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31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not," when she had received the spies with peace.

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32 And what shall I more say ?18 for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of a Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David 17 that were disobedient. A. V. 18 why do I yet talk, or speak? Ham.

Jos. ii. 9, 11: She said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. The LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

* Jos. vi. 23: The young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred. JAMES, ii. 25: Was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

y Jos. ii. 1: And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

2 JUDGES, vi. 11, &c: There came an angel of the LORDand his [Joash's] son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, &c.

a JUDGES, iv. 6, &c: [Deborah] sent and called Barak-and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor? &c.

b JUDGES, xiii. 24, &c: The woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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JUDGES, xi. 1, &c: Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, &c. do. xii. 7: Jephthah judged Israel six years.

dI SAM. xvi. 1, 13: And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. do. xvii. 45: Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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e 1 SAM. i. 20: After Hannah had conceived-she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. do. xii. 20: Samuel said unto the people, Fear not.

fi SAM. xii. 3, &c: Behold, here I am witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken ? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hard have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you, &c.

g 2 SAM. vii. 11, &c: And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

h JUDGES, xiv. 5, 6: Behold, a young lion roared against him [Samson]. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid. I SAM. xvii. 36, 37: Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear. David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. DAN. vi. 22: My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

i DAN. iii. 25: Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt.

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* 1 SAM. XX. 1, &c: And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? &c. 1 KINGS, xix. 3: [Elijah] arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba. 2 KINGS, vi. 16: [Elisha] answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 12 KINGS, XX. 7: Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. Jo B, xlii. 10: The LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Ps. vi. 8: The LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

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m 1 SAM. xiv. 1, &c : Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, &c.

" JUDGES, vii. 20, 21: They cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. do. xv. 8, 15: And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. 1 SAM. xiv. 13, &e And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. do. xvii. 51, 52: Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 2 SAM. viii. 1, &c And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

• 1 KINGS, xvii. 22: The LORD heard the voice of Elijah ; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 2 KINGS, iv. 35, 36: The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. When she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

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P2 MAC. vi. 19, 27, 28: He, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such an abomination, spit it [the swine's flesh] forth, and came of his own accord to the torI will show myself such an one as mine age requireth, and leave a notable example to such as be young, to die willingly and courageously for the honourable and holy laws: and when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment. do. vii. 1, &c: It came to pass also that seven brethren, with their mother, were taken, and compelled by the king, against the law, to taste swine's flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips, &c. Acтs, xxii. 25: And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that

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36 And others had trial of cruel a mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment :

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37 They were "stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,21 were slain with the sword they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

38 (Of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

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stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

9 JUDGES, xvi. 25: They called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport. 1 KINGS, xxii. 24: Zedekiah-went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 2 MAC. vii. 7: They brought the second, to make him a mocking stock.

GEN. xxxix. 20: Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison. Ps. cv. 18: Whose feet they hurt with fetters he was laid in iron. JER. xx. 2: Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks. do. xxxvii. 15: The princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison.

$2 CHR. XXIV. 21: And they conspired against him [Zechariah], and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. ACTS, xiv. 19: And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. See on MAT. xxi. 35; and JOHN, xix. 17.

See on MAT. iii. 4.

" 1 SAM. xxii. 1: [David] escaped to the cave Adullam. do. xxiv. 1: David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. 1 KINGS, Xvii. 3: Hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. do. xviii. 4: It was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

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39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, "received not the promise: 40 God having provided 22 some better thing y that they without us should not be made

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1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness: 22 a commendation of the new testament above the old.

WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud1 of witnesses, "let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with © patience 2 the race that is set before us,

2 Looking unto Jesus the author3 and finisher*

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xix. 9: And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 2 MAC. v. 27: Judas Maccabeus, with nine others, or thereabout, withdrew himself into the wilderness, and lived in the mountains after the manner of beasts, with his company, who fed on herbs continually. do. x. 6: They wandered in the mountains and dens like beasts.

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Y HEB. xii. 23. do. v. 9: And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. REV. vi. 11: White robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

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a2 COR. vii. 1: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. See on ROM. vi. 4.

b See on 1 COR. ix. 24.

See on ROM. xii. 12.

d1 COR. i. 8: Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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