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Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear, hear ken unto me, thou son of Zippor: But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, all that the LORD speaketh,

that I must do? And Balak said

unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me

them from thence.

Num. xxiv, 12, 18. And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers, which thou sentest unto me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

Num. xxix, 40. And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

1 Sam. ili, 15-18. And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Ell the vision. called Samuel, and said, Samuel, Then Eli my son. And he answered, Here am I. And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD; let him do what seemeth him good.

And he said

1 Sam. xv, 16. Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. unto him, Say on. 2 Sam. vii, 17. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

1 Kings xxii, 13. 14. And the messenger that was gone to call Behold now, the words of the proMicaiali spake unto him, saying, phets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.

1 Chron. xvii, 15. According to all these words, and according to

all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

and the corn of my floor: that Isa. xxi, 10. O my threshing, which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

the LORD, Stand in the court of Jer. xxvi, 2, 12, 13. Thus saith the LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come all the words that I command to worship in the LORD's house, thee to speak unto them; diminish miah unto all the princes, and to not a word. Then spake Jereall the people, saying, The LORD house, and against this city, all sent me to prophesy against this Therefore now amend your ways the words that ye have heard, and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

Jer. xlii, 4. Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray ing to your words; and it shall unto the LORD your God accordcome to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer yon, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

said unto me, Son of man, all my
Ezek. ill, 10, 11. Moreover, he
words that I shall speak unto
hear with thine ears.
thee receive in thine heart, and
get thee to them of the captivity,
And go,
and speak unto them, and tell
unto the children of thy people,
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD,
whether

whether they will forbear.
they will hear, or

them of the captivity all the
Ezek. xi, 25. Then I spake unto
things that the LORD had shewed

me.

V.

CERTAINTY OF FULFIL
MENT.

1 Sam. iii, 12. In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

1 Kings xiii, 32. For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to

pass.

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shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

Thou hast asked a hard thing: 2 Kings ii, 10. And he said, nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

phet Jeremiah said unto the pro-
Jer. xxviii, 5, 6. Then the pro-
phet Hananiah in the presence of
all the people that stood in the
the priests, and in presence of
house of the LORD,

the LORD do so; the LORD per-
Even the
prophet Jeremiah said, Amen:
form thy words which thou hast
vessels of the LORD's house, and
prophesied, to bring again the
from Babylon into this place.
all that is carried away captive,

of man, thus saith the Lord God
Ezek. vil, 2, 5-7. Also, thou son
the end is come upon the four
unto the land of Israel, An end,

the Lord GOD, An evil, an only
corners of the land. Thus saith
evil, behold, is' come.
come, the end is come: it watch-
An end is
The morning is come unto thee,
eth for thee; behold, it is come.
O thou that dwellest in the land:
the time is come, the day of
trouble is near, and not the sound-
ing again of the mountains.

what is that proverb that ye have Ezek. xii, 22-28. Son of man, in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every fore, Thus saith the Lord God, I vision faileth? Tell them thereand they shall no more use it as a will make this proverb to cease, proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. For vision nor flattering divination there shall be no more any vain within the house of Israel. For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to times that are far off. Therefore come, and he prophesieth of the say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. There shall none of my words be prolonged any more;

but the word which I have
Lord GOD.
spoken shall be done, saith the

cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,)
then shall they know that a pro-
phet hath been among them.

Ezek. xxxiii, 33. And when this

his reign, I Daniel understood by Dan. ix, 2. In the first year of books the number of the years,

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Matth. xill, 16, 17. But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you. That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them

Acts xi, 27--30. And in these days came prophets from Jerusa lem, unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to piss in the days of ClandinsCesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea: Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabus and Saul.

Acts xxi, 4, 10. 11. And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. And as we tarrted there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said. Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the entiles.

Rev. xxii, 6. And be said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

INSTANCES.

Joshua vi, 26. And Joshna adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho be shall lay the foundation thereof in bis firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

1 Kings xvi, 34. In his days did Hiel the Bethelite nild Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abir his first-born, and set up the gates thereof in his youngost

son Segub, according to the word
of the LORD, which he spake by
Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kings ii. 27. So Solomon
thrust out Abiathar from being
priest unto the LORD; that he
night fulfil the word of the LORD,
which he spake concerning the
house of Eli in Shiloh.

1 Kings xiii, 1. 2. And, behold. there came a man of God ont of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense, And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith the LORD, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1 Kings xv, 29. 30. And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Alijah the Shilonite: Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by is provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

1 Kings xvi, 12, 13. Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet; For all the sins of Baasha, and the ins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin,inprovoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

1 Kings xxii, 37. 38. So the king died, and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria. And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood and they washed his armour according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

2 Kings vil. 16, 17, 19, 20. And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Losp. And the king appointed the lord, on whose and be leaned, to have the charge of the gate: and the people trade upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had sai, who spake when the king eine down to him. And that lord answered the man of God, and 8, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he

sald, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eves, but shalt not eat thereof. And so it fell ont unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.

