and said, men and brethren, the prediction which the holy ghost made, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to those that seiz'd Jesus, must have been accomplished.

for David says concerning him, "I had the Lord always present before me, he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

men and brethren, let me with assurance tell you of the patriarch David, who died and was buried here, his sepulchre being with us to this day:

for David is not ascended to heaven: yet he saith himself, "the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand,

who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, "why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

which our fathers and Joshua having receiv'd, they carry'd it into the territory of those nations whom God drove out upon their arrival: where it staid to the time of David, who was favoured by God,

God removed Saul, and rais'd up David to be their king, to whom he gave this testimonial, " I have found David the son of Jesse: he is a man most acceptable to me, and he will execute all my orders."

and to show that he rais'd him from the dead, never more to return to corruption, he said thus, "I will faithfully perform the promises, which I made to David."

for David, after he had serv'd in his time the designs of providence, died and was buryed with his fathers, and was subject to corruption.

"after this I will return and build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down: