240 A. D. 64. HEB. 1. 8, 9. as the shadow of a great rock in a VER. 9. Ηγάπησας δικαιοσύνην, καὶ ἐμίσησας ἀνομίαν· διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέ σε, ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ Θεός σοῦ, ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετό. χους σου. b a Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee e with the oil of gludness above thy fellows. For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens, Heb. vii. 26. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth, Psal. xi. 5. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD, XXXiii. 5. For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off, xxxvii 28. I delight to do thy will, O, my God; yea, thy law is within my heart, xl. 8. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows, xlv. 7. For 1 the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, Isa. Ixi. 8. A. D. 64. false way, 128. The fear of the LORD 15. He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation, Psal. lxxxix. 26. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God, John xx. 17. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not, 2 Cor. xi. 31. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Pet. i. 3. d See on Luke iv. ver. 18. clause 2. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my Psal. xxiii. 5. To cup runneth over, Through thy precepts I get under- appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, false to give unto them beauty for ashes, standing: therefore I hate every way, Psal. cxix. 104. Therefore I the oil of joy for mourning, the garesteem all thy precepts concerning allment of praise for the spirit of heavithings to be right; and I hate every. ness; that they might be called trees A. D. 64. HEB. 1. 9-11. of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified, Isa. Ixi. 5. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost, Rom. xv. 13. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal. v. 22. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Heb. ii. 11. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, 1 Cor. i. 9. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ, 1 John i. 3. VER. 10. Καί, Σὺ κατ ̓ ἀρχὰς, Κύριε, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας, καὶ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου εἰσὶν οἱ οὐρανοί· * And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the the works of thine hands: a of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed; But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end, Psal. eii. 25-27. C See on Luke ii. ver. 11. clause 3. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, Gen. i. 1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made, John i. 1-3. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God, Rev. iii. 14. When he gave to the sea his de-ainest; and they all e shall wax old as doth a garment; cree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth, VOL. III. A. D. 64. Prov. viii. 29. Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein, Isa. xlii. 5. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together, xlviii. 13. And forgettest the LORD thy Maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? li. 13. Ah LORD God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee, Jer. xxxii. 17. The burden of the word of the LoRD for Israel, saith the Lorr, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and form eth the spirit of man within him, Zech. xii. 1. e And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, eren all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven, Deut. iv. 19. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psal. viii. 3, 4. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handy-work, xix. 1. But now, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand, Isa. Ixiv. 8. VER. 11. Αὐτοὶ ἀπολοῦνται, σὺ δὲ διαμένεις· καὶ πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται· They shall perish, but thou re a And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things R 242 A. D. 64. HEB: 1. 11-13. that are shaken, as of things that are b The LORD is King for ever and < Behold, the LORD God will help A. D. 64. VER. 12. Καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἐλίξεις αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται· σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ Tà T Gov oùx ixλeifovoi. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: a but thou art the same, band thy years shall not fail. a Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever, Heb. xiii. 8. And God said unto Moses, IAM THAT I AM : and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you, Exod. iii. 14. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am, John viii. 58. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, Jam. i. 17. See also on John i. ver. 1. clause 4. b For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night, Psal. xc. 4. VER. 13. Πρὸς τίνα δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἴρηκέ ποτε' Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχ θρούς σου υποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου ; But to which of the angels said he at I make thine enemies thy footstool? any time, b Sit on my right hand, © until a For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son, Heb. i. 5. See on Matt. xxii. ver. 44. clause 1. A. D. 64. HEB. 1. 13, 14. • Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven, in the time of thine anger: The LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them, Psal. xxi. 8, 9. His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish, cxxxii. 18. I have trodden the wine-press alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth, Isa. Ixiii. S-6. But those mine enemies, which would not, that I should reign over them, bring hither and slay them before me. Luke xix. 27. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death, 1 Cor. xv. 25, 26. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True; and in righteous ness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the wine-press of the firceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that By in the midst of heaven, Come A. D. 64. and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh, Rev. xix. 11-21. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire, xx. 15. VER. 14. Οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶ λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα, εἰς διακονίαν ἀποστελλόμενα διὰ τοὺς μέλ λοντας κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν ; Are they not all a ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? a See on ver. 7. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them, Psal. xxxiv. 7. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways, They shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foot against a stone, xci. 11, 12. 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, Dan. vi. 22. Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched the about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am now come forth to give 244 A.D. 64. HEB. I. 14.—JI. 1. thee skill and understanding. At the A. D. 64. prison were shaken: and immediately That ye be not slothful, but fol- CHAP. II. VER. 1. Διὰ τοῦτο δεῖ περισσοτέρως ἡμᾶς προ σέχειν τοῖς ἀκουσθεῖσι, μή ποτε παι ραῤῥυῶμεν. a Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have |