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Weyant + + + + + + THE + SUPPRESSED + GOSPELS AND EPISTLES + OF THE ORIGINAL + NEW TESTAMENT + OF + JESUS THE CHRIST + + AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ANCIENT HOLY SCRIPTURES. + NOW EXTANT, ATTRIBUTED TO + HIS APOSTLES, AND THEIR DISCIPLES, + AND VENERATED BY THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES DURING + THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES, + BUT SINCE, AFTER VIOLENT DISPUTATIONS + FORBIDDEN BY THE + BISHOPS OF THE NICENE COUNCIL, + IN THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE + AND OMITTED FROM THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT + EDITIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY ITS COMPILERS + + TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, WITH HISTORICAL + REFERENCES TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY, + + BY + ARCHBISHOP WAKE + AND OTHER + LEARNED DIVINES + + + + + + THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF BARNABAS. + + +CHAPTER I. + + Preface to the Epistle. + +ALL happiness to you my sons +and daughters, in the name +of our Lord Jesus Christ, who +loved us, in peace. + +2 Having perceived abundance +of knowledge of the great and +excellent laws of God to be in you, +I exceedingly rejoice in your blessed +and admirable souls, because ye +have so worthily received the +grace which was grafted in you. + +3 For which cause I am full of +joy, hoping the rather to be saved; +inasmuch as I truly see a spirit +infused into you, from the pure +fountain of God: + +4 Having this persuasion, and +being fully convinced thereof, +because that since I have begun to +speak unto you, I have had a more +than ordinary good success in the +way of the law of the Lord, which +is in Christ, + +5 For which cause brethren, I +also think verily that I love you +above my own soul; because that +therein dwelleth the greatness of +faith and charity, as also the hope +of that life which is to come. + +6 Wherefore considering this, +that if I shall take care to +communicate to you a part of what +I have received, it shall turn to +my reward, that I have served such +good souls. I gave diligence to +write in a few words unto you; +that together with your faith, your +knowledge also may be perfect. + +7 There are therefore three +things ordained by the Lord; the +hope of life, the beginning, and +the completion of it. + +8 For the Lord hath both +declared unto us, by the prophets, +those things that are past; and +opened to us the beginnings of +those that are to come. + +9 Wherefore, it will behove us, +as he has spoken, to come more +holily, and nearer to his altar. + +10 I therefore, not as a teacher +but as one of you, will endeavour +to lay before you a few things by +which you may, on many accounts, +become the more joyful. + + + +CHAPTER II. + + That Clod has abolished the legal sacrifices, + to introduce the spiritual righteousness of the Gospel. + +SEEING then the days are +exceedingly evil, and the +adversary has got the power of this +present world we ought to give the +more diligence to inquire into the +righteous judgments of the Lord. + +2 Now the assistants of our +faith are fear and patience; our +fellow-combatants, long suffering +and continence. + +3 Whilst these remain pure +in what relates unto the Lord, +wisdom, and understanding, and +science, and knowledge, rejoice +together with them. + +4 For God has manifested to us +by all the prophets, that he has no +occasion for our sacrifices, or +burnt-offerings, or oblations: +saying thus; To what purpose is +the multitude of your sacrifices +unto me, saith the Lord. + +5 I am full of the burnt-offerings +of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; +and I delight not in the blood of +bullocks, or of he-goats. + +6 When ye come to appear +before me, who hath required +this at your hands? Ye shall no +more tread my courts. + +7 Bring no more vain oblations, +incense is an abomination unto me +your new moons and sabbaths, +and the calling of assemblies +I cannot bear with, it is iniquity, +even the solemn meeting; your +new moons and your appointed +feasts my soul hateth. + +8 These things therefore hath +God abolished, that the new law +of our Lord Jesus Christ, which +is without the yoke of any such +necessity, might have the spiritual +offering of, men themselves. + +9 For so the Lord saith again +to those heretofore; Did I at all +command your fathers when they +came out of the land of Egypt +concerning burnt-offerings of +sacrifices? + +10 But this I commanded them, +saying, Let none of you imagine +evil in your hearts against his +neighbour, and love no false oath. + +11 Forasmuch then as we are +not without understanding, we +ought to apprehend the design of +our merciful Father. For he +speaks to us, being willing that +we who have been in the same +error about the sacrifices, should +seek and find how to approach +unto him. + +12 And therefore he thus +bespeaks us, The sacrifice of God +(is a broken spirit,) a broken and +contrite heart--God will not despise. + +13 Wherefore brethren, we ought +the more diligently to inquire +after those things that belong +to our salvation, that the +adversary may not have any +entrance into us, and deprive +us of our spiritual life. + +14 Wherefore he again speaketh +to them, concerning these things; +Ye shall not fast as ye do this day, +to make your voice to be heard on high. + +15 Is it such a fast that I have +chosen? A day for a man to afflict +his soul? Is it to bow down his +head like a bulrush, and to spread +sackcloth and ashes under him? +Wilt thou call this a fast, and an +acceptable day to the Lord? + +16 But to us he saith on this +wise: Is not this the fast that I +have chosen, to loose the bands of +wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, +and to let the oppressed go free: +and that ye break every yoke? + +17 Is it not to deal thy bread +to the hungry, and that thou bring +the poor that are cast out to thy +house? When thou seest the naked +that thou cover him, and that thou +hide not thyself from thy own +flesh. + +18 Then shall thy light break +forth as the morning, and thy +health shall spring forth speedily; +and thy righteousness shall go +before thee; the glory of the Lord +shall be thy reward. + +19 Then shalt thou call and +the Lord shall answer; thou shalt +cry and he shall say, Here I am; +if thou put away from the midst of +thee the yoke; the putting forth +of the finger, and speaking vanity; +and if thou draw out thy soul to +the hungry; and satisfy the +afflicted soul. + +20 In this, therefore, brethren, +God has manifested his foreknowledge +and love for us; because the +people which he has purchased to +his beloved Son were to believe +in sincerity; and therefore he has +shown these things to all of us, +that we should not run as +proselytes to the Jewish Law. