filed, and that "fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,3 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, "ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto n See on 1 Cor. ix. 25. 3 for us. A. V. CoL. i. 5: The hope which is laid up for you in heaven. 2 TIM. iv. 8: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of . righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. P JOHN, xvii. 15: I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. JUDE, 24: Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. See on JOHN, x. 28, 29. 9 EPH. ii. 8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. r ROM. xii. 12: Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. See on Acтs, v. 41. $ See on ROM. viii. 18. See HEB. xii. 7—11. " See on 1 COR. X. 13. V : JAMES, i. 12: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. do. iv. 12: There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy : who art thou that judgest another? See on 1 Cor. iii. 13. w See on 1 COR. iii. 13. 1 COR. iv. 5: Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God. See on 2 THES. i. 12. : 4 shouldest "set i V 'perform. Co. M 10 without c Pu. 11 believing. Dod. 1 n1 Cor. xi. • See on 1 T P1 TIM. iii. husband of oi be proved; th found blamele $1 TIM. iii having his c! Deacons be and their ow * See on 1 EPH. v. 1 cess; but be 'See on 1 1 TIM. ii THES. the tradition our epistle. which thou Christ Jesus. See on 1 Se on 1 135 it was revealed, that not tunto us they did minister e now reported 5 unto you by ached the Gospel unto you host sent down from heaven; angels desire to look into. gird up the loins of your mind, ope to the end' for the grace ugh, or, by. Ham. 7 Gr. perfectly. A. V. nty weeks are determined-to make rety, and to bring in everlasting righteousthe vision and prophecy, and to anoint ii. 9, 13: Go thy way, Daniel: for the and sealed till the time of the end. Thou in thy lot at the end of the days. 40: These all died in faith, not having re, but having seen them afar off. These a good report through faith, received not having provided some better thing for us, is should not be made perfect. ey were all filled with the Holy Ghost. o hath also sealed us, and given the earnest r hearts. The cherubims shall stretch forth their ering the mercy seat with their wings. DAN. one saint speaking, and another saint said tint which spake, How long shall be the vision ly sacrifice? do. xii. 5, 6: Then I Daniel d, there stood other two, the one on this e river, and the other on that side of the And one said to the man clothed in linen, waters of the river, How long shall it be wonders? LUKE, ii. 9, 13, 14: And, lo, came upon them, and the glory of the them. And suddenly there was with the heavenly host praising God, and e highest, and on earth peace, good 10: To the intent that now unto 's in heavenly places might be ifold wisdom of God. I TIM. flesh-seen of angels. ant; because your adver praise and honour and glory at the ' appearing of Jesus Christ: Z 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; "in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory; 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of souls. your с 10 of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: d 11 Searching what, or what manner of time 1 the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 4 when, or, what time. Gen Y REV. i. 7: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 21 JOHN, iv. 20: He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? a See on JOHN, XX. 29. ROM. vi. 22: But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. с c 2 PET. i. 19-21: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. See on MAT. xiii. 17. d See on 2 TIM. iii. 16. e LUKE, Xxiv. 25, 44: Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. See on ACTS, xxvi. 23. 12 'Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported 5 unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with 6 the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of 1 be sober, and 6 m i k your mind, hope to the end' for the grace 5 declared. Ham. through, or, by. Ham. 7 Gr. perfectly. À. V. f DAN. ix. 24: Seventy weeks are determined-to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. do. xii. 9, 13: Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. 8 HEB. xi. 13, 39, 40: These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. These all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. ACTS, ii. 4: They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. 2 COR. i. 22: Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. i EXOD. XXV. 20: The cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings. DAN. viii. 13: I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice? do. xii. 5, 6: Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? LUKE, ii. 9, 13, 14: And, ló, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. EPH. iii. 10: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God. 1 TIM. iii. 16: God was manifest in the flesh-seen of angels. * See on LUKE, Xii. 35. '1 PET. v. 8: Be sober, be vigilant; because your adver |