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THE

TREASURY HARMONY

OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS,

IN THE WORDS OF THE AUTHORIZED VERSION, ACCORDING TO GRESWELL'S
'HARMONIA EVANGELICA ;'

HAVING

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS;

EXPOSITORY NOTES FROM THE MOST APPROVED COMMENTATORS;
PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, ETC.

COMPILED BY ROBERT MIMPRISS,

AUTHOR OF THE SYSTEM OF GRADUATED SIMULTANEOUS INSTRUCTION;'
'CHRIST AN EXAMPLE FOR THE YOUNG,' ETC., ETC.

"Our God now calls for all consideration in the study of his word, that so it may be seen
in its beauty, and felt in its power."

"I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven." TH

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J. & W. RIDER, PRINTERS, 14, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND TOWARD YOU; THAT YE, ALWAYS

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FROM THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST, TO HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN.

HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS, MAY ABOUND TO EVERY GOOD WORK-2 Cor. ix. 8.

"TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOUR, BE GLORY AND MAJESTY, DOMINION AND POWER, BOTH NOW AND EVER. AMEN."-JUDE, ver. 25.

I SAY UNTO ALL, WATCH.-Mark xiii. 37.

BE YE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS; FOR WHAT FELLOWSHIP HATH RIGHTEOUSNESS

INDEX

TO SOME PASSAGES RELATING TO THE ROMISH CONTROVERSY.*
ANTICHRIST.-See on John xii. 4, &c., KEYS OF THE KINGDOM.-What they are,
Matt. xxvi. 13, 81, pp. 254, ..5, ..7.
and how Peter used them, Matt. xvi.
APOSTLES were not to exercise authority
19, 50, p. 39.-And see Addenda,
like the princes of this world, Luke ? ib., pp. 47-50.
xxii. 25, .6, 87, p. 375.
BAPTISM of repentance, &c., Luke iii. 3,

27, p. 50. The baptism of John and
that of Christ contrasted, Mark i. 8,
2 ib., p. 54; John i. 33, 2 10, p. 70.-
Jesus removes his disciples from the
scene of their baptizing with water,
John iv. 1-3,2 13, p. 91.-Speaks of
the water which he gives, ver. 14, ? ib.,
93.-Comp. John iii. 5,
P;
12, p. 83,

born of water,' &c.-Vanity of put-
ting outside washings for internal
holiness-cleanse first that which is
within,' Matt. xxiii. 25, .6, ? 85, p. 317.
-The disciples made clean through
the word, John xv. 3, 2 87, p. 387;
xvii. 17, p. 402.
BINDING

AND LOOSING, Matt. xviii. 18,
2 53, p. 83.
CELIBACY.-Not exemplified in Peter, Luke

iv. 38, .9,2 17, p. 112.

Not commanded by our Lord, Matt.
xix. 10-.2, 74, p. 220.

CEPHAS, a stone,' the new name given to

Simon, when first called to be a dis-
ciple, John i. 42, 2 10, p. 71.
His second call, Matt. iv.18,.9, 216, p.108.
His third call, Luke v. 1-11,

LIBERTY TO DO GOOD.-See on the disciples
forbidding those who followed not
MARY.-Saluted by the angel, Luke i. 28,
with them, Mark ix. 38, .9, 252, p. 76.
2, p. 9. And see Addenda, 2 91, p.
469, on Mary the mother of Jesus.'
Rejoices in God her Saviour, Luke i. 47,
22, p. 11.-Joseph takes her to wife,
Matt. i. 24, .5, 2, p. 14.-Jesus (not
Mary) the subject of the angels' song,
Luke ii. 10-4, 24, p. 20; and of the
wise men's inquiry, Matt. ii. 1, 2, 5,
p. 31.-Comp. also ver. 11, p. 33.
Jesus' answer to her at the marriage in
Cana, John ii. 4, ? 11, p. 77.
Her blessedness came not by her rela-
tion to Christ according to the flesh,
but was partaken of by her in com-
mon with all who 'hear the word of
God, and keep it.' So Jesus' reply to
the woman who cried, 'Blessed is the
womb that bare thee, Luke xi. 27,.8,
? 62, p. 154.