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + The prophecies of Daniel concerning the ten kings, + and the coming of Christ. + +WHEREFORE it is necessary +that searching diligently into +those things which are soon to +come to pass, we should write to +you what may serve to keep you +whole. + +2 To which end, let us flee from +every evil work and hate the errors +of the present time, that we may +be happy in that which is to come. + +3 Let us not give ourselves the +liberty of disputing with the wicked +and sinners; lest we should chance +in time to become like unto them. + +4 For the consummation of sin +is come, as it is written, as the +prophet Daniel says. And for this +end the Lord hath shortened the +times and the days, that his +beloved might hasten his corning +to his inheritance. + +5 For so the prophet speaks; +There shall ten kings reign in +the heart, and there shall rise last +of all another little one, and he +shall humble three kings. + +6 And again Daniel speaks in +like manner concerning the kingdoms; +and I saw the fourth beast dreadful +and terrible, and strong exceedingly; +and it had ten horns. I considered +the horns, and behold there came up +among them another little horn, +before which were three of the first +horns plucked up by the roots. + +7 We ought therefore to understand +this also: And I beseech you, as one +of your own brethren, loving you all +beyond my own life, that you look +well to yourselves, and be not like +to those who add sin to sin, and say; +That their covenant is ours also. +Nay, but it is ours only: for they +have forever lost that which Moses +received. + +8 For thus saith the Scripture +And Moses continued fasting forty +days and forty nights in the Mount; +and he received the covenant from +the Lord, even the two tables of +stone, written by the hand of God. + +9 But having turned themselves +to idols they lost it; as the Lord +also said to Moses; Moses, go +down quickly, for thy people which +thou hast brought forth out of +Egypt, have corrupted themselves, +and turned aside from the way +which I commanded them. And +Moses cast the two tables out of +his hands; and their covenant was +broken; that the love of Jesus +might be sealed in your hearts, +unto the hope of his faith. + +10 Wherefore let us give heed +unto the last times. For all the +time past of our life and our faith, +will profit us nothing; unless we +continue to hate what is evil, and +to withstand the future temptations. +So the Son of God tells us; Let us +resist all iniquity and hate it. + +11 Wherefore consider the works +of the evil way. Do not withdraw +yourselves from others as if you +were already justified; but coming +altogether into one place, inquire +what is agreeable to and profitable +for the beloved of God. For the +Scripture saith; Woe unto them +that are wise in their own eyes; +and prudent in their sight. + +12 Let us become spiritually a +perfect temple to God. As much +as in us lies let us meditate upon +the fear of God; and strive to the +utmost of our power to keep his +commandments; that we may rejoice +in his righteous judgments. + +13 For God will judge the world +without respect of persons and +everyone shall receive according +to his works. + +14 If a man shall be good, his +righteousness shall go before him +if wicked, the reward of his +wickedness shall follow him. + +15 Take heed therefore lest +sitting still now, that when we are +called, we fall asleep in our sins; +and the wicked one getting the +dominion over us, stir us up, and +shut us out of the kingdom of the +Lord. + +16 Consider this also: although +you have seen so great signs and +wonders done among the people +of the Jews, yet this notwithstanding +the Lord hath forsaken them. + +17 Beware, therefore, lest it +happen to us; as it is written +There may be many called, but +few chosen. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + + That Christ was to suffer is proved + from the prophecies concerning him. + +For this cause did our Lord +vouchsafe to give up his body +to destruction, that through the +forgiveness of our sins we might +be sanctified; that is, by the +sprinkling of his blood. + +2 Now for what concerns the +things that are written about him, +some belong to the people of the +Jews, and some to us. + +3 For thus saith the Scripture; +He was wounded for our transgressions, +he was bruised for our iniquities, +and by his blood we are healed. +He was led as a lamb to the +slaughter, and as a sheep before +his shearers is dumb, so he +opened not his mouth. + +4 Wherefore we ought the more +to give thanks unto God, for that +he hath both declared unto us +what is passed, and not suffered +us to be without understanding of +those things that are to come. + +5 But to them he saith; The +nets are not unjustly spread for +the birds. + +6 This he spake, because a man +will justly perish, if having the +knowledge of the way of truth, he +shall nevertheless not refrain +himself from the way of darkness. + +7 And for this cause the Lord +was content to suffer for our souls, +although he be the Lord of the +whole earth; to whom God said +before the beginning of the world, +Let us make man after our own +image and likeness. + +8 Now how he suffered for us, +seeing it was by men that he +underwent it, I will shew you. + +9 The prophets having received +from him the gifts of prophecy, +spake before concerning him: + +10 But he, that he might +abolish death, and make known the +resurrection from the dead, was +content, as it was necessary, to +appear in the flesh, that he might +make good the promise before given +to our fathers, and preparing +himself a new people, might +demonstrate to them whilst he was +upon earth, that after the +resurrection he would judge +the world. + +11 And finally, teaching the +people of Israel, and doing many +wonders and signs among them, +he preached to them, and shewed +the exceeding great love which +he bare towards them. + +12 And when he chose his apostles, +which were afterwards to publish +his Gospel, he took men who had +been very great sinners; that +thereby he might plainly shew +That he came not to call the +righteous but sinners to +repentance. + +13 Then he clearly manifested +himself to be the Son of God. +For had he not come in the flesh, +how should men have been able to +look upon him, that they might be +saved? + +14 Seeing that if they beheld +only the sun, which was the work +of his hands, and shall hereafter +cease to be, they are not able to +endure stedfastly to look against +the rays of it; + +15 Wherefore the Son of God +came in the flesh for this cause, +that he might fill up the measure +of their iniquity, who have +persecuted his prophets unto +death. And for the same reason +also he suffered. + +16 For God hath said of the +stripes of his flesh, that they were +from them. And, I will smite the +shepherd, and the sheep of the +flock shall be scattered. + +17 Thus he would suffer, because +it behoved him to suffer upon the +cross. + +18 For thus one saith, +prophesying concerning him; +Spare my soul from the sword. +And again, My flesh trembleth +for fear. + +19 And again, the congregation +of wicked doers rose up against +me, (They have pierced my +hands and my feet). + +20 And again he saith, I gave +my back to the smiters, and my +face I set as a hard rock. + + + +CHAPTER V. + +The subject continued. + +And when he had fulfilled the +commandment of God, What +says he? Who will contend with +me? Let him stand against me +or who is he that will implead +me? Let him draw near to the +servant of the Lord. Woe be to +you! Because ye shall all wax +old as a garment, the moth +shall eat you up. + +2 And again adds the prophet, +He is put for