quotations, that the Italic letter contains the reflection, the common letter the incident or occafion from which it fprings.

Mat. xii. 49, 50. "Then they said unto him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren ftand without, defiring to speak with thee. But he answered, and faid unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he ftretched forth his hands towards his difciples, and faid, Behold my mother and my brethren; for whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the fame is my brother, and fifter, and mother.”

Mat. xvi. 5. "And when his difciples were come to the other fide, they had for gotten to take bread; then Jefus faid unto them, Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharifees, and of the Sadducees. And they reafoned among themselves, faying, It is because we have taken no bread. How is it that ye do not understand, that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye fhould beware of the leaven of the Pharifees, and of

the

the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the DOCTRINE of the Pharifees and of the Sadducees."

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Mat. xv. 1, 2. 10, 11. 17-20. came to Jefus Scribes and Pharifees, which were of Jerufalem, faying, Why do thy dif ciples tranfgrefs the traditions of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.——And he called the multitude, and faid unto them, Hear and understand, Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Then anfwered Peter, and faid unto him, Declare unto us this rable. And Jefus faid, Are ye alfo yet without understanding? Do ye not yet underftand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is caft out into the draught? but those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man; for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blafphemies;

blafphemies; these are the things which defile

a man, BUT TO EAT WITH UNWASHEN HANDS DEFILETH NOT A MAN."

Our

Saviour, upon this occafion, expatiates rather more at large than ufual, and his difcourfet also is more divided; but the concluding fentence brings back the whole train of thought to the incident in the first verse, viz. the objurgatory queftion of the Pharifees, and renders it evident that the whole fprung from that circumftance.

Mark x. 13, 14, 15. "And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them, and his difciples rebuked thofe that brought them; but when Jefus faw it, he was much difpleafed, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of fuch is the kingdom of God: verily I fay unto you, whofoever fhall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.”

Mark i. 16, 17. "Now as he walked by the fea of Galilee, he faw Simon and Andrew

Andrew his brother cafting a net into the fea, for they were fishers; and Jesus faid unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fiflers of men."

Luke xi. 27. "And it came to pafs as he fpake these things, a certain woman of the company lift up her voice and faid unto him, Bleffed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou haft fucked; but he faid, Yea, rather bleffed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

Luke xiii. 1-5. "There were prefent

at that feason fome that told him of the Galileans, whofe blood Pilate had mingled with their facrifices; and Jefus anfwering, faid unto them, Suppofe ye that thefe Galileans were finners above all the Galileans, because they fuffered fuch things? I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewife perish."

Luke xiv. 15. "And when one of them, that fat at meat with him, heard these things, he faid unto him, Bleffed is he that shall eat

bread

bread in the kingdom of God. Then faid he unto him, A certain man made a great fupper, and bade many," &c. The parable is rather too long for infertion, but affords a ftriking inftance of Chrift's manner of raising a discourse from the occafion. Obferve also in the same chapter two other examples of advice, drawn from the circumstances of the entertainment and the behaviour of the guefts.

We will now fee, how this manner discovers itself in St. John's hiftory of Chrift.

John vi. 26. "And when they had found him on the other fide of the sea, they faid unto him, Rabbi, when cameft thou hither? Jefus answered them, and said, Verily I fay unto you, ye feek me not because ye faw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man fhall give unto you.”

John