consider the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor lay up any stores; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?

he answer'd them, have ye not read what David and the rest of the company did when they were hungry,

and he answered them, have ye not read, that when the creator, at the beginning, made male and female,

and said to him, do you hear what they say? yes, said Jesus; have ye never read, "out of the mouth of babes and sucklings I will make a consort of praise?"

Jesus reply'd, did ye never read in the scriptures, " that very stone which the builders rejected, is become the principal stone of the angle, this the Lord effected, and it is marvellous in our eyes."

now as to the state of life after death, have ye not read that expression of God himself,

his lord answered and said unto him, thou vile slothful wretch, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not scatter'd:

but he replied, have ye never read what David, and the rest of the company did, when they were press'd with hunger?

have you not read, said he, this passage of scripture, "the stone which the builders rejected, is become the principal stone of the angle.

and as for the dead, that they will actually rise, have you not read in the book of Moses those words, which God pronounc'd out of the bush to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?"

being come to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; according to his custom, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and standing up to read,

but Jesus replied, have you never read what David did, when he and his company were press'd with hunger?

the ground over-run with thorns denotes such as have embraced the doctrine, but are so immerst in the business, enjoyments, and pleasures of life, as not to improve it to any real advantage.

consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?

but he said to them, you pretend to piety before men, which, however they may admire, is an abomination to God, who knows your real temper.

for I was in fear of you, knowing you to be a hard master, who exact what you never gave, and reap where you have never sown.

to this said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

I sent you to reap where you bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and you are entred into their labours.

now this inscription was read by many of the Jews: for Jesus was crucified nigh the city: and it was written in Syriac, Greek, and Latin.

Philip ran to him, and hearing him read the prophet Esaias, said, do you understand what you read?

the passage of the scripture which he read, was this, "he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before his shearer, was dumb, so opened he not his mouth:

so he went out after the angel without knowing that what the angel had done, was real; but thinking it was all a vision.

as for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and their senators, by their not knowing who he was, and by condemning him, they have accomplished the declarations of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day:

for as to the law of Moses, that has been published in every city a considerable time, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day.

The governour having read the letter, ask'd Paul of what province he was, and being inform'd he was of Cilicia, you shall be heard,

but now being set free from sin, and actually in the service of God, the present advantage you reap is holiness, and the future everlasting life.

As to the eating therefore of what is offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that the heathen deities have no real existence, and that there is but one God.

if for your benefit we have sown spirituals, is it so extraordinary if we should reap some benefit from your temporals?

you are my epistle, your conversion being writ in. my heart, known and read by all men:

nevertheless, when Moses is read, the veil upon their mind continues unto this day:

remember, " he who sows sparingly, shall reap also sparingly: and he who sows bountifully, shall reap also bountifully."

But as for those who were men of real eminency, how considerable soever they were heretofore, it does not any ways affect me; God accepts not the person of any man: for they who were of note, in conference with me, had nothing new to add.

be not deceived, God will not be mocked: for what a man soweth, that shall he also reap:

he that soweth to his vices, shall reap the deadly fruit of his vices; but he that sows to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap everlasting life.

let us then not be weary in doing good, for in due season we shall reap, if we be not tired.

church which uses to meet in his house. when this epistle has been read among you, take care that it be read likewise in the church of the Laodiceans, and

that you read the epistle from Laodicea. give Archippus this instruction from me, take care to discharge the function, you

I conjure you by the Lord, that this epistle may be read to all our christian brethren.

from a principle of conscience. what glory is there in suffering corporal punishment for real offences? but if you meet with ill usage for doing your duty, and bear it with constancy,

to exhort you to feed the flock of God, which is among you: to take care of it, voluntarily, without reluctance, not from any view to sordid gain, but out of real affection;

my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.

and I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and read the book, nor to look therein.

and a sharp sickle in his hand. and another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, "thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the reaping time is come; for the

and he said unto me, "write, happy are they who are invited to the marriage-supper of the lamb." and he said to me, "thus I have delivered the real oracles of God."