a stone of +stumbling. Behold I lay in Zion +for a foundation, a precious +stone a choice corner-stone; +an honourable stone. And what +follows? And he that hopeth +in him shall live for ever. + +3 What then? Is our hope built +upon a stone? God forbid. But +because the Lord hath hardened +his flesh against sufferings, he +saith, I have put me as a firm +rock. + +4 And again the prophet adds; +The stone which the builders +refused has become the head of +the corner. And again he saith +This is the great and wonderful +day which the Lord hath made. +a I write these things the more +plainly to you that ye may +understand: I For indeed I +could be content even to die +for your sakes. + +5 But what saith the prophet +again; The counsel of the wicked +encompassed me about. They +came about me, as bees about the +honey-comb: and, Upon my vesture +they cast lots. + +6 Forasmuch then as our Saviour +was to appear in the flesh and +suffer, his passion was hereby +foretold. + +7 For thus saith the prophet +against Israel: "Woe be to their +soul because they have taken +wicked counsel against themselves, +saying; let us lay snares for the +righteous, because he is +unprofitable to us." + +8 Moses also in like manner +speaketh to them; Behold thus +saith the Lord God; Enter ye +into the good land of which the +Lord path sworn to Abraham, and +Isaac, and Jacob, that he would +give it you, and possess it; a land +flowing with milk and honey. + +9 Now what the spiritual meaning +of this is, learn; It is as if it +had been said, Put your trust in +Jesus, who shall be manifested to +you in the flesh. For man is the +earth which suffers: forasmuch +as out of the substance of the +earth Adam was formed. + +10 What therefore does he mean +when he says, Into a good land +flowing with milk and honey? +Blessed be our Lord, who has +given us wisdom, and a heart to +understand his secrets. For so +says the prophet, "Who shall +understand the hard sayings of the +Lord? But he that is wise, and +intelligent, and that loves his +Lord." + +11 Seeing therefore he has +renewed us by the remission of our +sins, he has put us into another +frame, that we should have souls +like those of children, forming +us again himself by the spirit. + +12 For thus the Scripture saith +concerning us, where it introduceth +the Father speaking to the Son; +Let us make man after our likeness +and similitude; and let them have +dominion over the beasts of the +earth, and over the fowls of the +air, and the fish of the sea. + +13 And when the Lord saw the +man which he had formed, that +behold he was very good; he said, +Increase and multiply, and +replenish the earth. And this +he spake to his son. + +14 I will now show you, how he +made us a new creature, in the +latter days. + +15 The Lord saith; Behold I +will make the last as the first. +Wherefore the prophet thus spake, +Enter into the land flowing with +milk and honey, and have dominion +over it. + +16 Wherefore ye see how we +are again formed anew; as also +he speaks by another prophet; +Behold saith the Lord, I will take +from them; that is, from those +whom the spirit I of the Lord +foresaw, their hearts of stone, +and I will put into them hearts +of flesh. + +17 Because he was about to be +made manifest in the flesh and to +dwell in us. + +18 For, my brethren, the +habitation of our heart is a 'holy +temple unto the Lord. For the prophet +saith again, In what place shall I +appear before the Lord my God, +and be glorified? + +19 He answers I will confess +unto thee in the congregation in +the midst of my brethren; and will +sing unto thee in the church of +the saints: + +20 Wherefore we are they whom +he has brought into that good land. + +21 But what signifies the milk +and honey? Because as the child +is nourished first with milk, and +then with honey; so we being +kept alive by the belief of his +promises and his word, shall live +and have dominion over the land. + +22 For he foretold before, saying, +increase and multiply, and have +dominion over the beasts, fishes, +and birds. + +23 But who is there that is now +able to have this dominion over +the wild beasts, or fishes, or fowls +of the air? For you know that to +rule, is to have power; that a man +should be set over what he rules. + +24 But forasmuch as this we +have not now, he tells us when we +shall have it; namely, when we +shall become perfect, that we may +be made the inheritors of the +covenant of the Lord. + + + +CHAPTER VI. + + The sacrifice of Jesus, and of a goat, + an evident type of Christ crucified. + +UNDERSTAND then my beloved +children, that the good God hath +before manifested all things unto +us, that we might know to whom +we ought always to give thanks +and praise. + +2 If therefore the Son of God +who is the Lord of all, and shall +come to judge both the quick and +dead, hath suffered, that by his +stripes we might live; let us +believe that the Son of God could +not have suffered but for us. But +being crucified, they gave him +vinegar and gall to drink. + +3 Hear therefore how the priests +of the temple did foreshow this +also: the Lord by his command +which was written, declared that +whosoever did not fast the +appointed fast he should die the +death: because he also was himself +one day to offer up his body for +our sins; that so the type of +what was done in Isaac might be +fulfilled, who was offered upon the +altar. + +4 What therefore is it that he +says by the prophet? And let +them eat of the goat which is +offered in the day of the fast for +all their sins. Hearken diligently, +(my brethren,) and all the priests, +and they only shall eat the inwards +not washed with vinegar. + +5 Why so? because I know +that when I shall hereafter offer +my flesh for the sins of a new +people, ye will give me vinegar to +drink mixed with gall; therefore +do ye only eat, the people fasting +the while, and lamenting in +sackcloth and ashes. + +6 And that he might foreshow +that he was to suffer for them, +hear then how he appointed it. + +7 Take, says he, two goats, fair +and alike, and offer them; and let +the high priest take one of them +for a burnt offering. And what +shalt be done with the other? Let +it, says he, be accursed. + +8 Consider how exactly this +appears to have been a type of +Jesus. And let all the congregation +spit upon it, and prick it; and +put the scarlet wool about its +head; and thus let it be carried +forth into the wilderness. + +9 And this being done, he that +was appointed to convey the goat, +led it into the wilderness, and +took away the scarlet wool, and +put it upon a thorn bush, whose +young sprouts, when we find +them in the field, we are wont to +eat: so the fruit of that thorn +only is sweet. + +10 And to what end was this +ceremony? Consider; one was +offered upon the altar, the +other was accursed. + +11 And why was that which was +accursed crowned? Because they +shall see Christ on that day having +a scarlet garment about his body; +and shall say: Is not this he whom +we crucified; having despised him, +pierced him, mocked him? Certainly, +this is he, who then said, +that he was the Son of God. + +12 As therefore he shall be +then like to what he was on +earth, so were the Jews heretofore +commanded, to take two goats fair +and equal; that when they shall +see (our Saviour) hereafter