...e of David, judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness; and send forth the law from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem; and ... ...nial kingdom. And therefore they will need government, both civil and ecclesiastical, a law and a religion, or rather a law in a religion; that is, ... ...nd preliminary, and not the conclusion of every well-conducted inquiry. If we had not a law, and a testimony, and a body of divine doctrine, as old ... ...bono,” what is the good of it? But seeing that we are a church constituted under divine law and government, the first and the great question is, “Wh... ...n from the dead, Luke xx. 35. Behold! the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, Jude 14. His visit will not be so short, but with more leisur... ... paid him tribute as his vassals. The captives whom that prince took from Jerusalem and Judea, were conducted, not only to Babylon, but also to Medi... ...im, and to make him known to many others: saving them and pulling them out of the fire. Jude 23. The notions which till these times have been held c... ...s who daily resorted to his standard, that he had become master of the strong places of Judea, putting the whole of the Roman garrisons to the sword,... ...r announces throughout the whole second chapter of his Second Epistle; and likewise St. Jude; and, to cut short, Jesus Christ himself announces it. ...

...pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers... ... and prerogatives. And perhaps so it would also have been done to Jerusalem and Judea, if they had listened to the preaching of the apostles and rec... ...ot himself declare the very contrary? —“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matt... ... of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed sp... ...h and Esdras, to celebrate the feast of tabernacles and hear the reading of the law, they one day burst forth into a bitter lamentation, upon which ... ...ity were built, after they, who returned, had established themselves throughout Judea, which they probably found deserted; for it is not said that th... ...rvitude; although only those should be taken into the account who then dwelt in Judea, which was a very small part in respect to that which was then ... ...ly them to those few slaves who returned by permission of Cyrus from Babylon to Judea? Reflect, my dear Sir, upon this capital point with all your a... ...means to those only whom Nebuchadnezzar carried to Babylon, and who returned to Judea by permission of Cyrus, as we have just proved; so the Babylon...

...ory and thought are broth- ers. But, make no mistake, thousands repeat the law and the scriptures and only a handful think.” I see his sparsely bear... ...20 Today was cool and windy. I visited Simeon. I visited Mark. I visited Jude. I called on the captain, who has been transferred to Nazareth. His s... ...ment when officials were in the crowd? Authorities wanted me to break the law by passing judgment. I was shocked by the woman’s fear, her beseeching... ... Hate undermines me. Broken covenants...Golgotha, place of skulls...rocky Judea... Caesar Augustus, your crimes are everywhere...imperator...killer!... ...earded priest demanded: “Master, which is the greatest commandment of the law?” I deliberated, wanting to impose on his arrogance. “You shall love ... ...erstood the evasion. He responded: “Take him, judge him according to your law.” A priest declared: “We found this man saying he was Christ the King...