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of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not giv 12. For whofoever hath, to him fhall be given, and he fhall have more abundance: but whofoever hath not, from him fhall be taken away, even that he hath, 13. Therefore speak I to them in Parables: because they feeing, fee not: and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand. 14. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Efaias, which faith, By hearing ye fhall hear,

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and prudent, but haft revealed them are a rebellious house. * Mar. unto Babes. Pf. 25, 14. The fecret 4. 12. That feeing they may fee, of the Lord is with them that fear and not perceive, and hearing they him and he will fhew them his may hear, and not understand; covenant. + Cor. 2. 10. But S left at any time they fhould be God hath revealed them unto us by converted, and their Sins should be his Spirit: for the Spirit fearch- forgiven them. Luk. 8. 10. And eth all things, yea, the deep things he faid unto them, Unto you it is. of God. Joh. 2. 27. But the given to know the Mysteries of the anointing which ye have received 10 Kingdom of God: but to others of him abideth in you: and ye in Parables; that feeing they might need not that any man teach you; not fee, and hearing they might But, as the fame anointing teach not understand. Joh. 12. 40. He eth you of all things, and is truth, hath blinded their Eyes, and hardand is no lie: and even as it hath that they ned their Heart; taught you, ye shall abide in fhould not fee with their Eyes, him. nor understand with their Heart, and be converted, and I fhould heal them. * Act. 28. 26. Go to 20 this People, and fay, Hearing ye' fhall hear, and fhall not underftand; and feeing ye fhall fee, and not perceive. Rom. 11. 8. According as it is written, God hath given them the Spirit of Slumber, Eyes that they should not fee, and Ears that they fhould not hear, unto this day. 2 Cor. 3. 14. Their Minds were blinded: for unto this 30 day remaineth the fame Vail untaken away, in the Reading the old Teftament, which Vail is done away in Chrift.

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2 Cor. 4. 3. If our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are Loft.

See the Note on Luk. 19. 26. * Ifa. 6. 9. Go tell this People, Hear ye indeed, but understand not, and fee ye indeed, but perceive not. Ifa 29. 10. The Lord 25 hath poured out upon you the Spirit of deep Sleep, and hath clofed your Eyes: the Prophets and your Rulers, the Seers hath he covered. Ezek. 12. 2. Son of man, thou dwelleft in the midft of a rebellious Houfe, which have Eyes to fee, and fee not; they have Ears to hear, and hear not: for they

is neceffary to Salvation, to any Perfon difpofed to receive and em brace it; but our Lord's Meaning feems to be, To you who are difpo fed to attend to, and improve by my Doctrine, I difeover and make it known; but to those who are ready to flight and difobey it, and are unwilling to receive profit thereby, I do not vouchfafe that clear Knowedge thereof which I impart to you.

and (1) fhall not underftand: and feeing ye fhall fee, and fhall not perceive. 15. For this peoples heart is waxed grofs, and their ears are a dull of hearing, and their eyes they have clofed, left at any time they fhould fee with eyes, and hear with their ears, and thould understand with their heart, and fhould be converted, and I should heal them. 16. But bleffed are your eyes, for they fee; and your ears, for they hear. 17. For verily, I fay unto you, That P many Prophets and righteous Men have

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Mat. 16. 17. The Words uns der Ver. 11. * Luk. 10. 23, 24. And he turned him to his Difci ples, and faid privately, Bleffed are the Eyes which fee the things that ye fee. For I tell you that many 10 Prophets and Kings have defired to fee the things, &c. as in Mat. 13. 14. Joh. 20. 29. Jefus faith unto him; Thomas, because thou hafi fen me, thou haft believed; 15 bleed are they which have not feen, and yet have believed.

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made known unto the Sons of Men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apoftles and Prophets by the Spirit. Heb. 1. 13. Thefe all died in Faith, not having received the Promises, but having feen them afar off, and were perfuaded of them, and embraced them, and confeffed that they were Strangers and Pilgrims on Earth. + Gen. 49. 10. The Sceptre fhall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh come. t Dan. 2. 44. In the Days of thefe Kings, fhall the God of heaven fet up a Kingdom which shall never be deftroyed. + Hag. 2.7. I will shake all Nations, and the defire of all Nations fhall come, and I will fill this Houfe with Glory, faith the Lord of Hofts. + Zech. 6. 12. Thus fpeaketh the Lord of Hofts, faying, Behold, the Man

(1) It would be as agreeable to the Original, to render thefe Words Hearing ye will hear, and will not understand, &c. as to render them Hearing ye hall hear, &c. And this would effectually prevent the common People from thinking that the Scripture teaches that God decrees the Sins of Men. For then thefe Places would at first fight appear to be only Predictions, that Men would do fuch and fuch things, and they would not feem to be Expreffions of the Will of God that they should do them. There are very many fuch Places in the New Teftament. For Example, Perilous Times will [not shall come; Men will [not shall be lovers of themfelves. 2 Tim. 3. 1, 2. There will [not shall be falfe Teachers among you, who privily will [not fhall] bring in damnable Herefies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themfelves fwift deftruction. And many will [not fall follow their pernicious ways, 2 Pet. 2. I.