coming +(in the clouds of heaven), they may +be amazed at the likeness of the +goats. + +13 Wherefore ye here again +see a type of Jesus who was to +suffer for us. + +14 But what then signifies this, +That the wool was to be put into +the midst of the thorns? + +15 This also is a figure of Jesus, +set out to the church. For as he who +would take away the scarlet wool +must undergo many difficulties, +because that thorn was very sharp, +and with difficulty get it: So, +says Christ, they that will see me, +and come to my kingdom, must +through many afflictions and +troubles attain unto me. + + + +CHAPTER VII. + + The red heifer, another type of Christ. + +BUT what type do ye suppose +it to have been, where it is +commanded to the people of Israel, +that grown persons in whom sins +are come to perfection, should +offer an heifer, and after they had +killed it should burn the same; + +2 But then young men should +take up the ashes and put them in +vessels; and tie a piece of scarlet +wool and hyssop upon a stick, and +so the young men should sprinkle +every one of the people, and they +should be clear from their sins? + +3 Consider how all these are +delivered in a figure to us. + +4 This heifer is Jesus Christ; +the wicked men that were to offer +it are those sinners who brought +him to death; who afterwards have +no more to do with it: for the +sinners have no more the honour +of handling it: + +5 But the young men that performed +the sprinkling, signified those who +preach to us the forgiveness of +sins, and the purification of the +heart, to whom the Lord gave +authority to preach his Gospel: +being at the beginning twelve, +to signify the tribes, because +there were twelve tribes of Israel. + +6 But why were there three +young men appointed to sprinkle? +To denote Abraham, and Isaac, +and Jacob, because they were +great before God. + +7 And why was the wool put +upon a stick? Because the kingdom +of Jesus was founded upon the cross; +and therefore they that put their +trust in him, shall live for ever. + +8 But why was the wool and +hyssop put together? To signify +that in the kingdom of Christ there +shall be evil and filthy days, in +which however, we shall be saved; +and because he that has any disease +in the flesh by some filthy humours, +is cured by hyssop. + +9 Wherefore these things being +thus done, are to us indeed evident, +but to the Jews they are obscure; +because they hearkened not unto +the voice of the Lord. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + + Of the circumcision of the ears and how in the + first institution of circumcision Abraham + mystically foretold Christ by name. + +AND therefore the Scripture +again speaks concerning our +ears, that God has circumcised +them, together with our hearts. +For thus saith the Lord by the +holy prophet: By the hearing of +the ear they obeyed me. + +2 And again, They who are afar +off, shall hear and understand +what things I have done. And +again, Circumcise your hearts, +saith the Lord. + +3 And again be saith, Hear O +Israel! For thus saith the Lord +thy God. And again the Spirit of +God prophesieth, saying: Who is +there that would live for ever, let +him hear the voice of my Son. + +4 And again, Hear, O Heavens, +and give ear O Earth! Because +the Lord has spoken these things +for a witness. + +5 And again, he saith, Hear +the word of the Lord, ye princes +of the people. And again, Hear +O children! The voice of one +crying in the wilderness. + +6 Wherefore he has circumcised +our ears, that we should hear his +word, and believe. But as for +that circumcision, in which the +Jews trust, it is abolished: for the +circumcision of which God spake, +was not of the flesh. + +7 But they have transgressed +his commands, because the evil +one hath deceived them. For +thus God bespeaks them; Thus +saith the Lord your God, (Here I +find the new law) Sow not among +thorns; but circumcise yourselves +to the Lord your God. And what +doth he mean by this saying? +Hearken unto your Lord. + +8 And again he saith, Circumcise +the hardness of your heart, and +harden not your neck. And again, +Behold, saith the Lord, all the +nations are uncircumcised, (they +have not lost their fore-skin): but +this people is uncircumcised in +heart. + +9 But you will say the Jews +were circumcised for a sign. And +so are all the Syrians and Arabians, +and all the idolatrous priests: but +are they therefore of the covenant +of Israel? And even the Egyptians +themselves are circumcised. + +10 Understand therefore, children, +these things more fully, that +Abraham was the first, that +brought in circumcision, looking +forward in the Spirit, to Jesus; +circumcised, having received the +mystery of three letters. + +11 For the Scripture says that +Abraham circumcised three hundred +and eighteen men of his house. +But what therefore was the mystery +that was made known unto him! + +12 Mark, first the eighteen, and +next the three hundred. For the +numeral letters of ten and eight +are T H. And these denote Jesus. + +13 And because the cross was +that by which we were to find +grace, therefore he adds, three +hundred; the note of which is T +(the figure of his cross). +Wherefore by two letters he +signified Jesus, and by the +third his cross. + +14 He who has put the engrafted +gift of his doctrine within us, +knows that I never taught to +anyone a more certain truth: but I +trust that ye are worthy of it. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + + That the commands of Moses concerning clean and unclean + beasts, were all designed for a spiritual signification. + +BUT why did Moses say Ye +shall not eat of the swine, +neither the eagle nor the hawk; +nor the crow; nor any fish that +has not a scale upon him?--I +answer that, in the spiritual sense, +he comprehended three doctrines, +that were to be gathered from +thence. + +2 Besides which he says to them +in the book of Deuteronomy, And +I will give my statutes unto this +people. Wherefore it is not the +command of God that they should +not eat these things; but Moses in +the spirit spake unto them. + +3 Now the sow he forbad them +to eat; meaning thus much: Thou +shalt not join thyself to such +persons as are like unto swine, +who, whilst they live in pleasure, +forget their God; but when any want +pinches them, then they know the +Lord: as the sow when she is full +knows not her master, but when +she is hungry she makes a noise; +and being again fed, is silent. + +4 Neither, says he, shalt thou +eat the eagle, nor the hawk, nor +the kite, nor the crow; that is, +thou shalt not keep company with +such kind of men as know not how +by their labour and sweat to get +themselves food; but injuriously +ravish away the things of others, +and watch how to lay snares for +them; when at the same time they +appear to live in perfect innocence. + +3 So these birds alone (seek not +food for themselves,) but sitting +idle, seek how they may eat of the +flesh others have provided being +destructive through their +wickedness. + +6 Neither, says he, shalt thou +eat the lamprey, nor the polypus, +nor the cuttle-fish; that is thou +shalt not be like such men, by +seeking to converse with them +who are altogether wicked and +adjudged to death. For so those +fishes are alone accursed, that +wallow in the mire, nor swim as other +fishes, but tumble in the dirt at +the bottom of the deep. + +7 But, he adds, neither shalt +thou eat of the hare. To what +end?