that they who are in a state of life should not live at their own discretion, but to the service of him who died for them, and rose again.

my meaning is not, that you should be distress'd to relieve others, I only recommend an equality;

for if the Macedonians should come with me, and find you unprepared, how shall I, not to say you, be ashamed for having had so little ground to boast of you?

for though I should more than ever magnify my authority, which the Lord hath given us for your improvement, and not for your ruin, I should have no reason to be ashamed;

but I fear lest by some means or other, as Eve was beguiled by the subtilly of the serpent, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is due to Christ.

tho' if I had a mind to glory, I might do it without vanity, for I should say nothing but what is true: but now I forbear, lest any man should ascribe more to me than my actions, or my preaching can justify.

and lest I should be exalted above measure by the extraordinary revelations I have had, I was afflicted in my person, so that the messenger of satan insulted me; concerning which,

This is the third time I purposed to come to you; but I will not be burdensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you: since it is not expected children should lay up for their parents, but parents for their children: on the contrary,

I shall be glad to sacrifice myself and all I have for your service, even tho' it should happen that the more I love you, the less I should be beloved.

but tho' I, or an angel from heaven should preach any thing to you for gospel, different from the gospel I have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

and I went up according to revelation, and communicated to them that gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles; but privately to those who were of note, lest the pains, that I have already taken, or may hereafter take in the gospel, should be in vain.

Peter, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, perceived the favour that was bestowed on me, they admitted me and Barnabas into fellowship, and agreed, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.

"To what purpose then was the law?" it was added as a check to transgressors, till the offspring should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels with the intervention of a mediator.

Is the law then opposite to the promises? by no means. for if there had been a law given, which could have given life, certainly justification should have been by the law.

but it is just you should cultivate my affection for you upon all proper occasions, and not only when I am present with you.

but far be it from me that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is as contemptible to me, as I am to the world.

according as he had chosen us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, free from vice, and devoted to virtue.

that we should celebrate his glory, who were the first that plac'd our hopes in Christ.

"that the Gentiles should be heirs as well as the Jews, make one body together, and partake of the divine promise in Christ by the gospel."

upon me, who am the meanest of all christians, is this favour bestowed, that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the undiscoverable advantages by Christ;

that we should be no longer children, fluctuating, and carried about with every empty doctrine, by men vers'd in sleight and the crafty arts of deceit:

I should have this opinion of you, being sensible you make the dispensation I am under a common concern, with respect to my confinement, and the defence and confirmation of the gospel.

that at the name of Jesus both angels and men, the living and the dead, should pay their adorations,

and that every nation should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God the father.

that you may be without reproach, the inoffensive spotless children of God in the midst of a depraved and perverse generation (among whom you should shine as stars in the world,

and if my blood should serve as a libation to ratify your faith, I should rejoice and congratulate with you all thereupon;

and you too should be glad and congratulate me upon that account.

for he long'd to see you all, and was greatly concern'd, that you should hear he was sick. and indeed he was sick almost unto death:

but God had pity on him, and not on him only, but on me likewise, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

I mention this, lest any one should deceive you by specious pretences.

that I may publish it in the manner, it should necessarily be done.

and even when we were with you, we foretold you, that we should be persecuted, as you know it happen'd.

not being able therefore to wait any longer, I sent Timothy to know the state of your faith, for fear the tempter should have seduc'd you, and all our labour have prov'd abortive.

and such is the will of God, that you should be holy, and avoid licentiousness;

that every one of you should take care to preserve the dignity of his

that no man should be exorbitant, and behave contumeliously to his brother: because the Lord is the avenger of all such crimes, as we have formerly remonstrated to you.

