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things fhall come upon this generation. 37. O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, thou that killeft the Prophets, and ftoneft them which are fent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38. Behold, your houfe is left unto you defolate. 39. For I fay unto you, Ye fhall not fee me henceforth, till ye fhall fay, Bleffèd is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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ND Jefus went out and departed from the Temple; and his difciples came to him for to fhew him the buildings of the Temple. 2. And Jefus faid unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I fay unto you, There fhall not be left here one Stone upon another that fhall not be thrown down. 3. And as he fat upon the mount of Olives, the difciples came unto him privately, faying, " Tell us, when fhall these things be? and what fall be the fign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4. And Jefus answered and faid unto them, Take heed that no man deceive

you. And they confpired against him, and stoned him with Stones at the Commandment of the King, in the Court of the House of the Lord.

Luk. 13. 34. The fame Lamentation as here.

**2 Chron. 24. 21. The Words ander Ver. 35. See on Mat. 21.

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Pfal. 118. 26. See on Mat. 21. 9.

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hi Thef. 5. 1. But of the Times and Seafons, Brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

it Eph. 5 6. Let no man deceive you with vain Words. † Col. 2. 8, 18. Beware left any man fpoil you through Philofophy and vain deceit, Let no man beguile you of your Reward, in a voluntary humi lity, and worshipping of Angels,

.2 Thef. 2. 3. Let no man deceive you by any means. † 1 Jolt. 4. I. Beloved, believe not every Spirit, but try the Spirits whether they are of God; because many falfe Prophets are gore out into the World.

k We are likewife cautioned, that we neither deceive our flues, nor 20 fuffer our felves to be decev.d by others in the following Text, Jer. 29. 8. Jer. 37. 9. Mar. 13. 5. Luk. 21. 8. 1 Cor. 3. 18. I Cor. 6. 9. I Cor. 15.33. Gal. 6. 7.

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you. 5. For many fhall come in my name, faying, I am Chrift and fhall deceive many. 6. And ye fhall hear ol Wars, and rumours of Wars: fee that ye be not " troubled: for all these things must come to pafs, but the end is not yet. 7. For nation fhall rife against nation, and kingdom againf kingdom and there fhall be famines, and peftilences, and earthquakes in divers places. 8. All these are the beginning of Sorrows. 9. Then fhall they deliver you up to be afflict

mine, and judge of fuch Doctrines of Faith and Rules of Life as are proposed to us.

t Jer. 14. 14. Then the Lord faid unto me, The Prophets prophe 5 fie Lies in my Name, I fent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither fpake unto them: They prophefie unto you a falfe Vifion, and Divination, and a thing 10 of nought, and the deceit of their Heart. Jer. 23. 25. I have heard what the Prophets faid, that prophefie Lies in my Name. tJoh. 5. 43. I am come in my Fathers 15 Name, and ye receive me not: if another hall come in his own Name, him ye will receive.

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n Pfal. 46. 1, 2. God is our Re- 20 fuge and Strength, a very prefent Help in Trouble, therefore will we not fear, though the Earth be moved, and though the Mountains be carried into the midft of the Sea. 25 Pfal. 112. 7. He fhall not be afraid of any evil Tidings: his Heart is fixed, trufting in the Lord.

2 Chron. 15. 6. Nation was deftroyed of Nation, and City of Ci- 30 ty: for God did vex them with all Adverfity. Hag. 2. 22. I will overthrow the Throne of Kingdoms, and I will deftroy the ftrength of the Kingdoms oftheHeathen, and I will 35 overthrow theChariots,and thofe that ride in them,and thellorfes and their Riders fhall come down, every one by the Sword of his Brother. + Zech. 14. 13. It fhall come to 40 pafs in that Day, that a great Tumult from the Lord fhall be among

