and shall lay thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another: because thou didst not regard the time of thy visitation.

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while the light is to be with you; walk while ye have the light, least darkness overtake you; for he that walketh in the dark knoweth not whither he goeth.

And we co-operating with Him do also exhort you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:

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to make known salvation to his people,

and the angel said to them, Be not affrighted; for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people,

But whatever house ye come into, first say, Peace be to this house:

According to the declaration which He made to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

Then Paul and Barnabas boldly said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but since ye reject it, and judge not yourselves worthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles:

Therefore, as the holy Ghost saith, "To-day if ye will hear his voice,

For if we sin wilfully after having received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins;

and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than Abel.

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And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, Ye shall hear by the hearing of the ear, and not understand; and in seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: for the heart of this people is grown stupid,

so that the word of Esaias the prophet was fulfilled, which he spake, saying, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

And so disagreeing one with another they separated, when Paul had said one word, to wit, that the holy Spirit spake rightly by Esaias the prophet to our fathers,

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he sought: but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded,

for unto this day the same veil remaineth unremoved in the reading of the old testament, which veil is taken away in Christ.

And if our gospel also be veiled, it is to those that perish;

who comes, through the efficacy of Satan, with all kind of lying power, and signs,

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and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."

But those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

that I have great grief and continual sorrow in my heart: