ment thereof. Deut. xvii. 12. The man that will not hearken unto the priest, or unto the judge, shall die.

Josh. i. 18. Whosoever will not hearken unto thy words, he shall be put to death.

Judg. ii. 17. They would not hearken to their judges.

Ezra vii. 26. Whosoever will not do the law of God and of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. Ch. x. 6, 7, 8.

Rom. xiii. 2. Whosoever resisteth, resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

See the rebellion of Korah and his company, Numb. xvi. 1, &c.-Of the Jews, Ezek. xvii. 12 to 20. See also Prov. xvi. 14, 15.—xix. 12.—xx. 2.

CXIV. Disobedience to magistrates a duty, when they abuse their power, by commanding things contrary to God's law. Instances. Exod. i. 15 to 20. The midwives in Egypt.

1 Sam. xiv. 45. Saul's army. 17. Saul's footman.

Ch. xxii.

2 Chron. xi. 16. Those which refused to worship Jeroboam's calves.

Esther iii. 1, 2, 3.-Ch. v. 9. Mordecai.

Dan. iii. 15 to 18. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

vi. 7 to 10. The prophet Daniel. Acts iv. 18, 19, 20.—Ch. v. 27, 28, 29. The apostles.

Heb. xi. 27. Moses.-Obeying in such cases a sin: See 2 Sam. xxii. 18. 2 Kings xvii. 7, 8. 19. 1 Kings xii. 28.

MINISTERS OF CHRIST. CXV. Ministers of Christ, their duties. The commission given to the apostles. Matt. v. 1. Jesus's disciples came unto him.-Ver. 18. He said, Ye are the salt of the earth, the light of the world. Ver. 14.

ix. 38. Pray the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers.

x. 5. 7, 8. These twelve Jesus sent forth; and commanded them saying, Go preach; heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. -Ver. 14, 15. Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Veri

ly I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. Ver. 40.

xxviii. 18-20. Jesus said, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mark iii. 14, 15. Jesus ordained twelve apostles, that they should be with him. And that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sickness, and to cast out devils. Ch. vi. 8. See Luke vi. 13.-ix. 1. 6.-x. 1. 16.-xxi. 15.

John xiii. 20. He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me.

xvii. 18. As thou hast sent me into

the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Ver. 6, 7, 8.

14. 26.

xx. 21. As my Father hath sent me, so send I you.

Acts i. 24. For filling Judas's place, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all the apostles prayed, and said, Thou, men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry, &c. Ver. 25.

ix. 15. The Lord said of Paul, He is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my and the children of Israel. Ver. 17. name before the Gentiles, and kings,

xiii. 2. The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them.

xxii. 21. Paul said, Jesus said unto me, I will send thee far hence, unto the Gentiles.

xxvi. 16-18. Jesus said to Paul, I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness, both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee, delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles; to whom I now send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God.

Rom. i. 1. Paul, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.

x. 14, 15. How shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach except they be sent?

1 Cor. i. 17. Paul said, Christ sent me to preach the gospel. Ver. 27.

iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

ix. 17. A dispensation of the gospel

is committed unto me.

xi. 23. Paul said, I have received of

the Lord that which I delivered unto you.

xv. 3.

I delivered unto you, that which I received, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures. 2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. Our sufficiency is of God; (1 Tim. i. 12.) who hath made us able ministers of the New Testament.

iv. 7. We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us. Ver. 1.

CXVI. Power committed to the apostles. Matt. xviii. 18. Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Ch. xvi. 19.

John xx. 23. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

in the gospel. 1 Cor. ix. 18. I abuse not my power

nion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy.

2 Cor. i. 24. Not that we have domi

x. 8. Our authority the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for de

struction.

1 Pet. v. 3. Neither as being lords over God's heritage; but being ensamples to the flock.

v. 18. God hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.-Ver. 20. We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Gal. i. 1. Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father.) 1 Tim. i. 1. Ver. 15, 16. It pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen.

Eph. iii. 7. I was made a minister of the gospel, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me, by the effectual working of his power. (Col. i. 23. 25.) Gal. i. 11, 12. Neither was I taught the gospel but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

iv. 11, 12. He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. 1 Cor. xii. 28.

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God. Phil. ii. 12.

a publican.

Rom. xvi. 17. Mark them which cause divisions, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.

1 Cor. v. 1-5. It is reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, &c. I have judged concerning him that hath done this deed. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Ver. 11. 13. I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such an one no not to eat. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

2 Cor. ii. 6. Sufficient to such a man

2 Thess. iii. 6. Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly.

Ver. 14. If any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

2 John 10. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine [of Christ] receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. See Lev. x. 10. Put a difference between the holy and profane. See Deut. xvii. 12. Ezek. xxii. 26.-xliv. 23.

For persons unjustly excommunicated and hated, see Suffering for religion; and Supports of ministers, and others, under sufferings for religion.