2 Kings ix, 25, 26. Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore fake and Cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD

2 Kings xiv, 25. Ile restored the coast of Israel, from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittal, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.

2 Kings xv, 12. This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

2 Kings xxiii, 16. And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the ones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it according to the word of the LORD, which the man o God proclaimed, who proclaimed

these words.

LESSONS.

Josh. xxiii, 15. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as al: good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

Isa. xlviii, 6, 7. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ve declare it I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

Jer. xxxii, 42. For thus saith the LORD, Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Zech. 1, 6. But my words and my statutes, which I commanded

my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said. Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways. and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

1 Peter i. 10-12. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us, they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

SPECIAL PROPHETIC

PERIODS.

Dan. vii, 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the stints of the most High, and think to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hand, until a time and times, and the dividing of time.

Dan viii, 13, 14. Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake. How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacri fice, an i the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanc tuary and the host to be trodden under foo!? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Rev. xi, 2,3. But the court which I is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Rev. xii, 6, 14. And the woman
fled into the wilderness, where

she hath a place prepared of God,
that they should feed her there a
thousand two hundred and three-
score days. And to the woman
were given two wings of a great
eagle, that she might fly into the
wilderness, into her place; where
she is nourished for a time, and
times, and half a time, from the
face of the serpent.

given unto him a mouth speaking
Rev. xiii, 5. 18. And there was
great things, and blasphemies;
and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months.
Here is wisdom. Let him that
hath understanding count the

number of the beast: for it is the

number of a man; and his number
is Six hundred threescore and
six.

VI.

PROPHECY THE MEANS OF
KNOWLEDGE UNDER THE
FORMER DISPENSATION.
1 Sam ii, 1. And the child
Sam tel ministered unto the LORD
LORD was precious in those days;
before Eli. And the word of the
there was no open vision.

1 Chron. xxi, 12-17. And there
came a writing to him from Elijah
the prophet, saying, Thus saith
the LORD God of David thy father,
Because thou hast not walked in
ather, nor in the ways of Asa
the ways of Jehoshaphat thy
king of Judah, But hast walked
in the way of the kings of Israel,
an hast made Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a
whoring, like to the whoredoms
of the house of Ahab, and also
hast slain thy brethren of thy
father's house, which were better
than thyself: Behold, with a great
people, and thy children, and thy
plague will the LORD smite thy
wives, and all thy goods; And
thou shalt have great sickness by
di-cise of thy bowels, until thy
bowe s fill out by reason of the
sickness day by day. Moreover,

Dan xii. 6. 7. 11-13. And one sail to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river. How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? And I heard the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time. times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh the desolate set up there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in hy lot at the end of the days.

Arabians,

Jelioram the spirit of the Phil-
LORD stirred up against
istines, and of the
that were near the Ethiopians:
And they came up into Judah,
and brake into it, and carried
away all the substance that was
found in the king's house, and
his sons also, and his wives; 80

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that there was never a son left
of his sons.
him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest

signs: there is no more any pro-
Ps. lxxiv, 9. We see not our
phet: neither is there among us
any that knoweth how long.

Prov. xxix, 18. Where there is he that keepeth the law, happy no vision, the people perish: but

is he.

Jer. vi, 27. I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

Hosea vi. 5. 6. Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

SCHOOLS OF THE PRO
PHETS.

2 Kings ii, 3-7. And the sons of the prophets that toere at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said

unto him, Knowest thon that the

LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. Jericho came to Elisa, and said And the sons of the prophets that were at unto bim, Knowest thon that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, to Jordan. And he said, As the here; for the LORD hath sent ine LORD liveth, and as thy soul liv eth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. And fitty went, and stood to view afar off: men of the sous of the prophets and they two stood by Jordan.

PROPHETESSES.

took a timbrel in her hand; and prophetess, the sister of Aaron, Exod. xv, 20. Ani Miriam the all the women went out atter her with timbrels and with dances.

prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, Judges iv, 4, 5. And Deborah, a And she dwelt under the palmshe judged Israel at that time. and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: tree of Deborah, between Ramah and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

priest, and Ainikam, and Achbor, 2 Kings xxii,14. 15. So Hilkiah the and Shaphan, and Asalah, went

unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man

that sent you to me.

2 Chron. xxxiv, 22, 23. And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they spake to her to that effect. And she answered them. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me.

Isa. viii, 3. And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son: then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher

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Ezek. xiii, 17-23. Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which

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I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life. Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall

know that I am the LORD.