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defired to fee those things which ye fee, and have not feen them and to hear thofe things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 18. Hear ye therefore the Parable of the fower. 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was fown in his heart: this is he which received feed by the way-fide. 20. But he that received the feed into ftony Places, the fame is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. c 21. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while for when tribulation or perfecution arifeth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 22. He alfo that received feed among the thorns, is he that heareth the word: and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23. But he that received feed into the good ground, is he that heareth the word, and underftandeth it, which alfo i bear

Man whofe name is the Branch, and he fhall grow up out of his Place, and he fhall build the Temple of the Lord.

a+Mar. 4. 14. The Sower foweth the Word. † Luk. 8. 11. Now the Parable is this: The Seed is the Word of God.

bt Mat. 4. 23. Preaching the Gospel of the kingdom.

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- Mat. 19. 23. Verily I fay unto you, that a rich Man fhall bardly enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Mar. 10. 23. Jefus + looked round about, and faith unto his Difciples, How hardly fhall they that have Riches enter into the Kingdom of God? † Luk. 18. 24. And when Jefus faw that he was 10 very forrowful, he faid, How hardly,&c. as in Mar. 10. 23. 1 Tim. 6. 9. They that will be rich, fall into Temptation, and a Snare, and into many foolish and hurtful Lufts, which drown Men in Deftruction and Perdition.

+ Ifa. 58. 2. They seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. They ask of me the Ordinances of Juftice; they take delight in approaching to God. † Joh. 5. 15 35. He was a burning and a fhining light and ye were willing for a feafon to rejoice in his light. Mar, 6. 20. When he [Herod] heard him [John], he did many things, 20 and heard him gladly.

d Mat. 11. 6. Bleffed is he whofoever shall not be offended in me. Joh. 6. 60. Many therefore of his Difciples when they heard this, 25 faid, this is an hard faying, who can hear it?

ft Jer. 4. 3. -Break up your fallow Ground, and fow not among Thorns.

8 Prov. 23. 5. Wilt thou fet thine Eyes upon that which is not? for Riches certainly make themfelves Wings, they fly away as an Eagle toward Heaven.

2 Tim. 4. 10. Demas hath forfaken me, having loved this prefent World.

i beareth fruit, and bringeth forth fome an hundred-fold, fome fixty, fome thirty. 24. Another Parable put he forth unto them, faying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which fowed good feed in his field. 25. But while men flept, his enemy came and fowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26. But when the blade was fprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares alfo. 27. So the fervants of the Householder came and faid unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good feed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28. He faid unto them, An enemy: hath done this. The fervants faid unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? k 29. But he faid, Nay; left while ye gather up the tares, ye root up alfo the wheat with them. 30. Let both grow together until the harveft: and in the time of harveft I will fay to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn. 31. T Another Parable put he forth unto them, faying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of (1) muftardfeed, which a man took and fowed in his field. 32. Which indeed is the leaft of all feeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree: fo that the birds of the air come and lodge in

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Luk. 13. 19. It is like a grain of Muftard-feed which a man took and cast into his Garden, and it grew and waxed a great Tree: and the Fowls of the Air lodged in the Branches of it.

n Mich. 4. 1. In the laft Days it fhall come to pafs, that the Ic Mountain of the Houfe of the Lord fhall be established in the Top of the Mountains, and it fhall be exalted above the Hills, and People fhall flow unto it.

(1) This Plant grew to a much greater Bulk in this Country than here; infomuch that it is affirmed by one, that he had a Plant of Mufard-feed in his Ground fo large, that he could get up into the Branches thereof as into a Fig-tree,

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the branches thereof. 33. Another Parable fpal T he unto them, The kingdom of heaven is like unto ven, which a woman took and hid in three (1) meafur of meal, till the whole was leavened: 34. All the things fpake Jefus unto the multitude in parables, a without a parable fpake he not unto them: 35. TH it might be fulfilled which was fpoken by the proph faying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will ut things which have been kept fecret from the foundati of the world. 36. Then Jefus fent the multitude awa and went into the houfe: and his difciples came u him, faying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares the field. 37. He anfwered and faid unto them, He t foweth the good Seed, is the Son of man: 38. The f is the world the good feed are the children of the ki dom: but the tares are the children of the wicked on 39. The enemy that fowed them is the devil: the harv is the end of the world: and the reapers are the ange 40. As therefore the tares are gathered and burnt in t fire; fo fhall it be in the end of this world. 41. The S of man fhall fend forth his angels, and they fhall gather o of his kingdom all things that offend [Or, Scandals, a them which do iniquity; 42. And fhall caft them int furnace of fire: there fhall be wailing and gnashing

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fhalt bruife his Heel. + Joh. 8. Ye are of your Father the De and the Lufts of your Father will do. A&t. 13. 10. of all fubtilty and all mifchi Thou [Elimas] Child of the I vil.- ti Joh. 3. 8. He t committeth Sin is of the Devil € * Joel 3. 13. Put ye. int Sickle, for the Harveft is me Rev. 14.15. And another Ang came out of the Temple, cryi with a loud Voice to him that on the Cloud, Thruft in thy S kle, and reap: for the Time 15 come for thee to reap; for t Harveft of the Earth is ripe. ff See on Mat. 8. 12.

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