--To signify this to us; +Thou shalt not be an adulterer, +nor liken thyself to such persons. +For the hare every year multiplies +the places of its conception; and +as many years as it lives, so many +it has. + +8 Neither shalt thou eat of the +hyena: that is, again, be not an +adulterer, nor a corrupter of +others; neither be like to such. +And wherefore so?--Because that +creature every year changes its +kind, which is sometimes male +and sometimes female. + +9 For which cause also he justly +hated the weazel; to the end that +they should not be like such +persons who with their mouths +commit wickedness by reason of +their uncleanness; nor join +themselves with those impure women, +who with their mouths commit +wickedness. Because that animal +conceives with its mouth. + +10 Moses, therefore, speaking +as concerning meats, delivered +indeed three great precepts to +them in the spiritual signification +of those commands. But they +according to the desires of the +flesh, understood him as if he +had only meant it of meats. + +11 And therefore David took +aright the knowledge of his +three-fold command, saying in +like manner: + +12 Blessed is the man that hath +not walked in the counsel of the +ungodly; as the fishes before +mentioned in the bottom of the +deep, in darkness. + +13 Nor stood in the way of +sinners, as they who seem to fear +the Lord, but yet sin, as the sow. + +14 And hath not sat in the seat +of the scorners; as those birds +who sit and watch that they may +devour. + +15 Here you have the law +concerning meat perfectly set +forth and according to the +true knowledge of it. + +16 But, says Moses, ye shall +eat all that divideth the hoof, and +cheweth the cud. Signifying +thereby such an one as having +taken his food, knows him that +nourisheth him; and resting upon +him, rejoiceth in him. + +17 And in this he spake well, +having respect to the commandment. +What, therefore, is it that +he says?--That we should hold +fast to them that fear the Lord; +with those who meditate on the +command of the word which they +have received, in their heart; +with those that declare the +righteous judgments of the Lord, +and keep his commandments; + +18 In short, with those who +know that to meditate is a work +of pleasure, and therefore exercise +themselves in the word of the +Lord. + +19 But why might they eat +those that clave the hoof? +Because the righteous liveth in this +present world; but his expectation +is fixed upon the other. See, +brethren, how admirably Moses +commanded these things. + +20 But how should we thus +know all this, and understand it? +We, therefore, understanding +aright the commandments, speak +as the Lord would have us. +Wherefore he has circumcised our +ears and our hearts, that we might +know these things. + + + +CHAPTER X. + + Baptism and the cross of Christ + foretold in figures under the law. + +LET us now inquire whether +the Lord took care to manifest +anything beforehand concerning water +and the cross. + +2 Now for the former of these, +it is written to the people of +Israel how they shall not receive +that baptism which brings to +forgiveness of sins; but shall +institute another to themselves +that cannot. + +3 For thus saith the prophet: +Be astonished, O Heaven! and +let the earth tremble at it, because +this people have done two great +and wicked things: they have left +me, the fountain of living water, +and have digged for themselves +broken cisterns, that can hold no +water. + +4 Is my holy mountain of Zion, +a desolate wilderness? For ye +shall be as a young bird when its +nest is taken away. + +5 And again the prophet saith, +I will go before thee, and will +make plain the mountains, and +will break the gates of brass, and +will snap in sunder the bars of +iron; and will give thee dark, +and hidden, and invisible +treasures, that they may know +that I am the Lord God. + +6 And again: he shall dwell +in the high den of the strong +rock. And then, what follows in +the same prophet? His water is +faithful; ye shall see the king +with glory, and your soul shall +learn the fear of the Lord. + +7 And again he saith in another +prophet: He that does these +things; I shall be like a tree +planted by the currents of water, +which shall give its fruit in its +season. Its leaf also shall not +wither, and whatsoever he doth +it shall prosper. + +8 As for the wicked it is not +so with them; but they are as the +dust which the wind scattereth +away from the face of the earth. + +9 Therefore the ungodly shall +not stand in the judgment, neither +the sinners in the council of the +righteous. For the Lord knoweth +the way of the righteous, and the +way of the ungodly shall perish. + +10 Consider how he has joined +both the cross and the water +together. + +11 For this he saith: Blessed +are they who put their trust in the +cross, and descend into the water; +for they shall have their reward in +due time: then, saith he, will I +give it them. + +12 But as concerning the present +time, he saith, their leaves shall +not fall: meaning thereby, that +every word that shall go out of +your mouth, shall through faith +and charity be to the conversion +and hope of many. + +13 In like manner doth another +prophet speak. And the land of +Jacob was the praise of all the +earth; magnifying thereby the +vessel of his spirit. + +14 And what follows?--And +there was a river running on the +right hand, and beautiful trees +grew up by it; and he that shall +eat of them shall live for ever. +The signification of which is this +that we go down into the water +full of sins and pollutions, but +come up again, bringing forth +fruit; having in our hearts the +fear and hope which is in Jesus, +by the spirit. And whosoever +shall eat of them shall live for +ever. + +15 That is, whosoever shall +hearken to those who call them, and +shall believe, shall live for ever. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + + The subject continued. + +IN like manner he determines +concerning the cross in another +prophet, saying: And when shall +these things be fulfilled? + +2 The Lord answers: When the +tree that is fallen shall rise, and +when blood shall drop down from +the tree. Here you have again +mention made, both of the cross, +and of him that was to be crucified +upon it. + +3 And yet farther he saith by +Moses; (when Israel was fighting +with, and beaten by, a strange +people; to the end that God might +put them in mind how that for +their sins they were delivered unto +death) yea, the holy spirit put it +into the heart of Moses, to represent +both the sign of the cross, and of +him that was to suffer: that so +they might know that if they did +not believe in him, they should be +overcome for ever. + +4 Moses therefore I piled up +armour upon armour in the middle +of a rising ground, and standing +up high above all of them, stretched +forth his arms, and so Israel again +conquered. + +5 But no sooner did he let down +his hands, but they were again +slain. And why so?