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may fee the Light. The the BLOOD of Jefus Chrift his Son

Light of the Body is the Eye; therefore when thine EYE is fingle, thy whole Body alfo is full of LIGHT: but when thine EYE is EVIL, thy Body alfo is full of DARKNESS. Take heed therefore that the Light which is in thee be not Darkness. If thy whole Body therefore be full of Light, having no part dark, the whole fhall be full of Light: as when the bright fhining of a Candle doth give thee Light.

clcanfeth us from all SIN.

2 Pet. i. 5. And befides this, giv ing all Diligence, add to your FAITH, Virtue; and to VIRTUE, Knowledge;

6. And to KNOWLEDGE, Temperance; and to TEMPERANCE, Patience; and to PATIENCE, Godlinefs;

7. And to GODLINESS, Brotherly-kindnefs; and to Brotherly-kindnefs, CHARITY. and abound, they make you that ye hall neither be barren nor unfruit ful in the KNOWLEDGE of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

8. For if thefe Things be in you,

9. But he that LACKETH theft Things, is BLIND, and cannot fee far off; and hath forgotten that he was PURGED from his old SINS.

10. Wherefore the rather, Brethren, give Diligence to make your CALLING and Election SURE: for if ye do thefe Things, ye fhall never fall.

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Daughter of the Woman of Canaan vexed with a Devil, healed by Christ.

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[Mr.] AND [M.] then Jefus went thence, and departed into the Coafts of Tyre and Sidon, [Mr.] and entred into an Houfe, and would have no Man know it, but he could not be hid. For [M.] behold, a Woman of Canaan came out of the fame Coatts, [Mr.] whofe young Daughter had an unclean SPIRIT, heard of him, and came and fell at his Feet, (the Woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by Nation) and fhe befought him that he would caft forth the DEVIL out of her Daughter, [M] and cried unto him, faying, Have Mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my Daughter is grievously vexed with a DEVIL. But he answered her not a Word. And his Difciples came and befought him, faying, Send her away, for fhe crieth after us. But he anfwered and faid, I am not fent, but unto the loft Sheep of the Houfe of If

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rael. Then came fhe and WORSHIPPED him, faying, Lord help me. But he answered and [Mr.] faid unto her, Let the Children firft be filled: for it is not meet to take the Childrens Bread, and to caft it unto the Dogs. And fhe answered and faid unto him, Yes, [M] Truth, Lord, [Mr.] yet the Dogs under the Table eat of the Childrens Crumbs, [M] which fall from their Mafter's Table. Then Jefus anfwered and faid unto her, O Woman, great is thy FAITH be it unto thee even as thou wilt. [Mr.] For this Saying, go thy way; the DEVIL is gone out of thy Daughter. [M] And her Daughter was made WHOLE from that very Hour. [Mr.] And when he was come to her Houfe, the found him gone out, and her Daughter laid upon the Bed.

Healing all manner of Sicknefs and Diseases.

He heals the Ruler's Son.

John No WOW after two Days he departed thence, and iv.43. went into Galilee. For Jefus himself teftified, that a Prophet hath no Honour in his own Country. Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having feen all the Things that he did at Ferufalem at the Feaft, for they alfo went unto the Feaft. So Jefus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the Water Wine. And there was a certain NOBLEMAN, whofe Son was fick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jefus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and befought him that he would come down and HEAL his Son: for he was at the Point of DEATH. Then faid Jefus unto him, Except ye fee Signs and Wonders, ye will not BELIEVE. The Nobleman faith unto him, Sir, come down ere my Child die. Jefus faith unto him, Go thy way, thy Son liveth. And the Man BELIEVED the WORD

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that Jefus had fpoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his Servants met him, and told him, faying, Thy Son liveth. Then inquired he of them the Hour when he began to amend: 'And they faid unto him, Yefterday at the feventh Hour the FEVER left him. So the Father knew that it was at the fame HOUR, in the which Jefus faid unto him, Thy Son LIVETH; and himfelf BELIEVED, and his whole House. This is again the fecond Miracle that Jefus did when he was come out of Judea into Galilee,

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Luke iv. 38. Mark i. 29. Matt. viii. 14.

