Act. 5 20. Go, stand and speak in the tem- | ministry, for the edifying of the body of ple to the people all the words of this life. Christ. Act. 18.9. Be not afraid, but speak, and Col. 4.17. Take heed to the ministry which hold not thy peace: 10. For I am with thee, thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fuland no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for fil it. I have much people in this city. Act. 20.28. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 1 The. 5.12. Know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you. 1 Tim. 1.3. Charge some that they teach no other doctrine. 4. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. 1 Tim. 1.18. War a good warfare; 19. Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. Rom. 2.21. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22. Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23. Thou that makest thy boast of 1 Tim. 3.1. This is a true saying, If a man the law, through breaking the law dishonour-desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good est thou God? work. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4. One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5. (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6. Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 15. If I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God. Rom. 10.14. How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15. And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Isa. 52.7. Rom. 12.6. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7. Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8. Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. v. 3-5. Rom. 15.17. I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 29. I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. 1 Cor. 3.5. Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 6. Í have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 1 Cor. 4.2. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. v. 1. 1 Cor. 9.10. That he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 2 Cor. 2.14. Thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15. We are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16. To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life: and who is sufficient for these things? 2 Cor. 4.7. We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2 Cor. 8.23. They are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. Eph. 4.11. He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the 1 Tim. 4.6. If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7. But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 12. Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13. Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 1 Tim. 5.17. Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 21. I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. 1 Tim. 6.11. O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 13. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14. That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 20. O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21. Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. 2 Tim. 1.6. I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 13. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 14. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 2 Tim. 2.1. My son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2. The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3. Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5. If a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6. The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 7. Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. 2 Tim. 2.14. Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly | dividing the word of truth. 16. Shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 20. In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. (See v. 16,17.) 2 Tim. 2.23. Foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 24. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26. And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 2 Tim. 3.14. Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 16. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim. 4.1. I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 5. Watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. Tit. 1.5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8. But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9. Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 13. Rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; 14. Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. Tit. 2.1. Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine. 7. In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8. Sound speech, that connot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. 15. Speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. Tit. 3.8. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. 9. Avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. (See Epistles to Timothy, and Titus, in full.) Heb. 5.12. Ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. v. 14. Heb. 13.7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation: 8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Jas. 3.1. My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 13. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. v. 3,17,18. 1 Pet. 4.10. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. 5.1. The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder. 2. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3. Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away See APOSTLES- CHURCH-GOVERNMENTANGELS OF THE CHURCHES BISHOPELDER-DEACON-EVANGELIST - HELPS— ORDINATION. MINISTERS, GOOD. See ZEAL-LOVE | EXEMPLIFIED BY PAUL-PRAYER, INTERCES SORY. MINISTERS, MAINTENANCE OF. Mat. 10. 9,10. Mar. 6.8. Luk. 9.3. Luk. 10.7. Act. 18.3. Act. 20.33,34. Rom. 15.27. 1 Cor. 4. 12. 1 Cor. 9.6-18. 2 Cor. 11.7-12. 2 Cor. 12.13,17,18. Gal. 6.6. Phil. 4.10,14-18. 1 The. 2.6,9. 2 The. 3.8,9. 1 Tim. 5.18. See PRIESTS-LEVITES, EMOLUMENTS OF -CHURCH, DUTY TO MINISTERS. MINISTERS, MARRIAGE OF. Mat. 8.14. 1 Cor. 9.5. 1 Tim. 3.2,12. Act. 21.8,9. MINISTERS, PRAYER FOR, ENJOINED. Mat. 9.38. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Luk. 10.2. Rom. 15.30. I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; 31. That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 32. That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. 2 Cor. 1.11. Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf. Eph. 6.19. For me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20. For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. Phil, 1.19. I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Col. 4.3. Praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4. That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 2 The. 3.1. Brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2. And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 1 The. 5.25. Philm. 22. I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. Heb. 13.18. Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 19. But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. MINISTERS, PRAYER FOR, EXEMPLIFIED. Jos. 1.17. Only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 2 Chr. 6.41. Let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. Psa. 132.9. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness. Act. 1.24. They prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen. Act. 4.29. Now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word. Act. 6.6. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. U Act. 12.5. Prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Act. 14.23. When they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord. MINISTERS, UNFAITHFUL-FALSE TEACHERS, PROPHETS, AND PRIESTS-HERESY. Deu. 18.20. The prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 22. When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. Deu. 13.3,5. Pro. 19.27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. Isa. 3.12. They which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. Isa. 5.20. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! if they speak not according to this word, it is Isa. 8.20. To the law and to the testimony: because there is no light in them. Isa. 9.14. The Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15. The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, be is the tail. 16. For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. Isa. 28.7. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. Isa. 29.10. The Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed. Isa. 30.10. Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Isa. 43.27. Thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28. Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse. heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot Isa. 44.20. He feedeth on ashes: a deceived deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Isa. 56.10. His watchmen are blind: they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they slumber. 11. Yea, they are greedy dogs which herds that cannot understand: they all look can never have enough, and they are shepto their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. 12, Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink. Jer. 2.8. The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. Jer. 5.30. A wonderful and horrible thing| is committed in the land; 31. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it So. v. 13,14. Jer. 6.13. From the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 14. They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Jer. 8.10,11. Jer. 10.21. The pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. Jer. 12.10. Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. Jer. 13.20. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? Jer. 14.14. The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. v. 13-16. Isa. 23.21. Jer. 23.1. Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. 2. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings. 11. Both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord. 15. Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. Jer. 23.17. They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. 31. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. 32. That prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness. 36. The burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God. v. 25-39. Jer. 27.9-18. Jer. 50.6. My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-place. Lam. 2.14. Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity. Eze. 13.5. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. 10. They have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar: 11. Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall. 18. Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? Eze. 13.19. Will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people? 22. With lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life. v. 1-23. Eze. 14.9. If the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10. They shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him. Eze. 22.25. A conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed differ ence between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. v. 27-31. Eze. 34.2. Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3. Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. 4. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. Eze. 34.6. My flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. 10. Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. v. 1-31. Eze. 44.8. Ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. 10. The Levites that are gone away far from me, they shall even bear their iniquity. Hos. 4.6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 8. They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9. And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. v. 10-13. Hos. 6.9. As troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. Hos. 9.8. The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. Mic. 2,11. If a man walking in the spirit v. 7. Hos. 5.1. and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy | unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. Mic. 3.5. The prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 6. Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. 11. The priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us. Zeph. 3.4. Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. Zec. 10.3. Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah. Zec. 11.16. Lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17. Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. Zec. 13.2. I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 3. When any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 4. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive : 5. But he shall say, I am no prophet. Mal. 1.6. If I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? v. 7-10. Mal. 2.8. Ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 9. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. v. 1-3. Mat. 5.19. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. Mat. 7.15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Mat. 15.9. In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 13. Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14. They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Luk. 6.39. Mat. 23.3. All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works for they say, and do not. 4. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 13. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Mat. 24.4. Take heed that no man deceive you. 5. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 24. There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. v. 11,26, 48-51. Luk. 11.35. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 52. Ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. v. 46-51. Luk. 12.45. If that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46. The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Jno. 3.10. Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Jno. 5.43. If another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. Jno. 10.1. He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 5. A stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him for they know not the voice of strangers. 8. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 10. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy." 12. He that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. Act. 20.29. After my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Rom. 2.19. Art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness. 20. An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? v. 22. Rom. 3.8. Some affirm that we say, Let us |