27. Which was the Son of Joanna, which was the Son of Rhefa, which was the Son of Zorobabel, which was the Son of Salathiel, which was the Son of Neri,

28. Which was the Son of Melchi, which was the Son of Addi, which was the Son of Cofam, which was the Son of Elmodam, which was the Son of Er,

29. Which was the Son of Jose, which was the Son of Eliezer, which was the Son of Forim, which was the Son of Matthat, which was the Son of Levi,

30. Which was the Son of Simeon, which was the Son of Juda, which was the Son of Jofeph, which was the Son of Jonan, which was the Son of Eliakim,

31. Which was the Son of Melea, which was the Son of Menan, which was the Son of Mattatha, which was the Son of Nathan, which was the Son of David,

32. Which was the Son of Jeffe, which was the Son of Obed, which was the Son of Booz, which was the Son of Salmon, which was the Son of Naasson,

33. Which was the Son of Aminadab, which was the Son of Aram, which was the Son of Efrom, which was the Son of Phares, which was the Son of Juda,

34. Which was the Son of Jacob, which was the Son of Ifaac, which was the Son of Abraham, which was the Son of Thara, which was the Son of Nachor,

35. Which was the Son of Saruch, which was the Son of Ragau, which was the Son of Phalec, which was the Son of Heber, which was the Son of Sala,

36. Which was the Son of Cainan, which was the Son of Arphaxad, which was the Son of Sem, which was the Son of Noe, which was the Son of Lamech,

37. Which was the Son of Mathufala, which was the Son of Enoch, which was the Son of Jared, which was the Son of Maleleel, which was the Son of Cainan,

38. Which was the Son of Enos, which was the Son of Seth, which was the Son of ADAM, which was the Son of GOD.

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CHRIST is baptized of John in Jordan.

Mark AND it came to pafs in those Days, that Jefus i. 9. came from Nazareth of Galilee to Fordan, unto John, to be BAPTIZED of him.

Matt.

Matt. iii. 14. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

15. And Jesus answering, faid unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all RIGHTEThen he fuffered him: and was BAPTIZED

OUSNESS.

of John in Fordan.

16. And Jesus when he was baptized, went up ftraightway out of the Water: and lo, the HEAVENS were opened unto him:

Luke iii. 22. And the HOLY GHOST descended in a bodily Shape like a Dove upon him, and a Voice came from Heaven, which said, Thou art my Beloved Son, in thee I am well PLEASED.

John's Testimony of JESUS.

John JOHN bare witness of him, saying, This was he i. 15.. of whom I spake, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me; for he was before me.

16. And of his FULNESS have all we received, and GRACE for GRACE.

17. For the Law was given by Moses, but GRACE and TRUTH came by Jesus Chrift.

18. No Man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the Bosom of the FATHER, he hath declared him.

19.

A

John's Answer to the Jews.

ND this is the Record of John, when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask

him, Who art thou ?

20. And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the CHRIST.

22. Then said they unto him, who art thou ? that we may give an Answer to them that fent us: what sayst thou of thy felf?

23. He faid, I am the Voice of one crying in the Wilderness, Make straight the Way of the Lord, as faid the Prophet Efaias.

24. And they which were fent, were of the Pharifees. 25. And they asked him, and faid unto him, Why BAPTIZEST thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that PROPHET?

26. John answered them, saying, I baptize with Water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 27. He it is who coming after me, is preferred before me, whose Shoes Latchet I am not worthy to unloofe. 28. These Things were done in Bethabara beyond Fordan, where John was baptizing.

29. The next Day John feeth Jesus coming unto him, and faith, Behold the LAMB Of Gon, which taketh away the SIN of the World.

30. This is he of whom I faid, After me cometh a Man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 31. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Ifrael, therefore am I come baptizing with

Water.

32. And John bare record, saying, I saw the SPIRIT descending from Heaven, like a Dove, and it abode upon him.

33. And I knew him not: But he that fent me to baptize with Water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the SPIRIT descending and remaining on him, the fame is he which BAPTIZETH with the Holy Ghost.

34. And I faw, and bare Record that this is the Son of GOD.

35. Again, the next Day after, John stood, and two of his Disciples:

36. And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he faith, Behold the LAMB of GOD.

37. And the two Disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38. Then Jefus turned and faw them following, and faith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou ?

39. He faith unto them, Come and fee. They came and faw where he dwelt, and abode with him that Day : for it was about the tenth Hour.

40. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's Brother.

41. He first findeth his own Brother Simon, and faith unto him, We have found the MESSI AS, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

42. And he brought him to Jefus. And when Jesus beheld him, he faid, Thou art Simon the Son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by Interpretation, a Stone.

Our Saviour's Testimony of John.

Luke AND John calling unto him two of his Difcivii. 19. ples, fent them unto Jefus, saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another ?

20. When the Men were come unto him, they faid, John Baptist hath fent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another ?

21. And in that fame Hour he cured many of their Infirmities and Plagues, and of evil Spirits, and unto many that were blind he gave Sight.

22. Then Jefus answering, faid unto them, Go your way, and tell John what Things ye have feen and heard, how that the Blind fee, the Lame walk, the Lepers are cleanfed, the Deaf hear, the Dead are raised, to the POOR the GOSPEL is preached.

23. And bleffed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me.

24. And when the Messengers of John were departed, he began to fpeak unto the People concerning John, What out into the Wilderness for to fee? A Reed sha

went

yee
ken with the Wind ?

25. But what went ye out for to fee? A Man cloathed in foft Raiment ? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in Kings Courts.

26. But what went ye out for to fee? A PROPHET? Yea, Ifay unto you, and much more than a PROPHET.

27. This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I fend my

MESSEN

MESSENGER before thy Face, which shall prepare thy Way before thee.

28. For I say unto you, Among those that are born of Women, there is not a greater Prophet than John the Baptift: but he that is leaft in the Kingdom of GOD, is greater than he.

29. And all the People that heard him, and the Publicans juftified God, being baptized with the Baptifm of Fobn.

30. But the Pharifees and Lawyers rejected the Counfel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

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CHRIST is tempted by the Devil, and of the Temptations that Believers are fubject to.

Mark i. Matt. iv. Luke iv.

[Z]A

ND (a) Jefus * being full of the HOLY GHOST returned from Fordan, [M.] and then was lead up of the Spirit into the Wilderness, to be TEMPTED of the Devil: [Mr.] And he was there in the Wilderness forty Days, [L.] and was TEMPTED forty Days (Mr.) of Satan, [..] the Devil, [Mr.] and he was with the wild Beasts: [Z.] And in those Days he did eat nothing. [M.] And when he had fafted forty Days and forty Nights, he was afterwards an hungred. And when the Tempter came unto him, [L.] the Devil said unto him, If thou be the Son

of

thou shouldst take them out of the Chap. xvii. 15. I pray not that World, but that thou shouldst keep

them from the EVIL.

Rom. xvi. 20. The God of Peace

shall BRUISE SATAN under your Feet shortly.

2 Cor. ii. 11. Lest SATAN should get an Advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his DEVICES.

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Chap.

Note, The Texts mark'd with [M.] are in the Gospel of St. Matthew, [Mr.] in Mark, [Z.] in Luke, &c.