MEATS. See on what defileth, Matt. xv.
11, &c., 2 44, p. 8.

PETER.-See CEPHAS, supra, and Addenda,
? 27, p. 213.-See on his three names,
Matt. xvi. 17, .8, 250, pp. 37, .8.
"The first, Simon,' &c., Matt. x. 2, 27,
p. 206. His supremacy over the be-
loved disciple not acknowledged by
our Lord, John xxi. 20-.3, 97, pp.
509, .10.

PRAYER TO SAINTS-Only scripture ex-
ample of, ineffectual, Luke xvi. 24, .5,
ROCK.-See description of him who builds
2 69, p. 201.
thereupon, Matt. vii. 24, .5, 19, p.
141; Luke vi. 47, .8, 2 27, p. 210.-
And see Addenda, ? ib., pp. 215—..7.
Christ, not Peter, is the Rock upon
which the church of God is built,
Matt. xvi. 18, 50, p. 38.
SCRIPTURES.-Command to search them,
John v. 39, 23, p. 180.-Opposition
by a voice from hell, to the doctrine of
their sufficiency, Luke xvi. 29, 30, 69,
p. 202.-Our Saviour teaches his dis-
ciples that they may receive light upon
them from those who are able to give
it, though they may be otherwise un-
known to them, Luke xxiv. 25,.6, 94,
p. 494.
SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST.-Scripture doc-
TEACHERS from God not to be known by
trine concerning them, 2 50, p. 46.

20, p.
153. And see on PETER, infra.
CHURCH-Tell it unto the,' Matt. xviii.
17,2 53, p. 83.-The dilemma in which
those are placed who take Peter for
the foundation of their church, Mark
viii. 33, 250, p. 41.
COMMANDMENTS.-The relation which the
keeping of thein has to salvation.-See
Scrip. Illus.,' on Matt. xix. 17-.9,
2 75, p. 224.
CONFESSION to the priests-Ill success of,
in Judas, Matt. xxvii. 3, 4, 2 89, p. 435.
EUCHARIST. John vi. 53, Except ye eat,'
&c. See Addenda, 43, p. 335.
'This is my body,' &c., Matt. xxvi. 26,
287, p. 369. The cup; Drink ye all
of it, ver. 27, ? ib., p. 378.
FATHER.-The disciples forbid to call any
man pope, Matt. xxiii. 9, 285, p. 314.
FORGIVENESS.-Jesus exercises forgiveness
without any reference to either water
baptism or penance, Matt. ix. 2, ? 22,
p. 165; Luke vii. 48, 50, 2 29, p. 232.
GIFTS to the house of God, to the neglect of
our nearest relations, not approved,
Matt. xv. 4-6, 44, p. 6.
their commission from man, but by
INQUISITION.-The servants forbid to root
their fruits, Matt. vii. 15-20, 19, p.
out the tares' until the harvest,' Matt.
140. Make the tree good, and his
xiii. 30, 32, p. 247.
fruit good,' Matt. xii. 33, 31, p. 237.
JUSTIFIED. The humble penitent, not the TRADITION, Matt. xv. 1-9, ? 44, pp. 4, 12.
man boastful of his own good works, WORKS.-None of supererogation, Luke
Luke xviii. 9-14, 2 73, p. 216.
xvii. 10, 270, p. 208.
Sections i.-xliii. will be found in Vol. I.; Sections xliv.-c. in Vol. II.
WHAT CONCORD HATH CHRIST WITH BELIAL?-2 Cor. vi. 15.

WITH UNRIGHTEOUSNESS? AND WHAT COMMUNION HATH LIGHT WITH DARKNESS?-2 Cor. vi. 14.

ANALYTICAL AND HISTORICAL TABLE.

PART IV. MATTHEW XV.-XXVII. MARK VII.-XV. LUKE IX. 18-XXIII. JOHN VII.-XIX.

ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF TIME.

Comprehending the Space of Twelve Months; viz., from the End of the Second Year of the Ministry of Jesus Christ, U.C. 782, A.D. 29 (Ineunte), to the End of the Third Year of the same, U.C. 783, A.D. 30 (Ineuntem).

SECTION XLIV.—OF UNWASHEN HANDS, OR CEREMONIAL AND REAL DEFILEMENT. Matthew xv. 1-20. Mark vii. 1-23. At Capernaum. pp. 3-12. No. 44.-[Lesson 43.]-Jesus defends his disciples against the complaints of the Pharisees, that they did not observe the tradition of the elders in washing their hands before they ate bread.-Matt. xv. 1-20. Mark vii. 1-23. pp. 3-11. Jesus' disciples not ceremonially clean. Jesus' answer, Full well ye reject,' &c. A case in point-the fifth commandment Worship taught by tradition vain. What defileth a man. 'Blind

Jesus' reply on the Pharisees being offended. leaders of the blind,' &c. [Mt. 23. 16] Jesus explains ver. 10, .1, What defileth,' &c.

MATT. MARK. LUKE.
15. 1, 2 7. 1-5
3 - 9

JOHN.

- 4-6

- 7-9

-10-.3
6-8

10, .1 12, .3

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ILLUSTRATIONS.
Col. 2. 8, 20-.3.

Ex. 20. 12.
Is. 29. 13.

Ac. 10. 15; Rom. 14.
(14-.7; 1 Ti. 4. 4.
Is. 9. 16; Mal. 2. 8.
Je. 17. 9; Ga. 5. 19-21.

SECTION XLV.-A CANAANITISH WOMAN'S DAUGHTER HEALEd. Matthew xv.21-.8. Mark vii. 24-30. The coasts of Tyre and Sidon. pp. 12-23. No. 45.-[Lesson 44.]-Jesus visits the quarter of Tyre and Sidon: he heals the daughter of a Syro-Phoenician woman who was possessed with a devil. Matt. xv. 21-.8. Mark vii. 24-30. pp. 12-.6.

LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD IN A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND WORSHIPPING OF ANGELS,

INTRUDING INTO THOSE THINGS WHICH HE HATH NOT SEEN, VAINLY PUFFED UP BY HIS FLESHLY MIND,-Col. ii. 18.

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SECTION XLVI.-FOUR THOUSAND MEN, ETC., FED:
Matthew xv. 29-38. Mark vii. 31-viii. 9. In Decapolis. pp. 24-.7.

No. 46.-[Lesson 45.]—Jesus returns to the neighbourhood of Bethsaida, on the lake of
Galilee, through the coasts of Decapolis: he heals a deaf man who had an impediment
in his speech and performs miracles of sundry kinds. Four thousand men, beside
women and children, are fed with seven loaves of bread and a few fishes.-Matt. xv.
29-38. Mark vii. 31-viii. 9. pp. 24-.7.-(Comp. Sect. xl. Vol. I. p. 309.)
Jesus heals a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech.
Matt. xv. 20. Mark vii. 31-.7. p. 24.

Jesus comes nigh to the sea of Galilee

15.29

7. 31

31
- 32-.7

Is. 29. 18.

Jesus performs miracles of sundry kinds.—Matt. xv. 29-31. p. 25.

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Four thousand men, beside women and children, are fed with seven loaves of bread and a few small fishes. On the same locality where the former instance of miraculous feeding took place.-Matt. xv. 32-.8. Mark viii. 1-9. pp. 26, .7.

15. 32

Jesus compassionates the people [Mt. 14. 14]
8. 1-3
The disci. have only 7 loaves, &c. -15-.71 -33, .4 - 4, 5
The 2nd multitude fed. [-18, .9; Lu. 24. 30] 35, .6 6,7
Seven baskets left.
[Mt. 14. 20] 37
The number fed
211 -38
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6. 12, .3]

WALK YE IN HIM:-Col. ii. 6.

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