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Diligence. The spiritual harvest.

27 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and

then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto
you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the
fields; for they are white already to har-
vest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages,
and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that
both he that soweth and he that reapeth
may rejoice together. And herein is that
saying true, One soweth, and another
reapeth. I sent you to reap that where-
on ye
bestowed no labour: other men
laboured, and ye are entered into their
labours.

John iv.

35-37.

28 The harvest truly is plenteous, but the Matt. ix. 37. labourers are few; pray ye therefore the

lord of the harvest, that he will send forth

labourers into his harvest.

29 Gather up the fragments that remain, that John vi. 12. nothing be lost.

29 No man having put his hand to the plough, Luke ix. 62. and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of

God.

Wisdom.

19-21.

28 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon Matt. vi. earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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29 Gather up the fragments that remain, that John vi. 12.

nothing be lost.

16-21.

29 The ground of a certain rich man brought | Luke xii. forth plenteously: and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said to him, Thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

30 A rich man shall hardly enter into the king- Matt. xix.

dom of heaven.

23.

30 How hard is it for them that trust in riches Mark x. 24. to enter into the kingdom of God.

30 There was a certain rich man, which had a

steward; and the same was accused unto
him that he had wasted his goods. And
he called him, and said unto him, How is
it that I hear this of thee? give an account
of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be
no longer steward. Then the steward said
within himself, What shall I do? for my
lord taketh away from me the stewardship:
I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. I am
resolved what to do, that, when I am put
out of the stewardship, they may receive
me into their houses. So he called every

Luke xvi. 1-8.

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one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said
to the first, How much owest thou unto
my lord? And he said, A hundred measures
of oil. And he said, Take thy bill, and sit
down quickly, and write fifty. Then said
he to another, And how much owest thou?
And he said, A hundred measures of wheat.
And he said, Take thy bill, and write four-
And the lord commended the un-
just steward, because he had done wisely.

score.

Patience.

28 He that endureth to the end shall be saved. 29 If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

30 He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.

30 In your patience possess ye your souls.

Matt. x. 22.

John viii. 31, 32.

Matt. xxiv.

13. Luke xxi. 18.

Self-denial. Fasting.

28 When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a

sad countenance: for they disfigure their
faces, that they may appear unto men to
fast. Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward. But thou, when thou fastest,
anoint thy head, and wash thy face; that
thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto
thy Father which is in secret: and thy
Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward
thee openly.

Matt. vi. 16-18.

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28 Can ye make the children of the bridechamber Luke v. 34, fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

But the days will come, when the bride-
groom shall be taken away from them, and
then shall they fast in those days.

35.

29 If any man will come after me, let him deny Matt. xvi. himself, and take up his cross, and follow

me.

24.

26-33.

30 If any man come to me, and hate not his Luke xiv. father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all they that behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

30 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

John xii.

25.

VI.

WORDS OF OR TO INDIVIDUALS.

Where the words addressed to individuals teach some general truth, they are arranged under the general subject rather than the special person, and mostly partly under both; e.g. The New Birth, and Nicodemus.

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TO INDIVIDUALS.

To John the Baptist.

28 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto John v. 33. the truth.

28 He was a burning and a shining light, and John v. 35. ye were willing for a season to rejoice in

his light.

28 What went ye out into the wilderness to see?
A reed shaken with the wind? But what
went ye out for to see? A man clothed in
soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft
clothing are in kings' houses. But what
went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea,
I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
For this is he, of whom it is written, Be-
hold, I send my messenger before thy face,
which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 Among them that are born of women, there
hath not risen a greater than John the

H

Matt. xi. 7

10.

Matt. xi. 11.