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OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. 155
flood did come. Likewise the prophesying of Jeremiah
was exceedingly unpleasant, but it was true and was fol-
lowed by the terrible fate of the city, and the Babylonian
captivity. The preaching of Jesus was at times of fearful
117 So would we
severity, but was it not true? humbly yet
faithfully proclaim the Word of God. We would "cry
118
aloud and spare not," fully believing that, upon an apos-
(117) Mat. 11:20. Then Be- thee : it is better for thee to en-
gan be to upbraid tbe cities ter into life with one eye.
wherein most of bis migbty
works were done, because they Mat. 23 :13. But woe unto
repented not: you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites ! for ye shut up the king-
dom of heaven against men
21. Woe unto thee. Cborazin ! : for
woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for ye neither go in yourselves, nei-
if the mighty works, which were ther suffer ye them that are en-
done in you, had been done in tering to go in.
Tyre and Sidon, they would have
14. Woe unto you, scribes and
repented long ago in sackcloth
and ashes. Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye de-
vour widows' houses, and for a
22. But I say unto you. It pretence make long
prayer :
shall be more tolerable for Tyre therefore ye shall receive the
and Sidon at the day of judg- greater damnation.
ment, than for you.
15. Woe unto you, scribes and
23. And thou, Capernaum,
ye
hypocrites
for
which art exalted unto heaven, Pharisees, sea and land ! to make
compass
shalt be brought down to hell : one proselyte ; and when he
for if the mighty works, which is
made, ye make him twofold more
have been done in thee, had been the child of hell than yourselves.
done in Sodom, it would have-
remained until this day. 27. Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are
24. But I say unto you, That
like unx> whited sepulchres,
it shall be more tolerable for which indeed appear
the land of Sodom in the day of beautiful
outward, but are within full of
judgment, than for thee. dead men's bones, and of all
Mat. 18 :7. Woe unto the uncleanness.
world because of offences ! for it 31. Wherefore ye be witnesses
must needs be that offences unto yourselves, that ye are the
come ; but woe to that man by children of them which killed the
whom the offence cometh
! prophets.
8. Wherefore if thy hand or 32. Fill ye up then the meas-
thy foot offend thee, cut them ure of your fathers.
off, and cast them from thee : 33. Ye serpents, ye generation
It is better for thee to enter in-
ct vipers, how can ye escape the
to life halt or maimed, rather damnation of hell?
than having two hands or two
(118) Isa. 58 :1. Cry
feet to be cast into everlasting aloud,
spare not, lift up thy voice like
fire.
a trumpet, and show my people
9. And If thine eye offend thee, their transgression, and thfl
pluck It out, and cast it from house of Jacob their sins.