and entring into the house, they saw the infant with Mary his mother, and prostrating themselves, they worshipped him: then opening their treasures, they presented him with gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great will be your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

and Jesus said to the centurion, go thy way, what you believed could be done, is effected for you. and his servant was healed in that very hour.

Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass in your purses:

and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.

besides, how could any one enter into the house of a man of might to rob him of his goods, except he first master the strong man? and then indeed he might plunder his house.

Then certain of the Scribes and of the Pharisees said, master, we should be glad you would shew us some miracle.

while he was speaking, a bright cloud surrounded them: and suddenly a voice broke out of the cloud, saying, "this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."

I presented him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.

then came the disciples to Jesus in private, and said, why could not we cast him out?

saying, go to yonder village, and you will immediately find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me.

saying, " tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt, the fole of an ass."

they brought the ass with the colt, threw their clothes on them, and mounted him thereon:

wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, if any man swear by the temple he is under no obligation: but if he swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.

for unless the time was to be short, very few could escape, but for the sake of the converts the time shall be short.

for this could have been sold for a great price, which might have been given to the poor.

then returning to the disciples, and finding them asleep, he said to Peter, what, could ye not watch by me one hour?

and cry'd, you that could destroy the temple, and rebuild it in three days, now save thy self: if thou art the son of God, come down from the cross.

but as soon as he was gone, he began freely to talk of it, and blazed it about every where, so that Jesus could not go publickly into the city any more, but stay'd in the out parts, which were not much frequented, where people came to him from every quarter.

for having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had wrench'd his chains, and broke his fetters, so that no body could tame him.

which Herodias resented, and form'd a design against his life, but could not execute it;

but your doctrine is this, if any one shall tell his father or his mother, that what he could bestow for their relief, is corban, that is, to be given to the temple;

Jesus leaving that place, went towards the frontiers of Tyre and Sidon; and entring into a house, desired to let nobody know it; but he could not be conceal'd.

then he put his hands upon his eyes, and made him look again. and his sight was so well recovered, he could see distinctly.

his raiment was of an exceeding bright whiteness, like that of snow, and such as no fuller upon earth could imitate.

then a cloud surrounded them, and a voice from the cloud, said, "this is my beloved son, hear him."

now when Jesus was retired to his own house, his disciples asked him in private, why could not we cast this spirit out?

go to yonder village that faces you, and upon your entrance into it, you will find a colt tied, that never was yet backed; loose him, and bring him to me.

accordingly they went, and finding the colt tied before a door, where two ways met, they untied it.

upon which some people there said to them, what do you mean by untying the colt?

then they brought the colt to Jesus, and throwing their garments upon it, he mounted thereon.

and observing at a distance a fig-tree full of leaves, he went up to it to see if he could find any fruit upon it. but when he came to it, he found it had nothing but leaves, (for it was not the season for that sort of fig.)

so that if the Lord should suffer it to last, no man could escape: but he will not suffer the time to last long, out of regard to his elect.

but they objected, it could not be during the festival, for fear of a popular insurrection.

for we could have sold it for above two hundred denarys, and given them to the poor: and they inveighed against her.

she has done what she could: she has perfum'd my body previously to my burial.

they were glad to hear him, and promis'd to give him money. upon which he contriv'd the most favourable occasion to betray him.

Then he return'd, and having found them sleeping, he said to Peter, Simon, are you asleep? could you not watch one hour?

but when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; for he intimated it to them by signs, and continued dumb.

he is like a man who in building a house, digg'd deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: an inundation came, the current beat impetuously upon that house, but could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

which the Pharisee, who had invited him, observing, he thus argued with himself, if this man were a prophet, he could not but know that the woman, who is so busy with him, is a person of a loose character.

One day the mother of Jesus, and his brethren came to speak with him, but could not get near by reason of the crowd.

and among the rest a woman, who had been troubled with an hemorrhage twelve years, having consum'd her whole fortune upon physicians, who could none of them cure her; she getting behind him,

then the woman finding she could not conceal herself, came trembling, and kneeling down before him, confess'd before all the people, why she had touch'd him, and how she was instantly cured.

while he was speaking, there came a cloud and over-shadowed them, who were seized with fear, at their vanishing in the cloud,

but they did not comprehend that expression: it was as a riddle, which they could not understand, and they were afraid to desire him to explain the meaning of that expression.

