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all this power, said he, will I give thee, and the glory of them: for they are at my disposal, and where I please, I bestow them.

and they shall bear you up in their hands, for fear your foot should hit against a stone."

they delivered to him the book of the prophet Esaias, and upon opening the book, that passage occurr'd, where it is written,

They all applauded him, and were surprized, that what he said, was delivered with so much grace. but they objected, is not this the son of Joseph?

and breaking up the assembly, they drove him out of the city, to the precipice of the hill, upon which it was built, in order to throw him headlong down.

and they were astonished at his doctrine, for he spoke with authority.

and they were all amazed, and said to one another, what's the meaning of this? with authority and power he commands the impure spirits, and they come out!

When Jesus came out of the synagogue, he went to Simon's house, whose mother-in-law was seized with a violent fever, and they desired him to relieve her.

many were dispossess'd of the demons, who cried aloud, you are the Messiah, the son of God. but he rebuked them, and would not suffer them to declare, that they knew him to be the Messiah.

When it was day, he retired into a desart place, where the people searching for him, found him out, and as they earnestly press'd him not to leave them,

so they made a signal to their partners in the other ship to come and help them. accordingly they came, and loaded both the boats so with fish that they began to sink.

for he, and all the company were frightned at the draught of fish they had taken:

then having brought their boats to shore, they left every thing, and followed him.

for instance, they brought a man in his bed lying sick of the palsy: and try'd to. bring him directly into his presence.

but when they found it impracticable to bring him in through the crowd, they went up the gallery to the leads, and let him down through the ceiling in his bed among the company, where Jesus was,

at this they were all seized with astonishment, and gave thanks to God, crying out with great reverence, what a wonderful instance of power have we seen this day!

however, the time will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they will have occasions enow of fasting.

Besides, he applied this similitude to them. no man, said he, puts a piece of new cloth upon an old coat: if he does, the new will strain the old, and they will by no means suit one another.

nor will any one put new wine into old skins: if they do, the new wine will burst the skins, and wine and skins be all lost.

whereupon they fell into a rage, and consulted together, what measures to take against Jesus.