and others that heard Peter preaching the gospel. v. 5-10. The death of Ananias and Sapphira. Ver. 19. The apostles are brought out of prison, by an angel. vi. 15. Stephen's face seen, as the face of an angel. vii. 55. Stephen sees Christ. xiii. 11. Elymas struck blind. xiv. 10. Paul heals a cripple, at Lystra. Ch. xvi. 18. Paul casts out a spirit of divina iii. 2. 6, 7. Peter and John cured a lame tion. man, at the gate of the temple. v. 12. Many signs and wonders were wrought by the apostles. Effect: Ver. 14. Believers were the more added to the Lord. ! xvi. 26. An earthquake. The apostles in prison have their bands loosed. xix. 6. The Holy Ghost given, at laying on of Paul's hands.-Ver. 12. He casts out evil spirits, &c. Ver. 15. They brought the sick into the streets. Ver. 16. There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusa- | &c. brought from Paul's body. lem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits; and they were healed every one. Ver. 12. Diseases cured by handkerchiefs, viii. 6, 7. Philip did many miracles, casting out unclean spirits, curing the lame, and those which had palsies. xxviii. 5. Paul, unhurt, shakes a viper off his hand. Ver. 8. He cures the father of Publius of a fever and bloody flux.-Ver. 9. Others cured of diseases. Heb. ii. 4. God bearing them witness, with ix. 1-20. Paul's conversion. Ch. xxii. 3. signs and wonders, and with divers miracles -xxvi. 12. and gifts of the Holy Ghost. Rom. xv. 19. Ver. 34. Peter heals Eneas of the palsy.-Through mighty signs and wonders, by the Ver. 40. Raises Dorcas from the dead. power of the Spirit of God. 1 Pet. i. 21. God received him up, and gave | refused is become the head of the corner. This him glory; that your faith and hope might be is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our in God. eyes. Matt. xxi. 42. Acts iv. 11. 1 Pet. Rev. i. 6. To him be glory and dominion, for ever. See Mark x. 37. John vii. 39.— xii. 16. 23.-xiii. 31.—xvii. 24. Acts iii. 13. Gal. i. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 18. See Christ shall judge the world. CHRIST'S EXALTATION. IV. Christ's exaltation at God's right hand. Ps. cx. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 34. 1 Cor. xv. 25. Isa. lii. 13. He shall be exalted and extolled. Mark xvi. 19. The Lord was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. Acts vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. ii. 7. lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. Matt. xxiii. 8. One is your master, even Christ. Rom. viii. 29. That he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Heb. i. 2. Appointed heir of all things. 1 Cor. xi. 3. The head of every man is Christ. Eph. iv. 15. Eph. i. 22. God gave him to be the head over all things, to the church. iv. 15. May grow up into him, which is the head, even Christ. v. 23. Christ is the head of the church. VII. The church is subject to Christ. Matt. iii. 11. He is greater than John the Baptist. xii. 6. Greater than the temple.-Ver. 41. Eph. i. 20. He set him on his own right-Greater than Jonas.-Ver. 42. Than Sohand. Col. iii. 1. Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Heb. i. 3. Who sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. viii. 1. We have an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. x. 12. He for ever sat down on the right hand of God. xii. 2. At the right hand of the throne of God. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right hand of God. Ch. iv. 13. Rev. iii. 21. I am set down with my Father in his throne. V. The same thus otherwise expressed. Ps. viii. 5. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour. Heb. ii. 9. Rev. xix. 12. lxxxix. 19. I have exalted one chosen out of the people. lomon. Heb. iii. 3. Worthy of more glory than Moses. VIII. Christ exalted above angels. Ps. viii. 6. Thou hast put all things under his feet. 1 Cor. xv. 27. Eph. i. 22. Eph. i. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory.-Ver. 20-22. Raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand; far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet. Phil. ii. 9, 10. God hath given him a name, which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth. Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power. Heb. i. 4. Made so much better than the John vi. 62. Ye shall see the Son of man, angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a ascend up where he was before. Acts ii. 33. Jesus being by the right hand of God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear. See Christ's power: also, His kingly office: His works. Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand. Phil. ii. 9. God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, which is above every name. VI. Christ exalted above mankind. Ps. cxviii. 22, 23. The stone which the builders more excellent name than they. Ver. 5. Unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? Ps. ii. 7. Ver. 13. To which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Ps. cx. 1. ii. 5. Unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come.-Ver. 8. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; for in that he put all things under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. See Christ worshipped. CHAPTER VI. DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST. Ps. ii. 7. | Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. i. 3. I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.-Ver. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish. lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder. Matt. iii. 17. A voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. viii. 29. The devils cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God? Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.-Ver. 35. He shall be called the Son of God. Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Heb. i. 2. God hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son. 1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him. v. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? Hence the title of Father so often given to God by Jesus Christ and others. As: Matt. xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth.-Ver. 27. No man knoweth the Son but the Father. xxviii. 19. Baptizing in the name of the John i. 34. I saw and bear record, that this Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, is the Son of God. Mark xiii. 32. Of that day knoweth no Ver. 49. Nathaniel said, Thou art the Son man, no not the Son, but the Father. of God. v. 18. The Jews sought the more to kill him, because he said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. ix. 35. Jesus said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?-Ver. 37. It is he that talketh with thee. John x. 36. Say ye, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? Ver. 25. 32. 37. Ch. xv. 10. xix. 7. The Jews said, By our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. xx. 17. I ascend to my Father and your Father; to my God and your God. Ver. 31. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus.-Ver. 26. God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you. viii. 37. The eunuch said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached Christ, that he is the Son of God. Rom. i. 3, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was declared to be the Son of God with power. xiv. 36. Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee. Luke x. 22. No man knows who the Father is but the Son. xxii. 42. Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup. xxiii. 34. Father, forgive them. Ver. 46. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son. v. 23. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father. 1 John ii. 23. Whoso denieth the Son hath not the Father.-(And so in many other places.) II. Christ is distinguished from the created sons of God, by the peculiar epithets of begotten, first and only begotten, first-born, &c. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5.—v. 5. John i. 14. The only begotten of the Father.-Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom of the viii. 32. He spared not his own Son; but Father. delivered him up for us all. iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave 2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of our his only begotten Son. Ver. 18. Lord Jesus Christ. Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the first John i. 1. The word was God. Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Phil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifest in the flesh. Tit. i. 3. Tit. ii. 10. Adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour. Ver. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. dom of heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, &c. Matt. xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. See ver. 45, 46. 48. 50. Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. Luke ii. 11. Unto you is born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. v. 8. Peter said, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? xxiii. 42. Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. John vi. 68. Lord to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. xiii. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well, for so I am. Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ. Ver. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Ch. viii. 16.-x. 48.— xxii. 16. v. 14. Believers were the more added to the Lord. vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ix. 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.-Ver. 10. To Ananias the Lord said, &c. Ver. 15. 17. Ch. xviii. 9. Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name of Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, O God, is for ever the Lord.-Ver. 42. Many believed in the and ever. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. See Christ creates. 1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us. v. 20. This is the true God and eternal life. V. Christ is Lord. Ps. cx. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. Heb. i. 13. Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Matt. iii. 3. Jer. xxiii. 6. This is his name wherewith he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. name of the Lord. x. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all. xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord Jesus.-Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. xviii. 8. Crispus believed on the Lord with all his house.-Ver. 25. Apollos was instructed in the way of the Lord. xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus. Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich unto all that call upon him. xiv. 9. Christ both died, and rose and re (In the original it is, Jehovah our righteous-vived, that he might be Lord both of the dead ness.) Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered. Rom. x. 13. Mal. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant. Matt. vii. 21, 22. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king and living. Acts x. 36. Lord of all. 1 Cor. ii. 8. Lord of glory. 1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing. iii. 5. Ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man. iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the Lord. v. 4, 5. In the name of our Lord Jesus |