Rev. ii, 20. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

PROPHETS UNDER THE

NEW TESTAMENT. Acts xv, 32. And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

Rom. xii, 6. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.

after charity, and desire spiritual 1 Cor. xiv, 1-3, 29-33. Follow gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. Let

the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. If any thing be revealed to another that

them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

2 Kings il, 15. And when the sons of the prophets, which were to view at Jericho, saw him, they rest on Elisha. And they came said, The spirit of Elijah doth to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

there shall fall unto the earth 2 Kings x, 10. Know now that nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD

hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

2 Chron. xxvi, 5. And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

Jer. xxxix, 11, 12. Now Nebuchadrezar king of Babylon gave Nebuzar-adan the captain of the charge concerning Jeremiah to guard, saying, Take him, and look well to him, and do bim no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

loose thee [Jeremiah] this day from Jer. xl, 4, 5. And now, behold, I the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto to come with me into Babylon, thee: but if it seem ill unto thee forbear: behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. Now, while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son

prophesy out of their own heart: sitteth by, let the first hold his of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

and prophesy thou against them, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all arm-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature, to hunt souls! Will ye

hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? And will ye pollute me among my people for bandfuls of barley, and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lics? Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. Your

peace. For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all

may

be comforted.

And

the

spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the

saints.

THE PROPHETS RESPECTED.

1 Sam. iii, 19, 20. And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

1 Sam. ix, 6. And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an cometh surely to pass: now let us honourable man; all that he saith

go thither; peradventure he can

whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it Seemeth convenient unto thee to 50. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

Acts xxvi, 27. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? know that thou believest.

BUT SOMETIMES HATED

AND PERSECUTED.

1 Kings xxii, 7-9, 24-27. And Jehoshaphat said, 1s there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? And the king of Israel said Imlah, by whom we may enquire unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of

kerchiefs also will I tear, and de- shew us our way that we should of the LORD: but I hate him; for

liver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom

go.

1 Kings xviii, 4. For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid

he doth not prophesygood concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imiah. But

Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
went near, and smote Micaiah on
the cheek, and said, Which way
went the Spirit of the LORD from
mo to speak unto thee? And
Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt
see in that day, when thou shalt
go into an inner chamber to hide
thyself. And the king of Israel
said, Take Micaiah, and carry
him back unto Amon the governor
of the city, and to Joash the king's
son; And say, Thus saith the
king, Put this fellow in the prison,
and feed him with bread of afflicking of Babylon's army besieged
tion, and with water of affliction, Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the pro-
until I come in peace.
phet was shut up in the court of
the prison, which was in the king
of Judah's house. For Zedekiali
king of Judah had shut him up,
saying, Wherefore dost thou pro-
plesy, and say, Thus saith the
LORD, Behold, I will give this city
into the hand of the king of Baby-

mad, and maketh himself a pro-1
phet, that thou shouldest put him
in prison, and in the stocks. Now
therefore whyhast thou not reprov-
ed Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you?
For therefore he sent unto us in
Babylon, saying, This captivity is
long: build ye houses, and dwell
in them; and plant gardens, and
eat the fruit of them. And Zeph-
aniah the priest read this letter in
the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
Jer. xxxii, 2, 3. For then the

2 Chron. xviii, 17, 25, 26. And
the king of Israel said to Jeho-
shaphat, Did I not tell thee that
he would not prophesy good unto
me, but evil? Then the king of
Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and
carry him back to Amon the
governor of the city, and to Joa-hlon,
the king's son: And say, Thus
saith the king, Put this fellow in
the prison, and feed him with
bread of affliction, and with water
of affliction, until I return in

peace.

Isa. xxx, 10, 11. Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Jer. xi, 21-23. Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

Jer. xx, 1, 2. Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who tras also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which cas by the house of the LORD.

Jer. xxix, 25 29. Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseial the priest, and to all the priests, saying, The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is

and he shall take it.

Ezek. iii, 25, 26. But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

Amos vii, 12, 13, 16, 17. Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. Therefore thus saith the LORD, Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land; and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

Micah i, 6. Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

1 Kings xix, 14. And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, eren I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

2 Chron. xxxvi, 16, 17. But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets until the wrath

of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age; he gave them all into his hand.

Jer. xx, 3, 4. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him. The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Rom. xi, 2, 3. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

James v, 10. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

DUTY OF THE PEOPLE. Zech. vii, 7. Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

1 Thess. v, 20. Despise not prophesyings.

SIN OF UNBELIEF.

said, Hear ye the word of the 2 Kings vii, 1, 2. Then Elisha LORD; Thus saith the LORD, TOmorrow, about this time, shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

2 Chron. xxiv, 19. Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they

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