--To the end +they might know, that except they +trust in him they cannot be saved. + +6 And in another prophet, he +saith, I have stretched out my +hands all the day long to a people +disobedient, and speaking against +my righteous way. + +7 And again Moses makes a +type of Jesus, to show that he was +to die, and then that he, whom +they thought to be dead, was to +give life to others; in the type +of those that fell in Israel. + +8 For God caused all sorts of +serpents to bite them, and they +died: forasmuch as by a serpent +transgression began in Eve; that +so he might convince them that +for their transgressions they shall +be delivered into the pain of death. + +9 Moses then himself, who had +commanded them, saying, Ye shall +not make to yourselves any graven +or molten image, to be your God +yet now did so himself, that he +might represent to them the figure +of the Lord Jesus. + +10 For he made a brazen +serpent, and set it up on high, +and called the people together +by a proclamation: where being come, +they entreated Moses that he would +make an atonement for them, and +pray that they might be healed. + +11 Then Moses spake unto them, +saying: when any one among you +shall be bitten, let him come unto +the serpent that is set upon the +pole; and let him assuredly trust +in him, that though he be dead, +yet he is able to give life, and +presently he shall be saved; and so +they did. See therefore how here +also you have in this the glory of +Jesus; and that in him and to +him are all things. + +12 Again; What says Moses to +Joshua, the Son of Nun, when he +gave that name unto him, as being +a prophet, that all the people might +hear him alone? Because the +father did manifest all things +concerning his son Jesus, in Joshua, +the Son of Nun; and gave him +that name when he sent him to spy +out the land of Canaan, saying; +Take a book in thine hands, +and write what the Lord saith. +Forasmuch as Jesus the Son of God +shall in the last days cut off by the +roots all the house of Amalek, see +here again Jesus, not the son of +man, but the Son of God, made +manifest in a type, and in the flesh. + +13 But because it might hereafter +be said that Christ was the +Son of David; therefore David +fearing and well knowing the errors +of the wicked, saith; the Lord +said unto my Lord, sit thou on my +right hand until I make thine +enemies thy footstool. + +14 And again Isaiah speaketh +on this wise, The Lord said unto +Christ my Lord, I have laid hold +on his right hand, that the nations +should obey before him, and I will +break the strength of kings. + +15 Behold, how doth David and +Isaiah call him Lord, and the Son +of God. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + + The Promise of God not made to the Jews only, + but to the Gentiles also, and fulfilled to us by Jesus Christ. + +BUT let us go yet further, and +inquire whether this people be +the heir, or the former; and +whether the covenant be with us +or with them. + +2 And first, as concerning +the people, hear now what the +Scripture saith: + +3 Isaac prayed for his wife +Rebekah, because she was barren; +and she conceived. Afterwards +Rebekah went forth to inquire +of the Lord. + +4 And the Lord said unto her; +There are two nations in thy womb, +and two people shall come from +thy body; and the one shall have +power over the other, and the +greater shall serve the lesser. +Understand here who was Isaac; +who Rebekah; and of whom it was +foretold, this people shall be +greater than that. + +5 And in another prophecy Jacob +speaketh more clearly to his +son Joseph, saying; Behold the +Lord hath not derived me of seeing +thy face, bring me thy sons that +I may bless them. And he brought +unto his father Manasseh and +Ephraim, desiring that he should +bless Manasseh, because he was +the elder. + +6 Therefore Joseph brought him +to the right hand of his father +Jacob. But Jacob by the spirit +foresaw the figure of the people +that was to come. + +7 And what saith the Scripture? +And Jacob crossed his hands, and +put his right hand upon Ephraim, +his second, and the younger son, +and blessed him. And Joseph said +unto Jacob; Put thy right hand +upon the head of Manasseh, for he +is my first-born son. And Jacob +said unto Joseph; I know it, my +son, I know it; but the greater +shall serve the lesser; though he +also shall be blessed. + +8 Ye see of whom he appointed +it, that they should be the first +people, and heirs of the covenant. + +9 If therefore God shall have +yet farther taken notice of this, +by Abraham too; our understanding +of it will then be perfectly +established. + +10 What then saith the Scripture +of Abraham, when I he believed, +and it was imputed unto him for +righteousness? Behold I have made +thee a father of the nations, +which without circumcision believe +in the Lord. + +11 Let us therefore now inquire +whether God has fulfilled the +covenant, which he sware to our +fathers, that he would give this +people? Yes, verily, he gave it; +but they were not worthy to receive +it by reason of their sins. + +12 For thus saith the prophet +And Moses continued fasting in +mount Sinai, to receive the covenant +of the Lord with the people, forty +days and forty nights. + +13 And he received of the Lord +two tables written with the finger +of the Lord's hand, in the Spirit. +And Moses, when he had received +them, brought them down that he +might deliver them to the people. + +14 And the Lord said unto +Moses; Moses, Moses, get thee +down quickly, for the people which +thou broughtest out of the land of +Egypt have done wickedly. + +15 And Moses understood that +they had again set up a molten +image: and he cast the two tables +out of his hands; and the tables +of the covenant of the Lord were +broken. Moses therefore received +them, but they were not worthy. + +16 Now then learn how we have +received them. Moses, being a +servant, took them; but the Lord +himself has given them unto us, +that we might be the people of his +inheritance; having suffered for +us. + +17 He was therefore made +manifest; that they should fill +up the measure of their sins, +and that we being made heirs by +him, should receive the covenant +of the Lord Jesus. + +18 And again the prophet saith +Behold, I have set thee for a light +unto the Gentiles; to be the saviour +of all the ends of the earth, saith +the Lord; the God who hath re-deemed +thee. + +19 Who for that very end +was prepared, that by his own +appearing he might redeem our +hearts, already devoured by +death, and delivered over to +the irregularity of error, +from darkness; and establish +a covenant with us by his word. + +20 For so it is written that the +father commanded him by delivering +us from darkness, to prepare unto +himself a holy people. + +21 Wherefore the prophet saith +I the Lord thy God have called +thee in righteousness, and I will +take thee by thy hand, and will +strengthen thee, and give thee +for a covenant of the people; for a +light to the Gentiles. To open the +eyes of the blind, to bring out the +prisoners from the prison, and them +that sit in darkness out of the +prison house. + +22 Consider, therefore, from +whence we have been redeemed. +And again the prophet saith +The spirit of the Lord is upon me, +because he hath anointed me: he +hath sent me to preach glad tidings +to the lowly; to heal the broken in +heart; to preach remission to the +captives, and give sight unto the +blind; to proclaim the acceptable +year of the Lord, and the day of +restitution; to comfort all that +mourn. + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + + That the sabbath of the Jews was but a figure + of a more glorious sabbath to come, and their + temple, of the spiritual temples of God. + +FURTHERMORE it is written +concerning the sabbath, in the +Ten Commandments, which God +spake in the mount Sinai to Moses, +face to face: Sanctify the sabbath +of the Lord with pure hands, and +with a clean heart. + +2 And elsewhere he saith; +If thy children shall keep my +Sabbaths, then will I put my +mercy upon them. + +3 And even in the beginning of +the creation he makes mention of +the sabbath. And God made in +six days the works of his hands, +and he finished them on the seventh +day; and he rested the seventh +day, and sanctified it. + +4 Consider, my children, what +that signifies, he finished them +in six days. The meaning of it is +this: that in six thousand years +the Lord God will bring all things +to an end. + +5 For with him one day is +a thousand years; as himself +testifieth, saying, Behold this +day shall be as a thousand years. +Therefore, children, in six days, +that is, in six thousand years, +shall a all things be accomplished. + +6 And what is that he saith, +And he rested the seventh day +he meaneth this: that when +his Son shall come, and abolish +the season of the Wicked One, +and judge the ungodly; and shall +change the sun and the moon, and +the stars; then he shall gloriously +rest on that seventh day, + +7 He adds, lastly: Thou shalt +sanctify it with clean hands and +a pure heart. Wherefore we are +greatly deceived if we imagine +that anyone can now sanctify that +day which God has made holy, +without having a heart pure in +all things. + +8 Behold, therefore, he will then +truly sanctify it with blessed rest, +when we (having received the +righteous promise, when iniquity +shall be no more, all things being +renewed by the Lord) shall be able +to sanctify it, being ourselves first +made holy; + +9 Lastly, he saith unto them +Your new moons and your Sabbaths +I cannot bear them. Consider +what he means by it; the +Sabbaths, says he, which ye now +keep are not acceptable unto me, +but those which I have made; +when resting from all things I +shall begin the eight day, that is, +the beginning of the other world. + +10 For which cause we observe +the eight day with gladness, in +which Jesus rose from the dead; +and having manifested himself to +his disciples, ascended into heaven. + +11 It remains yet that I +speak to you concerning the temple: +how those miserable men being +deceived have put their trust +in the house, and not in God +himself who made them, as if +it were the habitation of God. + +12 For much after the same +manner as the Gentiles, they +consecrated him in the temple. + +13 But learn therefore how +the Lord speaketh, rendering the +temple vain: Who has measured the +heaven with a span, and the earth +with his hand? Is it not I? Thus +with the Lord, Heaven is my +throne, and the earth is my +footstool. What is the house +that ye will build me? Or what +is the place of my rest? Know +therefore that all their hope +is vain. + +14 And again he speaketh after +this manner: Behold they that +destroy this temple, even they +shall again build it up. And so +it came to pass; for through their +wars it is now destroyed by their +enemies; and the servants of their +enemies build it up. + +15 Furthermore it has been +made manifest, how both the city +and the temple, and the people of +Israel should be given up. For +the scripture saith; And it shall +come to pass in the last days, that +the Lord will deliver up the sheep +of his pasture, and their fold, and +their tower unto destruction. And +it is come to pass, as the Lord hath +spoken. + +16 Let us inquire therefore, +whether there be any temple of +God? Yes there is: and there +where himself declares that he +would both make and perfect it. +For it is written: And it shall +be that as soon as the week shall +be completed, the temple of the +Lord shall be gloriously built in +the name of the Lord. + +17 I find therefore that there +is a temple. But how shall it be +built in the name of the Lord? I +will shew you. + +18 Before that we believed in +God, the habitation of our heart +was corruptible, and feeble, as a +temple truly built with hands. + +19 For it was a house full +of idolatry, a house of devils; +inasmuch as there was done in it +whatsoever was contrary unto God. +But it shall be built in the name +of the Lord. + +20 Consider, how that the +temple of the Lord shall be very +gloriously built; and by what +means that shall be, learn. + +21 Having received remission +of our sins, and trusting in the +name of the Lord, we are become +renewed, being again created as it +were from the beginning. Wherefore +God truly dwells in our house, +that is, in us. + +22 But how does he dwell in us? +By the word of his faith, the calling +of his promise, the wisdom of his +righteous judgments and the commands +of his doctrine. He himself prophesies +within us, he himself dwelleth in us, +and openeth to us who were in bondage +of death the gate of our temple, +that is, the mouth of wisdom, having +given repentance unto us; and by this +means has brought us to be an +incorruptible temple. + +23 He therefore that desires to +be saved looketh not unto the +man, but unto him that dwelleth +in him, and speaketh by him; +being struck with wonder, +forasmuch as he never either +heard him speaking such words +out of his mouth, nor ever +desired to hear them. + +24 This is that spiritual temple +that is built unto the Lord. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + + Of the way of light; being a summary of what + a Christian is to do, that he maybe happy for ever. + +AND thus I trust, I have +declared to you as much, and +with as great simplicity as I +could, those, things which provide +for your salvation, so as not to +have omitted any thing that might +be requisite thereunto. + +2 For should I speak farther of +the things that now are, and of +those that are to come, you would +not yet understand them, seeing +they lie in parables. This therefore +shall suffice as to these things. + +3 Let us now go on to the other +kind of knowledge and doctrine. +There are two ways of doctrine +and power; the one of light, the +other of darkness. + +4 But there is a great deal of +difference between these two ways +for over one are appointed the +angels of God, the leaders of +the way of light; over the other, +the angels of Satan. And the one +is the Lord from everlasting to +everlasting; the other is the +prince of the time of +unrighteousness. + +5 Now the way of light is this: +If any one desires to attain to the +place that is appointed for him, +and will hasten thither by his +works. And the knowledge that +has been given to us for walking +in it, to this effect: Thou shalt +love him that made thee: thou +shalt glorify him that hath +redeemed thee from death. + +6 Thou shalt be simple in heart, +and rich in the spirit. Thou shalt +not cleave to those that walk in +the way of death. Thou shalt hate +to do anything that is not pleasing +unto God. Thou shalt abhor all +dissimulation. Thou shalt not +neglect any of the commands of +the Lord. + +7 Thou shalt not exalt thyself, +but shalt be humble. Then shalt +not take honour to thyself. Thou +shalt