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31. One fhall undertake to fight a gainst another, one City against ano ther, one Place again another, one People against another, and one Realm against another. 2 Efdr. 15.5, 19. Behold, faith the Lord, I will bring Plagues upon the World: the Sword, Famine, Death, and Destruction. A Man fhall have no pity upon Neighbour, but fhall deftroy their Houfes with the Sword, and fpoil their Goods, because of the lack of Bread, and for great Tribulation. 2 Efdr. 16. 19, 21. Behold, Fa mine and Plague, Tribulation and Anguifh are fent as Scourges for Amendment. Behold, Victuals fhall be fo good cheap upon Earth, that they fhall think them. felves to be in good Cafe, and even then shall Evils grow upon the Earth, Sword, Famine, and great Confufion.

92 Efdr. 14. 16. Greater Evils than thefe thou haft feen happen, fhall be done hereafter.

**Mat. 10. 17. Beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the Councils, and they will Scourge you in their Synagogues. † Mar. 13. 9. Take heed to your felves: for they fhall deliver you up to Councils, and in the Synagogues ye shall be beaten, and ye thall be

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ed, and fhall kill you; and ye fhall be hated of all Nations for my names fake. 10. And then fhall many be offended, and fhall betray one another, and thall hate one another. 11. many falfe Prophets fhall rife, and fhall deceive many. 12. And becaufeiniquity fhall abound, the love of many fhall wax cold. 13. But he that fhall endure unto the end, the fame fhall be faved. 14. And this f gospel of the kingdom fhall be preached in all the world, for a witK 3

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knoweft, that all they which are in Afia be turned away from me. Heb. 10. 25. Not forfaking the Affembling our felves together as the manner of fome is.

brought before Rulers and Kings for my fake, for a Teftimony to them. Luk. 21. 12. They fhall Ley their Hands on you, and perfecute you, delivering you up to the Synagogues, and into Prifons, being brought before Kings and Rulers for my Names fake. + Joh. 15. 20. Remember the Word that I faid unto you, the Servant is not 10 greater than the Lord. If they have perfecuted me, they will allo perfecute you: if they have kept my Saying, they will keep yours allo. Joh. 16. 2. They fhall put you out of the Synagogues: yea, the Time cometh, that whofoever killeth you, will think that he doth God fervice. A&t. 5.18. [They] laid their Hands on the Apostles, 20 and put them in the common Prifon. A&t. 16. 22. The Multitude

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† Mat. 10. 22. + Mar. 13. 13. Ye fhall be hated of all men for my Name's fake: but he that endureth to the End, the fame fhall be faved. + Heb. 3. 6, 14. Chrift as a Son over his own House:

Whofe House are we, if we hold fast the Confidence, and the rejoicing of the Hope firm unto the End. For we 15 are made partakers of Chrift, if we hold the Beginning of our Confi dence ftedfaft unto the End. Heb. 10. 38, 39-If any man draw back, my Soul fhall have no Pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto Perdition, but of them that believe to the faving of the Soul. Rev. 2. 10. The Words under Ver. 10. Heb. 6. 11. We defire that every one of you do fhew the fame Diligence to the full Affurance of Hope unto the

up together against them: and the Magiftrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat 25 them. + Rev. 2. 10. Fear none of thofe things which thou shalt fuffer, behold, the Devil fhall caft fome of you into Prifon; that ye may be tried, and ye shall have Tribulation 30 ten Days: be thou faithful unto Death, and I will give thee a Crown

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Mat. 4. 23. Jefus went about all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gofpel of the Kingdom. Mat. 9. + 35. Jesus went about all the Cities and Villages teaching in their 35 Synagogues, and preaching the GoSpel of the Kingdom.

Ver. 5. 2 Efdr. 5. 2, 10. Iniquity fhall be increafed above that which now thou feeft, or that thou hast heard long ago. Then fhall unrighteoufnfs and incontinency be multipli-40 upon Earth.