Then he said to the people, when you see a cloud rise out of the west, you say, it is just going to rain; and so it happens.

and they could not tell what to reply to it.

but they comprehended nothing of all this: his discourse was a riddle to them, and they could not find out the meaning.

was very desirous to see the person of Jesus, but could not for the crowd, he being of a low stature.

saying to them, go to the village opposite to you: at your entrance there, you will find a colt ty'd, that was never yet back'd: untie it and bring it here.

Accordingly the messengers went, and found the colt, as Jesus had told them.

as they were untying the colt, the owners said, why do you untie the colt?

so they brought it to Jesus. and throwing their garments upon the colt, they mounted Jesus thereon.

but they could not find the means of effecting it; for all the populace were strongly attach'd to his doctrine.

and then shall they see the son of man come on a cloud, with power and great glory.

which however appear'd to them such a delirious tale, they could not give credit to any of them.

your father Abraham long'd to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

if this man had not his mission from God, he could do nothing.

and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there (to the intent you may believe) but now, let us go to him.

but some of them said, this man who has given sight to the blind, could not he have prevented Lazarus's death?

"fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy king comes sitting on an ass's colt."

therefore they could not believe, according to what Esaias said in another place, "he hath blinded their eyes,

now the servants and officers that were there, had made a coal-fire, for it was cold, to warm themselves: and Peter stood warming himself among them.

Jesus answered, you could not have any power over me, except you deriv'd it from above: therefore they who delivered me into your hands are the most culpable.

and when he had so said, he show'd them his hands and his side. the disciples were therefore extremely glad when they saw it was the Lord.

After this discourse, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

therefore did my heart rejoice, my tongue was glad: and my body shall rest in hope.

then Peter said, silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give thee: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk.

yet seeing the man who was cured standing with them, they could not tell what to reply.

upon which Peter said, Ananias, how could satan inspire thine heart to lye to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Upon hearing this, the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests wonder'd bow this could be.

at length Saul rose from the ground; and when he opened his eyes, he could not see: so that they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus,

when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he try'd to associate himself with the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and could not be persuaded that he was a disciple.

if therefore God has bestow'd the same favour upon them, as on us, after we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I make any opposition to the divine will?

who upon his arrival there, was glad to see such effects of the divine grace, and exhorted them all to remain firmly attach'd to the christian profession:

although they could not convict him of any thing capital, yet they demanded of Pilate, that he should be put to death.

by him, every one who believes, is purged from all that guilt, for which the law of Moses had made no such provision.

Now at Lystra there was a man, who could not stand upon his feet, he was born a cripple, and had never walked about.

but whatever they could say, it was with difficulty that they restrain'd the people from sacrificing to them.

for what you say sounds so very strange, we should be glad to know what it means.

since then we are the offspring of God, we should not imagine that the Deity bears any resemblance to the form which Gold, or Silver, or Stone has receiv'd from human art and industry.

I have not desir'd to get from any one either silver, or gold, or apparel.

or let these now declare, if they could convict me of any misdemeanor, when I was brought before the Sanhedrim:

but Paul having made his appeal, insisting to have his cause refer'd to the cognizance of the emperor, I order'd him into custody, till I could send him to Cesar.

thereupon Agrippa told Festus, he himself should be glad to hear the man. to-morrow, said Festus, you shall hear him.

for as that haven could not cover us from the storm, most were of opinion to bear away, and try to put in at Phenice, where we could ride safe, the port lying by south-west, and north-west.

we could not go upon the wind, but were forc'd to let her drive.

when we were nigh the isle Clauda, we had much ado to hoist in the skiff.

and our spirits droop with fasting: when Paul presented himself, and said, "well, my friends, it had been, if I could have prevail'd upon you, to have sav'd your selves all this perplexity and loss by staying at Crete.

who had a mind to save Paul, prevented their design: and order'd all that could swim immediately to get off to shore,

where the inhabitants, as much barbarians, as they were, receiv'd us with great humanity. they kindled a fire, and secur'd us from the falling rains, as well as the cold:

but we should be glad to know your sentiments: for as to this sect, we are sensible it is every where inveigh'd against.

not at all: for then how could God judge the world?

"how then are we better than they?" why, not at all: for we have already convicted both Jews and Gentiles, of being all under the guilt of sin.

because the effect of the law is punishment: for if there had been no law, there could have been no transgression.

God having sent his own son invested with a body like that of sinful men, as a sacrifice for sin, thereby destroyed its power; which the law could not effect, human nature being in such a corrupted state.

for I could wish to be as one anathematiz'd from the christian church for my brethren, who are of the same race as my self,

and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach except they be sent? as it is written, "how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"

as it is written, "God hath given them up to a state of insensibility, so that their eyes could not see, and their ears could not hear."