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1 Cor. ill. 23. And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

1 Cor. xv, 24, 27, 28. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put un ler him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

Eph. i, 20. He [God] raised Him [Christ] from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.

Phil. ii. 9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.

Heb. 1, 9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Heb. il, 8, 9. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subJection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

CHRIST AS MEDIATOR. SUBORDINATE TO THE FATHER. John v, 20, 26, 30. For the Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son.

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

John viii, 26, 28. 29. I have

many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

John x, 18. No man taketh it

from me, but I lay it down of my! self: I have power to lay it down. and I have power to take it This commandment have again.

I received of my Father.

John xil, 49, 50. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

John xiv, 24, 28. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

John xv, 15. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto

you.

John xvi, 15. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

Johr. xvii, 4, 7. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. Now they have known that all things, whatsoever thou hast given me, are of thee.

Acts x, 38. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

1 Cor. xi, 3. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Father that in him should all fulCol. i, 19. For it pleased the ness dwell.

CHRIST AS JUDGE.
Matth. xvi, 27. For the Son of

man shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Matth. xxiv, 30. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Mark xili, 26. And then shall they see the Sca of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

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Acts x, 42. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

Rom. ii, 16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Rom. xiv, 10. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

2 Cor. v, 10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat

of Christ; that every one may re

ceive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

2 Tim. iv, 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.

Heb. x, 37. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

clouds: and every eye shall see Rev. 1,7. Behold, he cometh with him, and they also which pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.

Rev. xxii, 7, 12, 20. Behold, I come quickly; blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. He which testifieth these things

saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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1 Cor. 1, 7. So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Phil. iii, 20. For our conversa

tion is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the

Lord Jesus Christ.

Col. iii, 3. 4. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

1 Thess. i, 10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Titus i, 3. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious

appearing of the great God, and a flame of fire, and on his head

our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Heb. ix, 28. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation.

Rev. iii, 11. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

APPEARANCE OF THE GLORIFIED
SAVIOUR IN THE REVELATION.
Rev. i, 13-15. And in the midst

of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Rev. xiv, 14. And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Rev. xix, 11-14. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as

were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew but he himself. clothed with a vesture dipped in And he was blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies him upon white horses, clothed in which were in heaven followed fine linen, white and clean.

THE WICKED ONE, AND
ANTI-CHRIST.

2 Thess. ii, 1--12. Now we be seech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for there come a falling away first, that day shall not come, except the son of perdition; Who opposand that man of sin be revealed, eth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, shew member ye not, that, when I was ing himself that he is God. Reyet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mysterv of iniquity doth already work:

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only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be consume with the spirit of his revealed, whom the Lord shall mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even working of Satan, with all power, him, whose coming is after the and signs, and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not might be saved. the love of the truth, that they cause God shall send them strong And for this delusion, that they should believe a lie; That they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

1 John ii, 22. Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the denieth the Father and the Son. Christ? He is antichrist, that

that confesseth not that Jesus 1 John iv, 8. And every spirit Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard already is it in the world. that it should come; and even now

are entered into the world, who 2 John 7. For many deceivers confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

I.

THE JEWISH NATION ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE.

Gen. xii, 1-3. Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth

thee: and in thee shall all families

of the earth be blessed.

Exod. vi, 7. And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Exod. xix, 6. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Deut. vii, 6, 7. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; (for ye were the fewest of all people.)

Deut. x, 15. Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, an he chose their seed after them. even you above all people, as it is this day.

Deut. xiv, 2. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Deut. xxvi, 17-19. Thon hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judg ments, and to hearken unto his Voice: And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandinents; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in

JEWS.

Iname, and in honour, and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

Deut. xxviil, 9, 10. The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

Deut. xxxii, 9. For the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob is the

lot of his inheritance.

P3. cv, 6. O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen."

Ps. cxxxv, 4. For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Isa. xxix, 22. Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

Isa. xli, 8, 9. But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen theo, and not cast thee away.

Isa. Ixii, 12. And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Jer. xxxi, 1. At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

Ezek. xxxvii, 27. My tabernacle also shall be with them; yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Joel iii, 21. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

AND ITS HIGH PRIVILEGE AND
LESTINY.

Lev. xx, 26. And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am Loly, and have severed you from

other people, that ye should be mine.

Deut. iv, 7. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

Deut. xvii, 5. For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him aud his sons for ever.

Deut. xxvii, 9. And Moses, and the priests the Levites, spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; This day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.

2 Sam. vii, 24. For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

1 Chron. xvi, 12, 13. Remember his marvellous works that he listh done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen oues.

1 Chron. xvii, 9, 10, 22. Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel: moreover, I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee, that the LORD will build thee an house. For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lond, becamiest their God.

Ps. xlviii, 8. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever.

Selah.

Ps. xcvii, 8. Zion heard and was rejoiced because of thy judgments, glad; and the daughters of Judah O LORD.

