A. D. 64. to you but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles, xiii. 46. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed, Gal. iii. 8. Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the Gospel unto you at the first, iv. 13. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. i. 12. But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, Rom. x. 16, 17. b For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision, Rom. ii. 25. And though 1 bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing, 1 Cor. xiii. 3. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8. C A. D. 64. HEB. IV. 1, 2. he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers, Luke xii. 45, 46. When once the Master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last, xiii. 25-30. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God, Rom. iii. 23. I therefore so run not as uncertainly; so fight I not as one that beateth the air; But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway, 1 Cor. ix. 26, 27. VER. 2. Καὶ γάρ ἐσμεν εὐηγγελισμένοι, καθάπερ κακεῖνοι· ἀλλ ̓ οὐκ ὠφέλησεν ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀκοῆς ἐκείνους, μὴ συγκεκραμένος τῇ πίστει τοῖς ἀκούσασιν Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief, ver. 6. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in For unto us was the Gospel preach-departing from the living God, iii. 12. ed, as well as unto them: but the word preached b did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief, 18, 19. But without faith + Or, because they were not united by he that cometh to God must believe it is impossible to please him: for heard it. *Gr. the word of hearing. faith to. a Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities, Acts iii. 26. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him, xi. 6. For our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your şakes, 1 Thess. i. 5. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe, ii. 13. That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you;brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, 2 Thess. ii. 12, 13. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls, Jam. i. 21. VER. 3. Εἰσερχόμεθα γὰρ εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν οἱ πιστεύσαντες, καθὼς εἴρηκεν· Ως ὤμοσα ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου, εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν | κατάπαυσίν μου· καίτοι τῶν ἔργων ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου γενηθέντων. For a we which have believed do enter into rest; as he said, ↳ As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Το | A. D. 64. for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls, Matt. xi. 28, 29. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God, Rom. v. 1, 2. bSee on chap. iii. ver. 11. c And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day, Gen. i. 31. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it, Exod.xx.11. d For them must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world; but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifce of himself, Heb. ix. 26. Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1 Pet. i. 20. VER. 4. Εἴρηκε γάρ ποῦ περὶ τῆς ἑβδόμης οὕτω Καὶ κατέπαυσεν ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὑτοῦ. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of umbelief, ver. 6. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his, 10. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief, 11. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end, iii. 14. whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing; yet they would not hear, Isa. xxviii. 12. Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk | εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου, therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein, Jer. vi. 16. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And b God did rest the seventh day from all his works. a See on chap. ii. ver. 6. clause 2. b Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made, Gen. ii. 1, 2. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed, Exod. xxxi. 17. VER. 5. Καὶ ἐν τούτῳ πάλιν· Εἰ εἰσελεύσονται And in this place again, a If they shall enter into my rest. a For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world, ver. 3. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest, iii. 11. *Or, the Gospel was first preached. a There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God, ver. 9. But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none, 1 Cor. vii. 9. bI will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they, Numb. xiv. 12. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised, 31. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen ; for the LonD God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name, Isa. lxv. 15. Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof, Matt. xxi. 43. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good and the wedding was furnished with guests, xxii. 9, 10. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is | A. D. 64. which were bidden shall taste of my supper, Luke xiv. 21-24. Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and Then said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you; but seeing ye put it from you, everlasting life, lo, we turn to the and judge yourselves unworthy of Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth, Acts xiii. 46, 47. Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the xxviii. 28. Gentiles, and that they will hear it, ed, as well as unto them: but the For unto us was the Gospel preachword preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them ture, foreseeing that God would justhat heard it, ver. 2. And the Scriptify the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed, Gal. iii. 8. See on chap. iii. 18, 19. VER. 7. Δαβὶδ λέγων, μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον· καθὼς Πάλιν τινὰ ὁρίζει ἡμέραν, σήμερον ἐν ἀκούσητε, μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας εἴρηται· Σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ μäv. C room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, b To-day, after so long a time; (as it is said) To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. To-day if ye will hear his voice, Hara Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith, den not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness, Heb. iii. 7,8. Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word He saith unto them, How then doth was in my tongue, 2 Sam. xxiii. 1, 2. David in spirit call him. Lord, saying, Matt. xxii. 43. For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, the LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool, Mark xii. 36. And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my my right hand, Luke xx. 42. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption, Acts ii. 29-31. b For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice, Psal. xcv. 7. And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD, 1 Kings vi. 1. And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they desired a king; and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will, Acts xiii. 20-23. VER. 8. Εἰ γὰρ αὐτοὺς Ἰησοῦς κατέπαυσεν, οὐκ ἂν περὶ ἄλλης ἐλάλει μετὰ ταῦτα ἡμέ ρας. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. * That is, Joshua. a These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things, declare plainly that they seek A. D. 64. a country. And truly if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned, Heb. xi. 13-15. For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the 'LORD your God giveth you, Deut. xii. 9. Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it, xxv. 19. Until the LORD hath given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising, Josh. i. 15. And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan, xxii. 4. And it came to pass a long time after, that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age, xxiii. 1. VER. 9. Αρα ἀπολείπεται σαββατισμὸς τῷ Aa rOU BOU There a remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. *Or, keeping of a sabbath, a Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it, ver. 1. For we which have believed do enter into rest; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world, S. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest, iii. 11. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious, Isa. xi. 10. He shall enter into peace: they they before the throne of God, and b Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, Heb. xi. 25. The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted, Psal. xlvii. 9. And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins, Matt. i. 21. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works, Tit. ii. 14. Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy, 1 Pet. ii. 10. A. D. 64. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. a Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it, ver. 1. have believed do enter into rest, as For we which he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world, 3. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God, x. 12. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence forth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they their works do follow them, Rev. xiv. may rest from their labours; and 13. b When Jesus therefore had receiv ed the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost, John xix. 30. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; that he no longer could live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God, 1 Pet. iv. 1,2. See on ver. 3. clause 3. VER. 11. Σπουδάσωμεν οὖν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν κατάπαυσιν· ἵνα μὴ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τις ὑποδείγματι πέσῃ τῆς ἀπειθείας· 1 VER. 10. Ὁ γὰρ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς κατέπαυσεν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ, ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων ὁ Θεός, a Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, blest any man fall after the sume example of * unbelief. * Or, disobedience. a Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it, ver. 1. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end, vi. 11. Enter ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat, Matt. vii. 13. And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent |