after

8.

26. Jos. Ant.

The First Year of the vulgar Christian Ere begrens
The Year

here.
Cazist

Lake, i. By geeasion of the Passover our Lord goes up
46. with his parents to Jerusalem, and there disputes with

the doctors in the temple.
14.

Argistus dies, and Tiberius sueeeeds himn.

Josephus, called Caiapkas, is made high-priest of
the Jews by the favour of Valerius Gratus, the Ro-
man governer.

Towards the end of this year, Pontius Pilate is
1. 18. e. 3. sent to be procurator of Judea, in the place of Vale-

rius Gratus.
27. Mat
...

John the Baptist begins to preach and to baptize in
Mark, i 2. the desert of Jadea, thereby preparing the way of
Lake, in.3. the Lord, and doing bis endeavour that Christ's

coming after him may be made known unto Israel.
John, i. 7. Uato John God gives a sige whereby he may know
Isa sli. 1. the Lord's Christ, that upon whom he shall see the

Spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is

he which shall baptize with the Holy Ghost.
Mat.j.13. Jesus entering upon the thirtieth year of his age,
Mark, i.9. comes from Galilee to Jordan, and is baptized of John,
Lake, i, at which time a most illustrious manifestatiou is made
22. of the blessed Trinity; for the Sou of God ascending

out of the water, and praying, the heavens are open-
ed, and the Spirit of God, in the shape of a dove, de-
scends open bim; and the voice of the Father is
head from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son

in whom I am well pleased.
Joha, i. Joho sees it, and bears record that this is the Sou

of God.
Mat iv. I. Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, returus from Jordan,
Mark, i. and is led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where he
12

fasteth forty days and forty nights, and is tempted by
Luke, iv.1, the devil.
14.

After this, our Lord returns into Galilee.
30. John, i.

John gives testimony to our Saviour, passing by
35, 47. him: Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathanael, acknow-

ledge him to be the Messias, and become his dis-

ciples.
ü. I,

Christ, at a marriage in Cana of Galilee, turueth
water into wine; this was his first miracle.

34.

The First Passover of Christ's public Ministry,
from which the first Year of the Seventieth and
last of Daniel's Weeks begins : In which the
covenant is confirmed with many, Dan. ix, 27.
compared with Mat. xxvi. 28.

Jesus cometh to Jerusalem at the time of the Pass-
over, and, entering into the temple, scourgeth out
those that bought and sold there : the Jews require a
sign of bis authority. Christ bids them destroy that

v. 27.

The Year

The Seventh Age of the World. after CHRIST 30. John,ii.13. temple (understanding the temple of his body), and in

three days be will raise it np. Mat. xiv. Herod the tetrarch casteth John the Baptist into

3. prison for reprehending bis incest with his brother Mark, vi. Philip's wife, and other evils done by him.

17. Luke, iii.

19. John, iv. Christ discovers himself to the woman of Samaria.

7, 42, 31. Luke, iv. He goes throughout all Galilee, teaching in the 43.

synagogues, and working miracles.

Matthew called to be a disciple.
The Second Passover of Christ's Ministry, JOHN,

v. 1, compared with iv. 3, 5, from which the
Second Year of the Seventieth Week of Daniel

begins. John, v. Jesus comes up to Jerusalem at the time of the 1.

feast, and heals on the sabbath-day a man that had
an infirmity thirty-eight years, lying at the pool of
Bethesada. He makes a most divine apology to the
Jews that sought to kill him, because he said that

God was his Father.
Luke, vi.

Christ, out of the multitude of his disciples, chooseth 13.

twelve, whom he calleth apostles; nainely, Peter, Mat. v. vi. Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, vii.

Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Simon called Luke, vi. Zelote, Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot. 20. ix. 1. Tothese our Saviour chiefly directs his discourse in that Mark,vi.7 glorious, full, and admirable sermon on the mount. Mat. x. 1. Jesus sends his twelve apostles by two and two to

preach, and heal the sick. xiv. 9.

John the Baptist is beheaded in prison, by Herod's

command. 32. Mat. xiv. Jesus feeds five thousand men, besides women and

15. children, with five barley loaves, and two little fishes. Mark, vii. He refuses to be made a king.

35.

Luke, ix.

12. John, vi. 1, 15.

The Third Passover of Christ's Ministry, JOHN,

The Year

The Seventh dge of the World. after CEZIST 32. Mat. svii. Christ payeth tribute to Cæsar.

24. Luke, is. A certain village of the Samaritans refuseth our 51. Saviour entertainment in his way to Jerusalem; the

disciples desiring to call for fire from heaven to con

sume them, are severely reprehended. 1. I.

The seventy disciples are sent out by two and two

to work miracles, and to preach. 33.

xi. I. Christ teacheth his disciples to pray.
John, xi. Christ raiseth Lazarus, that had been buried four

1. days.
47. Caiaphas, high-priest of the Jews, prophesieth

concerning the death of Christ.
Loke,xis. Zacchæus, a Publican, converted,

1.
Mark, x.

Christ restoreth to blind Bartimæus his sight. 46. John, xii. Mary, the sister of Lazarus, anoints our Saviour's 3. feet with costly spikenard, and wipeth them with the

hair of her head.
Mat. xxi. Christ rideth in triumph to Jerusalem : the multi-

Mark, xi. tade spread their garments in the way, and cry Ho-
Luke, six. sanna to the son of David. Coming near the city, he
Joho, xii. weeps over it, and foretells its destruction. He enters

Isa. lii. the temple, and casteth out those that bought and sold
Zec. ix. 9. there; and heals the blind and lame.
Mat. xxi. He curseth the fruitless fig-tree, and the next morn-
17. ing it is found dried up and withered : Thence he

laketh occasion to show the power of faith.
The Fourth Passover, in which Christ our Pass-

over was sacrificed, 1 Cor. v. 7, and so an end is
put to all legal Sacrifices prefiguring this great
Expiation. The Fourth or middle Year of Da-

niel's last Week begins, Dan. ix. 27. xxvi. On the first day of unleavened bread, when the Mark, Passover of the Jews was to be slain (April 2), in the

xiv. evening, Jesus eateth the Passover with his disciples, Luke,xxii. and institutes the sacrament of his body and blood in

bread and wine. John, xii. Christ washeth his disciples' feet, and exhorteth

them to humility and charity. xviii. In the self-same night Christ is betrayed by Judas,

mocked, buffeted, and spit upon by the soldiers. Matthew, Next day he is condemned by Pilate, and crucified ;

xxvii. the sun during the crucifixion is darkened, and the Mark, xv. vail of the temple rent in the midst. Christ, praying Luke xxiii for his enemies, gives up the ghost. Joseph of AriJohn, xix. mathea begs the body, and lays it in a new sepul

Ps. xxii.chre. VOL. IV.

2 D

TheYear)

The Seventh Age of the World. after CHRIST 33. Matthew, On the third day, the next after the Jewish sabbath

xxviii. (April 5), Christ riseth from the dead ; his resurrecMark,xvi. tion is declared by angels to the women that came

Luke, to the sepulchre. Christ first appeareth to Mary
xxiv.

Magdalene, and afterward to his disciples, and dineth
John, xx. with them.
Acts, i.

Christ bringeth his apostles to mount Olivet; com

mandeth thein to expect in Jerusalem the sending Matthew, down of the Holy Ghost; sends them to teach and xxviii. baptize all nations, and blesses them; and while they

behold, he is taken up, and a cloud receives him out of their sight. After his ascension his disciples are warned by two angels to depart, and to set their minds upon his second coming; they accordingly return, and, giving themselves to prayer, choose Matthias to be an

apostle in the place of Judas. Acts, ii. On the day of Pentecost (May 24) the Holy Ghost

descendeth on the apostles in the form of cloven tongues, like as of fire, and enableth them to speak all languages. Peter the same day preacheth Christ and the resurrection, and about three thousand be

lievers are added to the church. iii. Peter, by faith in Christ's name, healeth a lame

man.

iv.

v. 1,

17.

The rulers of the Jews, offended at Peter's sermon, and his miraculous cure of the lame man, cast both him and John into prison; upon their examination, they boldly avouch the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus, and that by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved. After this the Jews forbid them to speak any more in that name; but the apostles answer, That it is fit they should obey God rather than men. They are threatened, and let go.

Ananias, and his wife Sapphira, for their hypocrisy, are suddenly struck dead.

The apostles are again cast into prison by the highpriest, but an angel sets them at liberty, and bids them preach the Gospel to the people without fear; being taken again teaching in the temple, they are brought before the council ; where, by the advice of Gamaliel, a Pharisee and doctor of the law, they are delivered.

35. I

1

The Year

The Seventh Age of the World. after Cheist! 34. Acts, vii. east bim out of the city, and stone bim; be in the

mean time praying for them.

A great persecution of the church at Jerusalem

folloss after the death of the first martyr, Stephen. 5, Philip, one of the seven deacons, preacheth at Sa

maria, and converteth many; worketh miracles, and healeth the sick. Simon the sorcerer, seeing the wonders that are done by Philip, believeth, and is

baptized. 15,

The apostles at Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria had received the faith, send thither Peter and John to confirm and enlarge the church. The apostles, by prayer and imposition of hands, confer the Holy Ghost on all believers. Simon Magus offers them money, that he may receive power of conferring the same, whose impiety is sharply reproved by Peter. Having completed their ministry in those parts, they relurn to

Jerusalem. 26. An angel sendeth Philip to teach and baptize the

Ethiopian eunuch. ! is. I, 1 Saul, a violent persecutor of all that call on the

name of Jesus, and one who consented to the death of

Stephen, goes pow towards Dainascus, with commis1

sion from the bigb-priest and the council, to appre

hend all Christians in those parts, and to bring them 1

, bound to Jerusalem; on the way he is miraculously converted by a voice from heaven; and tbree days after baptized by Ananias at Damascus, where he preacheth the Gospel of Christ with great boldness, to : the astonishment of those that knew upon what desigu

he was sent thither. 38. Aets, ix. Saul having preached the Gospel at Damascus a

Į 23. long time, the Jews lay wait to kill him, but he es2 Cor. xi. capeth from thence, and comes to Jerusalem ; there he

32. sees Peter, and James the brother of our Lord, and Gal. i. 18. abides with them fifteen days. Here he speaks boldly

in the name of Jesus, and disputes with the Grecians, or rather Jews that used the Greek tongue. These

also coosult how they may kill him. Acts, While Saul prays in the temple, he is in a trance, :xxii. 17. and the Lord appears unto bim, and bids him to de

part from Jerusalem, because they will not receive his ix. 30. testimony; adding, that he will send him to the GenGal. i. 21. tiles. Saul, leaving Jerusalem, goes to his own country,

Tarsus, and from thence travels into Syria and Cilicia. Acts, is. Peter visits the churches of Judta, Galilee, Sa.

32, maria, &c. At Lydda he cureth Æneas of the palsy;

36. and at Joppa restoreth Tabitha to life. 41.

At Cæsarea, Cornelius, a centurion, by prayers and alms, finds favour in the sight of God, and is com

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