ND he arofe out of the Synagogue, and entred into Simon's House; [Mr.] and forthwith when they were come out of the Synagogue, they entred into the Houfe of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. But Simon's Wife's Mother lay fick, for [L.] fhe was taken with a great Fever; [Mr.] and anon they tell him of her, [L.] and befought him for her. [M.] And when Fefus came into Peter's Houfe, he faw his Wife's Mother laid, and fick of a Fever. [Mr.] And he came [M.] and touched her Hand, [Mr.] and took her by the Hand, and lift her up, [L.] and he stood over and rebuked the Fever, [Mr.] and it left her immediately, [Z.] and immediately The arofe, [M] and miniftred unto them.

Divers fick Perfons healed by CHRIST.

Matt. viii. 16. Marki. 32. Luke iv. 40.

[M]HEN the Even was come, [Mr.] when the Sun was fetting, [L.] all they that had any SICK with divers DISEASES, brought them unto him; [M.] and

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many that were POSSESSED with Devils, [Mr.] and all the City was gathered together at the Door, [M.] and he cast out the SPIRITs with his WORD, [Mr.] and healed many that were SICK of divers DISEASES, [L.] and laid his Hands on every one of them, [M] and healed all that were SICK. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Efaias the Prophet, fay

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Himself (a) took our INFIRMITIES, and bare our SICKNESSES. [Mr.] And he caft out many Devils, which [L] came out of many, crying out, and faying, Thou art Chrift the Son of GOD. And he rebuking them, fuffered them not tofpeak,[Mr.] because they KNEW him [L.] that he was the Chrift.

*See Ifai. V. 3, 4.

(a) Heb. iv. 15. For we have not an HIGH PRIEST which cannot be TOUCHED with the FEELING of our INFIRMITIES; but was in all Points TEMPTED like as we are, yet without Sin.

16. Let us therefore COME BOLD

LY unto the THRONE OF GRACE,
find GRACE to help in time of
that we may obtain MERCY, and
need.

Chap. v. 1. For every High Priest
taken from among Men, is ordain-
ed for Men in Things pertaining
to God, that he may offer both

GIFTS and SACRIFICES for Sins:
2. Who can have Compaffion on the Ignorant, and on them that are
out of the Way; for that he himself alfo is compaffed with INFIR

MITY.

CHRIST went about through all Galilee, preaching the Gofpel, and bealing all manner of Difeafes.

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[Mr.] AND Jefus went about all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of

the KINGDOM [L.] in the Synagogues of Galilee,[Mr.] and (a) HEALING all man ner of SICKNESS, and all manner of DISEASES among the People, [Mr.] and caft ing out DEVILS. [M.] And his Fame went throughout all Syria and they brought

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unto him all SICK People, that were taken with divers Difeafes, and Torments, and those which were poffeffed with DEVILS, and thofe and which were LUNATICK, thofe that had the PALSY; and he healed them. And there followed him great Multitudes of People from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerufalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Fordan.

6. Then fhall the LAME Man Icap as an Hart, and the Tongue of the DUMB fing; for in the Wilderness fhall Waters break out, and Streams

in the Deserts.

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CHRIST cureth a Man of the Pally.

Mark ii. 1. Luke v. 18. Matt. ix. 2.

[Mr.JAND again he entred into Capernaum, after fome

Days, and it was noised that he was in the House. And ftraitway many were gathered together, infomuch that there was no room to receive them, no not fo much as about the Door. [L.] And it came to pafs on a certain Day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharifees and Doctors of the Law fitting by, which were come out of every Town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerufalem: [Mr.] And he preached the WORD unto them, [.] and the POWER of the LORD was prefent to HEAL them. And behold, [Mr.] Men come unto him, bringing [L.] in a Bed, [Mr.] one fick of the Palfy, which was borne of four, [L.] which was taken with a Palfy: and they fought Means to bring him in, and to lay him before HIM.

[Mr.] And when they could not come nigh unto him for the Prefs, [L.] and could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the Multitude, they went up on the Houfe-top, [Mr.] and uncovered the Roof where he was and when they had broken it up, they let down, [L] through the Tiling, [Mr.] the Bed wherein the fick of the Palfy lay, [L] into the midft before Jefus. [Mr.] And when Jefus faw their FAITH, he faid unto the fick of the PALSY, Son, [M] be of good cheer, thy SINS be FORGIVEN thee. And behold, [Mr.] certain of the Scribes were fitting there, and reafoning in their Hearts, [M] faid

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