CXVIII. None may intrude into the ministerial office. Numb. xviii. 7. The Lord said, I have given your priest's of fice unto you, as a service of gift.--Ver.

32. Neither must the children of Israel

henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin and die.

Deut. x. 8. The Lord separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before the Lord, and to minister unto him, and and to bless in his name. Ch. xxi. 5.

Jer. xxiii, 21. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.-Ver. 30. I am against the prophets, saith the Lord. xxix. 31, 32. I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie; therefore I will punish, &c.

John x. 1. He that cometh not in by

the door is a thief and a robber.

Rom. x. 15. How shall they preach except they be sent?

Phil. i. 15. Some preach Christ even

of envy.

Heb. v. 4. No man taketh this honour to himself, but he that is called of God as was Aaron. See the punishment of intrusion into the priest's office upon Korah and his company, Numb. xvi. 1 to 36.-Upon king Saul, 1 Sam. xiii. 13 to 16.-Upon Uzziah, 2 Chron. xxvi. 16

to 22.

CXIX. Teaching truth, the duty of ministers. Exod. xviii. 20. Thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work they must do. xxiv. 12. The Lord said unto Moses,

Lev. x. 10, 11. Take heed that ye put a difference between the holy and unholy, and between the clean and the unclean. (Ezek. xliv. 23.) And teach the children of Israel the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them. Deut. iv. 14.-v. 31.—vi, 1.—xxxi. 19.

Deut. xxxiii. 10. The children of Levi shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law. 2 Kings xvii. 28. 2 Chron. xxx. 22.-xvii. 9. Ezra vii. 10.

1 Sam. xii. 23. Samuel said, I will teach you the good and the right way.

Neh. viii. 8. The Levites read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. See ver. 5, 6.

Isa. viii. 20. To the law and to the testimony, &c.

xxviii. 10. Precept must be upon precept, line upon line, here a little and

there a little.

the tongue of the learned, that I should 1. 4. The Lord God hath given me know how to speak a word to him that is weary.

li. 16. I have put my words in thy mouth, and have concealed thee in the hollow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. Jer. i. 9.

lviii. 1. Cry aloud, spare not: lift up thy voice like a trumpet, shew my people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. Ezek. xvi. 2. Cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.

Ch. xx. 4.

Jer. iii. 15. I will give you pastors feed you with knowledge and underaccording to mine own heart, that shall standing.

xxiii. 28, 29. The prophet that hath that hath my word, let him speak my a dream, let him tell a dream; and he word faithfully: what is the chaff to the wheat, saith the Lord? Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Ch. xx. 9.

Ezek. ii. 7. Then thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear.

iii. 17-19. I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth,

and give them warning. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die, and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, he shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand. If thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. Hab. ii. 1. Ezek. xvi. 2. Cause Jerusulem to know her abominations.

Hos. viii. 1. Set the trumpet to thy mouth.

Mic. iii. 8. I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Mal. ii. 7. The priest's lips should preserve knowledge, and the people should ask the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Matt. xiii. 52. Every scribe instructed into the kingdom of heaven, is like an householder, that bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

xxviii. 19, 20. Go ye, and teach all nations; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world.

John xxi. 15. Jesus said to Peter, Feed my lambs, Feed my sheep.

Acts v. 42. Daily in the temple, and in every house, the apostles ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus Christ.

vi. 4. The apostles said, We will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

xiv. 21, 22. When they had preached the gospel, and taught many, they returned again, confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith.

xvi. 40. Paul and Silas comforted the brethren and departed.

xviii. 6. Paul said, I am free from the blood of all men.

xx. 17-20. Paul called the elders of the church of Ephesus, and said, Ye know after what manner I have been with you at all seasons; serving the Lord with all humility. I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you. Ver. 24. I have testified the gospel of the grace of God.-Ver. 26, 27. I take you to record that I am pure from the blood of all men. (Ch. xviii. 6. Ezek. iii. 17.) I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Ver. 28. Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God.— Ver. 31. Watch, and remember that I ceased not to warn every man, night and day, with tears.

xxviii. 31. Paul continued preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things that concern the Lord Jesus, with all confidence.

Rom. xii. 7. Let us wait on ministering, on teaching, on exhortation.

xv. 16. Ministering the gospel of the grace of God.

xvi. 12. Tryphena, and Tryphosa, and Persis, laboured much in the Lord.

1 Cor. iii. 9-11. We are labourers together with God. According to the grace of God, given unto me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation. Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. See to ver. 15.

iv. 1, 2. Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. Ver. 4. 1 Pet. iv. 10.

Ver. 14. As my beloved sons I warn you.

ix. 16. Though. I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of, for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.

xiv. 3. He that prophesieth, (i. e. preacheth,) speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

xv. 10. I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

xvi. 10. Timotheus worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. 2 Cor. vi. 1. We then as workers together with God, beseech you, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

2 Cor. ii. 17. We are not as many which corrupt the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

iv. 2. We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

v. 19, 20. God hath committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then