and SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, and his APOSTLES; F3c4 Lo j heaven, and will fhortly put me, who am the Lord of the temple, to death; yoür holy houle fhall be left defolate, and your nation totally deferted by me ; nor (hall you fee me any more till the whole na- tion is converted to Chriftianity, when all the defcendants of Jacob (hall, with one voice, cry out, Blued is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, as the multitude lately did. . In this manner, the bleffedJEsùs ítripped the Scribes and Pharifees of their hypo- critical mafk. He treated themwith feve- rity, becaufe their crimes were of the blackeft dye; and hence we fhould learn to bereally good, and not flatter ourfelves that we can cover our crimes from that piercing eye to which nothing is concealed, with the cloak. of hypocrify. At thefe 'difcourfes, the people cöúld not fail ofbeing aftonìfhed, as they had always confidered their teachers as the molt righ- rebus among the foes of inen: nay, the perlons themfelves, againft whótn they were levelled, were confounded, becaufè their Own confciences convinced them of the truthof every thing laid to their charge. They, therefore, knewnot 'what courfe tà purfue ; and they let Jesus depart without makingany attempt to feize him, or infli6t on him any kindof punifhment, being pre= vented fromputting theirwicked purpofes in praftice,until the workwas finifhed for which hèwas fent ofhis Fatherinto theworld to do. C l:i A P T E R XXX. CHRIST valueth the poor Widow.'s tzoo Mites above all the Cifts of -the Rich: Ile foretelleth the Dellrutlion of the Temple; fheweth what Signs and Calamities fhould go before, and what fhould happen at the Time of his Conning: He delivers the Parable of the ten Virgins; and of the Talents, which a King dglributed among his Servants, to be improved by them ; and in a third Parable, delivered at the fame Time, he gives et Dfcription of the loft Judgment. A FT E R our dear Lord had expofed the fecret praaices of the Scribes and Pharifees, he repaired with his difciples into the court of the women, called the trea- fury, from feveral thefts being fixed to the pillars of the portico furrounding the court,' for receiving the offerings of thofe who came to worfhip in the temple. While he continued in this court, He beheld how the people call money into the treafury: and many that were rich calf in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and fhe threw in two mites which make afarthing. And he called unto him his difciples, and faith unto them, Verily Ifay unto you, that this poor widow hath colt more in, than all they which have call into the treafury: for all they did calf in of their abundance but Ede of her want did call in all that flze had, even all her living, Mark xii. 4i, 42, 43, 44. This poor widow's offering was, in itfelf, very fmall, yet, in proportion tò the goods the enjoyed, it was remarkably large ; for it was'all fhe had, even all her living. In order, therefore, to encourage charity, and thew that it .is the difpofltion ofthe mind, not the magnificence of the offering, that attra&ed the regard -of the Almighty, the' Son of God applauded this poor widow, as having given more in pro- portion than any oftherich. Their offerings, though
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