Now I would not have you, my brethren, be mistaken about the state of the dead, lest you should be as greatly afflicted as those, who have no hope.

and that you, who are distress'd, should obtain your repose, together with us, when the Lord Jesus, with his angels, the ministers of his power, shall descend from heaven,

not, that we had no just claim, but to present ourselves as a pattern, which you should imitate,

pursuant to the maxim, which we laid down, when among you, "he that refuses to work should be deny'd food."

and if any one should disregard what we have prescrib'd, signify it to us by letter, and don't converse with him, that he may be put to shame.

however I obtained mercy, that Jesus Christ might demonstrate the greatness of his clemency, by making me an eminent instance of it to those who should hereafter believe in him, in order to eternal life.

nor must he be a new convert; for fear he should be elated with pride, and so involve himself in the same ruin as the devil.

and by lending an assiduous ear to such lessons, render it impossible they should ever be acquainted with the truth.

that being justified by his favour, we should have the inheritance of eternal life, according to our hopes.

This is a secure rule, and what I would have you constantly maintain, that they who have believed in God, should take care to be examples of virtue, for that is commendable and useful to mankind.

not as a slave, but in another quality, as a dear brother whom I particularly value, but much more should you, both as he is your servant, and as he is a christian.

Therefore we ought to give the greater attention to the things we have heard, for fear we should abandon the gospel.

whence it was necessary he should be in all things like his brethren; that he might be a merciful high priest, and faithfully discharge the divine office of expiating the sins of the people.

so I swear in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest."

and who were they, who, he sware, should not enter into his rest, but those that did not believe? so we see that they could not enter in,

Let us therefore fear, lest any of us by rejecting the promise of entring into his rest, should be excluded from it.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any of us by imitating their incredulity, should fall short thereof like them.

If therefore the Levitical priesthood, concerning which the people received a law, could have given perfection, what further need was there that another priest should rise, to be named after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the order of Aaron?

every high priest being establish'd to offer gifts and sacrifices: it was necessary that he likewise should make a peculiar offering,

It was therefore necessary that what was only a type of the heavenly sanctuary, should be purified by such sacrifices; but the heavenly sanctuary itself, by a more excellent sacrifice.

as then it is appointed that men should die but once, after which the judgment ensues;

And indeed it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats, should take away the guilt of sin.

for it is necessary you should persevere, that after having perform'd what God has commanded, you may receive what he has promised.

for you should consider how he endured such opposition from sinners against himself, lest ye be tired out, and quite despond.

clear the way for your feet, lest that which is lame should be quite out of joint, instead of being redress'd."

but constancy should be brought to its perfection, that you may be entirely accomplished, without any defect.

if you should respectfully say to the suit of fine cloths, sit you there, that's for quality; and to the poor man, stand thou there, or place your self at my feet:

he that said, "do not commit adultery," said too, "do not kill." though you should not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you are a transgressor of the law.

suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment,

and one of you should thus address him; "go and prosper, I wish you a warm fire, and a full meal:" without relieving his wants, would he be the better for your wish?

don't repine, my brethren, against one another, for fear you should be condemn'd. behold, the judge is at the gate.

for since it is the will of heaven you should suffer, it is better you should suffer for your virtue, than for any crimes.

the Lord does not delay the accomplishment of his promise, as some do imagine. but he waits with patience upon our account, as being unwilling that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Since then this whole system is to be destroyed, how holy should your conduct be, and how ardent your piety?

he that hath such an expectation should purify himself, even as he is pure.

for this is the doctrine that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

and white robes were given to every one of them, and it was said unto them, that they should have patience yet for a little while, till the number of their fellow-servants, and their brethren, that should be killed, as they were, should be complete.

After these things, I saw FOUR ANGELS standing on the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind should not blow on the land, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

and another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar, which was before the throne.

and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and all that is therein, the earth and all that is therein, the sea and all that is therein, "that the time should be no longer defer'd."

but when the seventh angel should speak, and the trumpet should sound, the mystery of God should be accomplish'd, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

if any man should offer to hurt them, fire will proceed out of their mouth, and destroy their enemies: whoever should hurt them, would by this means perish.

that no body should buy or sell unless he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

then cast him into the bottomless pit, there shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should seduce the nations no more, till the thousand years should he fulfilled: and after that, he was to be loosed for a short time.