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20.

The Temple. “ man will do his will, he shall know Anno John vii. “ of the doctrine, whether it be of Ætat. 32.

Minift, God, or whether I speak of my self. . 3 “ He that speaketh of himself, seeketh “ his own glory; but he that seeketh “ his glory that sent him, the same is

true, and no unrighteousness is in
!S. “ him. Did not Mofes give you the

“ law, and yet none of you keepeth
" the law? Why go ye about to kill

mes

The people answered and said, Thou hajt a devil; who goeth about to kill 21. thee? Jesus answered and said unto

them, “ I have done one work, and ye all 32. “ marvel. Moses therefore gave unto

you circumcifion, (nor because it is
“ of Moses, but of the fathers) and ye
" on the fabbath day circumcise a man.
" If a man on the fabbath day re-
« ceive circumcision, that the law of
« Moses should not be broken ; are ye

angry at me, because I have made a
man every whit whole on the fabbath

day?
34. Judge not according to the ap-

pearance, but judge righteous judg

ment.
25. Then said some of them of Jerusa.

lem, Is not this he whom they seek to
36. kill? But lo he speakerh boldly, and they

Say nothing unto him : Do the rulers

know indeed that this is the very Christ? 37 Howbeit we know this man whence he is;

but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth

23.

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whence he is.

Then

Anno Then cried Jefus in the temple as he Тne Temple.
Aimar. 32. taught, faying, “ Ye both know me, 28. Johın vii.
Minist. 3. .“ and ye know whence I am : and I

am not come of my felf, but he thar
« fent me is true, whom ye know not.
" But I know him, for I am from him ; 29.
4 and he hath fent me. Then they 30.
fought to take him: But no man laid
hands on him, because his hour was
not yet come.

And many of the people believ'd on 31.
him, and said, When Christ cometh, will
he do more miracles than those which this
man bath done?

The Pharisees heard that the people 32.
murmured such things concerning him ;
and the Pharisees and the chief Priests
fent officers to take him. Then said 33.
Jesus unto them, let a little while am
I with you, and then I go to him that
fent me. Te Malt seek me, and shall not 34.
find me : and where I am, thither ye can-
not come.

Then said the Jews among themselves, 35.
Whither will he go, that we shall not
find him? Will he go to the dispersed a-
mong the Gentiles, and teach the Gen-
tiles? What manner of saying is this 35.
that he said, Ye Shall seek me, and Mall
not find me; and where I am, thither ye
cannot come?

Anno

Ætat 324 Minist. 3.

46. The officers answer'd, Never man Spake

The Temple.

SECT. LXXXV.
Jesus Speaks again in the Temple the

Last day of the Feaft. Some take
him for a Prophet; others not, be-
cause he came out of Galilee. They

seek again to lay hold on bim. John vii. 37.

N the last day, that great day of the

feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me 38. and drink. He that believeth on me; as the Scripture hath

said, out of his bel-
39. ly shall flow rivers of living water. (But

this spake he of the Spirit, which they
that believe should receive, for the Ho-
ly Ghost was not yet given, because
that Jesus was not yet glorified) Many
of the people therefore, when they

heard this saying, faid, Of a truth this
41. is the prophet. "Others said, This is

the Christ. But some faid, Shall Christ
42. come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scrip.

ture said, that Christ cometh of the feed
of David, and out of the town of Beible-
hem, where David was? So there was
a division among the people because
of him. And some of them would
have taken him ; but no man laid hands

Then came Officers to the chief
priests and Pharisees; and they said un-
to them, Why have ye not brought him?

40.

44.

on him. 45.

like this man. Then answered them

the

48.

Anno the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? The Temple. Ætat.

32. Have any of the Rulers or of the Pha: 47. Joh. vii. Minift. 3. risees bélieved on bim? But this people

49.
who knoweth not the Law are cursed. 5
Nicodemus faith unto them, (He that so.
came to Jesus by night, being one of
them) Doth our Law judge any man be- si.
fore it hear him, and know what he do-
eth? They answered and said unto him, 52.
Art thou also of Galilee ? search and
look; for out of Galilee ariseth no Pro-
phet. And every man went to his own 53.
house.

SECT. LXXXVI,
The Judgment of Christ concerning an

Adulteress.
ESUS went unto the mount of 1. Joh. viii.

Olives : And early in the morning 2.
he came again into the temple, and all
the people came unto him; and he far
down, and taught them.

And the Scribes and Pharisees brought 3. unto him a woman taken in Adultery; and when they had fet her in the mids, They say unto him, Master, this wo-4. man was taken in adultery, in the

very att Now Moses in the Law command-s. ed us, that such should be stoned; but what sayest thou? This they said, tempt. 6. ing him, that they might have to accufe him. But Jesus Itooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground as thọ he heard them not.

So

The Temple. So when they continued asking him, Anno
Jah, viii." .7he lift up himself, and said unto them, Aitata 38

Minift. 3
He that is without sin among you, let
8. bim first cast a stone at her. And again
che stooped down, and wrote on the
9.ground. And they which heard it, be,

ing convi&ted in their own conscience,
went out one by one; beginning at the
eldest, even unto the latt; and Jefus
was left alone, and the woman standing

in the midst.
1o.: When Jesus had lift up himself, and

faw none but the woman, he said unto
her, Woman, where are those thine ac-

cusers? Hath no man condemned thee?
11. She said, no man, Lord: And Jesus said

unto her, Neither do I condemn thee:
Go, and sin no more.

1

SECT. LXXXVII.
Jesus's Discourse concerning himself,

and the depravity of the Jews of

that Age.

*HEN spake Jesus again unto them

he that followeth me, hall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of

life.
13. The Pharisees therefore said unto him,

Thou bearest record of thy felf; thy re

cord is not true.
14. Jesus answered and said unto them,

« Tho’I bear record of my felf, yet my,

I record