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A&t. i. 12. Then returned they unto Jerufalem, from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerufalem a Sabbath-Days Journey. 15

h Mar. 13. 14. When ye fee the Abomination of Defolation, fpoken of by Daniel the Prophet, ftanding where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand) then let them which be in Judea flee to the Mountains. † Luk. 21. 20, When ye fhall fee Jerufalem compaffed with Armies, then know 20 that the Defolation thereof is nigh.

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n. Dan. 9, 26, -The People. of the Prince that fhall come, fhall deftroy the City and the Sanctuary, and the End thereof fhall be with a Flood, and unto the End of the War Defolations are determined. i Dan.9. 27. In the midst of † Dan. 43. d.There fhall be a the Week he fhall caufe the Sacri Time of Trouble, fuch as never was fice and the Oblation to ceafe, and fince there was a Nation even, to for the overfpreading of Abomina- that fame Time and at that tions, he fhall make it defolate- Time thy People fhall be delivered, † Dan. 12. 11. From the Time that every one that fhall be found writ the daily Sacrifice fhall be taken ten in the Book. Luk. 21. 23, 24. away, and the Abomination that There fhall be great Distress in maketh defolate fet up, there fhall 30 the Land,and Wrath upon this Peo be one Thoufand two Hundred ple. And they fhall fall by the and ninety Days.

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10, nor ever fhall be. 22. And except thofe days fhould be hortned, there fhould no flesh be faved: but for the elects fake thofe Days fhall be fhortned. 23. Then if any man hall fay unto you, Lo, here is Chrift, or there: believe it not. 24. For there fhall arife falfe Chrifts, and falfe prophets, and fhall fhew great Signs and Wonders, infomuch that if it were poffible, they fhall deceive the very (1) elect. K 4

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Ifa. 65. 8, 9. Thus faith the Lord. As the new Wine is found in the Clufter, and, one faith, Deftroy it not, for a Bleffing is in it: So will I do for my Servants fakes, that I may not deftroy them all. And I will bring forth a Seed out of Jacob, and out of Ju dah an Inheritor of my Mountains and mine Elect fhall inherit it, and my Servant fhall dwell there. Zech. 14. 2- -The refidue of the People fhall not be cut off from the City. 2 Efdr. 2. 13. Pray for few Days unto you, that 15 they may be fbartned.

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If there arife among you a Prophet, or a Dreamer of Dreams, &c. t2 Thef 2 9, 10, 11. Whofe coming is after the Working of Satan, with all Power, and signs, and lying Wonders, and with all Deceivablenefs of Unrighteoufnefs, in them that perifh; because they received not the Love of the Truth, that to they might be faved. And for this Caufe God fhall fend them ftrong Delufion, that they fhould believe a Lie. † Rev. 13. 13. He doth great Wonders, fo that he maketh Fire come down from Heaven on the Earth, in the Sight of Men. Rev. 16. 14. They are the Spirits of Devils working Miracles, which go forth unto the Kings of the Earth, and of the whole World, to gather them to the Battle of that great Day of God Almighty. Rev. 19. 20. The Beaft was taken, and with him the falle Prophet that wrought Miracles te fore him, with which he deceived them that had received the Mark of the Beaft

Mar. 13. 21. If any man fhall fay to you, Lo, here is Chrif, or lo, he is there, believe him Luk. 17. 23. They thall 20 fay to you, See here, or fee there: go not after them, nor follow them. Luk. 21 8. Take heed that ye be not deceived: for maBy fhall come in my Name, faying, I am Chrift, and the Time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. Mat. 7. 15. Beware of falle Prophets which come to you Sheeps clothing.

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Jews, or the Ifraelites. Thus, Deut. 4 37. Because he loved thy Fathers, At braham, Isaac, and Jacob, he chofe, or, elected you, their Seed after them Again, Deut-7. 6. The Lord thy God hath chofen, or, elected thee to be a Special People to himself. In which Places, and many others, by the Perfons chofen, or elected, are meant, the whole Nation, or Church of the Jews. In the New-Teftament, St. Peter, 1 Epift. 2. 9. ufes the fame Term for the

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