Galilee. Luk. xv. 18. 19. 20. " fain have fill'd his belly with the Anno ८८ ८८ ny hired servants of my fathers have " bread enough and to spare, and I pe" rish with hunger! I will arife and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have finned againft "heaven and before thee, and am no ८८ ८८ ८८ ८८ ८८ ८८ ८८ ८८ more worthy to be called thy son: " make me as one of thy hired fervants. And he arose and came to his "father. But when he was a great way off, his father saw him, and had compaffion, and ran, and fell on his 21.6 neck, and kiffed him. And the Son "faid to him, Father, I have finned against heaven, and in thy fight, and am no more worthy to be call'd thy 22. "fon. But the father said to his fervants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet, And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill 24." it; and let us eat and be merry. For this my fon was dead, and is alive again; he was loft, and is found. Now 23. ८८ 25." And they began to be merry. ८८ his elder Son was in the field: and ८८ ८८ as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26. "And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant? 27. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the 1 Anno "fatted calf, because he hath re- Luk. xv. he was angry, and would not go ct ing, faid to his father, Lo these "many years do I serve thee, nei"ther tranfgreffed I at any time thy commandment, and yet thou ६८ with harlots, thou hast killed for ८८ me, and all that I have is thine. ct merry, and be glad: for this thy " brother was dead, and is alive a "gain; and was loft, and is found. Luk. xvi. 3. 4. "him, How is it that I hear this of Anno Minist. 3. thee? give an give account of thy Etat. 32. "Stewardship; for thou mayest be "no longer Steward. Then the "Steward faid within himself, What "shall I do? for my Lord taketh a way from me the Stewardship, I "cannot dig, to beg I am ashamed. " I am resolved what to do, that "when I am put out of the Steward"ship, they may receive me into 5. " their houses. So he called every " one of his Lord's debtors to him, " and faid unto the first, How much 6. " owest thou to my Lord? And he "faid, a hundred measures of oil. " And he faid unto him, Take thy "bill, and fit down quickly and 7. "write fifty. Then faid he to another, And how much owest thou? " And he said, A hundred measures " of wheat. And he said unto him, "Take thy bill, and write fourscore. ८८ 8. "And the Lord commended the un- 66 wisely: for the children of this " world are in their generation wi9. " ser than the children of light. And " I say unto you, make to your selves " friends of the Mammon of un"righteousness, that when ye fail, "they may receive you into ever"lafting habitations. "He that is faithful in that which " is least, is faithful also in much : " and he that is unjust in the leaft, 10. " is 1 Anno " is unjust also in much: If there- 11. Luk. xvi. Etat. 32. " fore ye have not been faithful in " faithful in that which is another ८८ mans, who shall give you that " which is your own? No servant 13. covetous, heard all these things: 170 ven and earth to pass, than one "There was a certain rich man, 19 "which was clothed in purple and 02 " fine 1 Galilee. " fine linen, and fared sumptuous- Anno Luk. xvi. 20. " ly every day. And there was a Etat. 32. 1 " certain beggar named Lazarus, Minift. 3. "which was laid at his gate full of 21. " fores: And defiring to be fed with "the crumbs which fell from the "rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his fores. 22. And it came to pass that the beg"gar died, and was carried by the 23. 24. angels into Abraham's bofom: "the rich man also died, and was " buried. And in hell he lift up his "eyes being in torments, and feeth "Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in "his bofom. And he cried, and "faid, Father Abraham, have mer"cy on me, and send Lazarus that " he may dip the tip of his finger " in water and cool my tongue, for es. "I am tormented in this flame. But "Abraham faid, Son, remember that "thou in thy life time receivedst "thy good things, and likewife La" zarus evil things: but now he is ८८ 1 comforted, and thou art tormen26. "ted. And besides all this, between " us and you there is a great gulph "fixed: fo that they which would 27. pass from hence to you, cannot; " neither can they pass to us, that " would come from thence. Then " he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him 28. " to my father's house. For I have "five brethren; that he may teftifie 66 |