Ps. cxlix, 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Isa. xliv, 1, 2. Yet now hear, O Jacob, my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith

the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

Isa. Ix, 15, 21. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. Thy people also shall be all right eous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Isa. Ixvi, 22. For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain

blind, a light of them which are in darkness.

Rom. iii, 1, 2. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

so am I. Are they Israelites? so 2 Cor. xl, 22. Are they Hebrews? am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

also have confidence in the flesh. Phil. iii, 4, 5. Though I might If any other man thinketh that he

Circumcised

hath whereof he might trust in
the flesh, I more:
the eighth day of the stock of
Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,
an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as
touching the law, a Pharisee.

Jer. xxxi. 36, 37. If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. Thus saith the LORD, If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out be-1 neath I will also cast off all the Beed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

Jer. xxxii, 17, 18. 25, 26. For thus saith the LORD, David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel: Neither shall the priests the Levit es want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. Thus saith the LORD, If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth. Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

Joel ii, 20. But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

Amos iii, 2. You only have I Known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Mal. i, 5. And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.

John viii, 39. They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Rom. ii, 17-19. Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, And knowest his will, and ap provest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; Ami art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the

II-ISRAEL IN EGYPT. Gen. xlvi, 2-7. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. And he said,

am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed, brought he with him into Egypt.

Exod. 1. 1--5. Now these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Isaachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Astier. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Joshua xxiv, 4. And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Acts vii, 6, 14, 15. And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls

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Jacob went down into Egypt, a J died, he, and our fathers.

SUFFERINGS IN EGYPT.

Exod. i, 8-11, 13, 14. Now there which knew not Joseph. And ho arose up a new king over Egypt, said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel Come on, let us deal wisely with are more and mightier than we. them, lest they multiply, and it falleth out any war, they join also come to pass, that, when there

unto our

against us, and so get them up out enemies, and fight flict them with their burdens. of the land. Therefore they did And they built for Pharaoh treaset over them taskmasters to af

sure cities, Pi hom and Raamses. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with bitter with hard bondage, in morrigour: And they made their lives tar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; all their service, wherein they made them serve was with rigour.

Exod. 11, 23. And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

the elders of Israel together, and Exod. iii, 16, 17. Go, and gather say unto them, The LORD GOD of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying. I hive surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Ilittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt Exod. vi, 1, 5, 6, 9. Then the thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. say unto the children of Israel, I Wherefore am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage; and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments. And Moses spake so unto the chil dren of Israel: but they hearkened

not unto Moses for anguish of

spirit, and for cruel bondage.

Exod. xi, 1. And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one

to the LORD our God.

plague more upon Pharaoh, and I wilderness, that we may sacrifice | Hebrews hath met with us: let us upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

Deut. iv, 20. But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. Deut. v, 6. I am the LORD thyme, God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrioffice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. And they met Moses and Aaron, came forth from Pharaoh: And who stood in the way, as they Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast ple? why is it that thou hast sent thou so evil-entreated this peome? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at

Exod. vi, 11-13, 26-30. Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear who am of uncircumcised lips? And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children Deut. xxvi, 6, 7. And the Egyp- of Egypt, to bring the children of of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king tians evil entreated us, and afflic-Israel out of the land of Egypt. ted us, and laid upon us hard bonThese are that Aaron and Moses, dage: And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the the children of Israel from the to whom the LORD said, Bring out LORD heard our voice, and looked land of Egypt, according to their on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression. These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Is rael from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. And it came Exod. vil, 16. And thou shalt to pass, on the day when the say unto him, The LORD God of LORD spake unto Moses in the the Hebrews hath sent me unto land of Egypt, That the LORD thee, saying, Let my people go, spake unto Moses, saying. I am that they may serve me in the the LORD: speak thou unto Pha-wilderness; and, behold, hitherto raoh king of Egypt all that I say thou wouldest not hear. unto thee. And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall

1 Kings viii, 51. For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the - furnace of iron.

Isa. lil, 4. For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Acts vii, 7, 18, 19, 34. And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph: The same dealt subtilely with our kindred, and evil-entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver then. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

COMMISSION OF MOSES.

Exod. iii, 10-12, 18. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee; When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him. The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the

armies.

Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Exod. vii, 2, 7, 14, 15. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee;

and

Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

HIS EXECUTION OF IT.
Exod. iv, 22, 23. And thou shalt
say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the
LORD, Israel is my son, even my
first-born: And I say unto thee,
Let my son go, that he may serve
me: and if thou refuse to let him
go, behold, I will slay thy son,
even thy first-born.

Exod. v, 1-5, 20, 22, 23. And
afterward Moses and Aaron went
in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, Let my
people go, that they may hold a
feast unto me in the wilderness.
And Pharaoh said, Who is the
LORD, that I should obey his voice
to let Israel go? I know not the
LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
And they said, The God of the

all.

Exod. viii, 1, 20, 25-29. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And the LORD said unto Moses. Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, (lo, he cometh forth to the water,) and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD out God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abominationof the Egyptian before their eyes, and will they not stone us? We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me. And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more, in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

Exod. ix, 1, 13, 15, 17. Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the

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