ten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. Add iniquity unto their iniquity and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous, Psal. lxix. 22--28. For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword, will the LORD plead with all flesh and the slain of the LORD shall be many, Isa. lxvi. 15, 16. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth up for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book, Dan. xii. 1. Hear this ye old men, and give ear all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Joel i. 2. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle, Zech. xiv. 2, 3. For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch, Mal. iv. 1. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation, which God created, unto this time, neither shall be, Mark, xiii. 19. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled, Luke xxi. 24. Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost, 1 Thess. ii. 16. For if we sin wil

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fully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and done despite unto the spirit of grace? Heb. x. 26-29.

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

a And except that the Lord had shortened those days no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days, Mark xiii. 20.

b Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there, Isa. lxv. 8, 9. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: and they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God, Zech. xiii. 8, 9. Therefore I endure all things for the elects' sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory, 2 Tim. ii. 10. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth

the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light, 1 Pet. ii. 9.

VER. 23.

Tóte láv tıg úμïv slæy 'Idoù, de ó Xgστὸς, ἡ ὧδε· μὴ πιστεύσητε.

Then if any man shall say unto you, a Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it

not.

a And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not, Mark xiii. 21. And they shall say to you, See here, or see there: go not after them nor follow them. For as the lightning, that shineth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day, Luke xvii. 23, 24. And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near go ye not therefore after them, xxi. 8. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive, John v. 43.

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so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast which had the wound by a sword, and did live, Rev. xiii. 13, 14. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone, xix. 20.

c For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect, Mark xiii. 22. For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost, Acts xx. 16. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men, Rom. xii. 18. Where is then the

blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me, Gal. iv. 15.

d All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out, John vi. 57. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one, x. 28-30. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth, Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love

of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, Rom. viii. 31-39. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time, 1 Pet. i. 5. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not, 1 John v. 18. And the great dragon

was cast out, that old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the | word of their testimony; and they | loved not their lives unto the death, Rev. xii. 9-11.

VER. 25.

Ἰδοὺ, προείρηκα ὑμῖν.
Behold, I have told you before.

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a And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid have I not told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me yea, there is no God; I know not any, Isa. xliv. 7, 8. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it, xlvi. 10, 11. I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will ye not declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things and thou didst not know them, xlviii. 5, 6. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended, John xvi. 1.

VER. 26.

Ἐὰν οὖν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν· Ἰδοὺ, ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐστί· μὴ ἐξέλθητε· ἰδοὺ, ἐν τοῖς ταμεῖοις· wiTENTE.

Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

before these days madest an uproar, a Art not thou that Egyptian, which

and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? Acts xxi. 38.

VER. 27.

“Ωσπες γὰρ ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἐξέρχεται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, καὶ φαίνεται ἕως δυσμῶν, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνgou.

For a as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; b so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

a For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven, so shall also the Son of man be in his day, Luke xvii. 24.

b Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom, Matt. xvi. 28. Be ye also patient, stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, Jam. v. 8. And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were

into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LonD come, Joel ii. 30, 31. Shall not the day of the Lonp be darkness, and not light? even very darkness, and no brightness in it? Amos v. 20. The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, Zeph. i. 14, 15. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth for the powers of heaven shall be shaken, Luke xxi. 25, 26. And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come, Acts ii. 19, 20. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken by a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains. And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. vi. 12-17.

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ται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐπι τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ δόξης πολλῆς.

Son of man in heaven: band then shall And then shall appear a the sign of the all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

a And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? ver. 3. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him, Dan. vii. 13. Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? Mark xiii. 4.

b Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen, Rev. i. 7. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand, vi. 15— 17.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory, Mark xiii. 26. Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up into heaven, shall so come in like manner, as ye have seen him go into heaven, Acts i. 11. And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Thess. i.7,8. See also on chap. xvi. ver. 27. clause 1.