not enter into any wicked +counsel against thy neighbour. +Thou shalt not be over confident +in thy heart. + +8 Thou shaft not commit +fornication, nor adultery. +Neither shalt thou corrupt +thyself with mankind. Thou +shalt not make use of the +word of God, to any impurity, + +9 Thou shalt not except any +man's person, when thou reprovest +any one's faults. Thou shalt be +gentle. Thou shalt be quiet. +Thou shalt tremble at the words +which thou hast heard. Thou +shalt not keep any hatred in thy +heart against thy brother. Thou +shalt not entertain any doubt +whether it shall be or not. + +10 Thou shalt not take the name +of the Lord in vain. Thou shalt +love thy neighbour above thy own +soul, + +11 Thou shalt not destroy thy +conceptions, before they are +brought forth; nor kill them +after they are born. + +12 Thou shalt not withdraw thy +hand from thy son, or from thy +daughter; but shall teach them +from their youth the fear of the +Lord. + +13 Thou shalt not covet thy +neighbour's goods; neither shalt +thou be an extortioner. Neither +shall thy heart be joined to proud +men; but thou shalt be numbered +among the righteous and the +lowly. Whatever events shall +happen unto thee, thou shalt +receive them as good. + +14 Thou shalt not be double- +minded or double-tongued; for a +double tongue is the snare of death. +Thou shalt be subject unto the +Lord and to inferior masters as to +the representatives of God, in fear +and reverence. + +15 Thou shalt not be bitter in +thy commands towards any of thy +servants that trust in God; lest +thou chance not to fear him who +is over both; because he came not +to call any with respect of persons, +but whomsoever the spirit had +prepared. + +16 Thou shalt communicate to +thy neighbour of all thou hast; +thou shalt not call anything +thine own: for if ye partake of +such things as are incorruptible, +how much more should you do it +in those that are corruptible? + +17 Thou shalt not be forward to +speak; for the mouth is the snare +of death. Strive for thy soul with +all thy might. Reach not out +thine hand to receive, and +withhold it not when thou +shouldest give. + +18 Thou shalt love, as the apple +of thine eye, everyone that speaketh +unto thee the Word of the Lord. +Call to thy remembrance, day and +night, the future judgment. + +19 Thou shalt seek out every +day, the persons of the righteous; +and both consider and go about to +exhort others by the word, and +meditate how thou mayest save a +soul. + +20 Thou shaft also labour with +thy hands to give to the poor, +that thy sins may be forgiven thee, +Thou shalt not deliberate whether +thou shouldst give; nor having +given, murmur at it. + +21 Give to everyone that asks +so shalt thou know who is the good +rewarder of thy gifts. + +22 Keep what thou hast received; +thou shalt neither add to it nor +take from it. + +23 Let the wicked be always +thy aversion. Thou shalt judge +with righteous judgment. Thou +shalt never cause divisions; but +shalt make peace between those +that are at variance, and bring +them together. + +24 Thou shalt confess thy sins; +and not come to thy prayer with +an evil conscience. + +25 This is the way of light. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + + Of the way of darkness; that is, what kind of persons + shall be for ever cast out of the kingdom of God. + +BUT the way of darkness is +crooked, and full of cursing. +For it is the way of eternal death, +with punishment; in which they +that walk meet those things that +destroy their own souls. + +2 Such are; idolatry, confidence, +pride of power, hypocrisy, double- +mindedness, adultery, murder, rapine, +pride, transgression, deceit, malice, +arrogance, witchcraft, covetousness, +and the want of the fear of God. + +3 In this, walk those, who are +the persecutors of them that are +good; haters of truth; lovers of +lies; who know not the reward of +righteousness, nor cleave to any +thing that is good. + +4 Who administer not righteous +judgment to the widow and orphan; +who watch for wickedness, and not +for the fear of the Lord; + +5 From whom gentleness and +patience are far off: who love +vanity, and follow after rewards; +having no compassion upon the +poor; nor take any pains for such +as are heavy laden and oppressed. + +6 Ready to evil speaking, +not knowing him that made them; +murderers of children; corrupters +of the creature of God; that turn +away from the needy; oppress the +afflicted; are the advocates of the +rich, but unjust judges of the poor; +being altogether sinners. + +7 It is therefore fitting +that learning the just commands +of the Lord, which we have before +mentioned, we should walk in them. +For he who does such things shall +be glorified in the kingdom of Hod. + +8 But he that chooses the other +part, shall be destroyed, together +with his works. For this cause +there shall be both a resurrection, +and a retribution. + +9 I beseech those that are in +high estate among you, (if so be +you will take the counsel which +with a good intention I offer to +you,) you have those with you +towards whom you may do good; +do not forsake them. + +10 For the day is at hand in +which all things shall be destroyed, +together with the wicked one. +The Lord is near, and his reward +is with him. + +11 I beseech you, therefore, +again, and again, Be as good +lawgiver's to one Another; continue +faithful counsellors do each other +remove from among you all hypocrisy. + +12 And may God, the Lord +of all the world, give you +wisdom, knowledge, counsel, +and understanding of his +judgments in patience: + +13 Be ye taught of God; +seeking what it is the Lord +requires of you, and doing it; +that ye may be saved in the +day of judgment. + +14 And if there be among you +any remembrance of what is good, +think of me; meditating on these +things, that both my desire and +my watching for you may turn to +a good account. + +15 I beseech you; I ask it as a +favour of you; whilst you are in +this beautiful tabernacle of the +body, be wanting in none of these +things; but without ceasing seek +them, and fulfil every command, +For these things are fitting and +worthy to be done. + +16 Wherefore I have given the +more diligence to write unto you +according to my ability, that you +might rejoice. Farewell, children +of love and peace. + +17 The Lord of glory and of +all grace, be with your spirit, +Amen. + + +[The end of the Epistle of Barnabas +the Apostle, and fellow-traveller +of St. Paul the Apostle.] + + + + REFERENCES TO THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF BARNABAS. + +[Barnabas was a companion and fellow-preacher with Paul. This Epistle +lays a greater claim to canonical authority than most others. It has been +cited by Clemens, Alexandrinus, Origen, Eusebius, and Jerome, and many +ancient Fathers. Cotelerius affirms that Origen and Jerome esteemed it +genuine and canonical; but Cotelerius himself did not believe it to be +either one or the other; on the contrary, he supposes it was written for +the benefit of the Ebionites, (the christianized Jews,) who were +tenacious of rites and ceremonies. Bishop Fell feared to own expressly +what he seemed to be persuaded of, that it ought to be treated with the +same respect as several of the books of the present canon. 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