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Passage 1: Deuteronomy 10-11

(Deu 10:1) In the same time the Lord said vnto me, Hewe thee two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the Mount, and make thee an Arke of wood,

(Deu 10:2) And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke.

(Deu 10:3) And I made an Arke of Shittim wood, and hewed two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and went vp into the Mountaine, and the two Tables in mine hand.

(Notes Reference) And I made an ark [of] (a) shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.

(a) Which is a wood of long endurance.

(Deu 10:4) Then he wrote vpon the Tables according to the first writing (the tenne commandements, which the Lord spake vnto you in the Mount out of the middes of the fire, in the day of the assemblie) and the Lord gaue them vnto me.

(Notes Reference) And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the (b) assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

(b) When you were assembled to receive the Law.

(Deu 10:5) And I departed, and came downe from the Mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I had made: and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.

(Deu 10:6) And ye children of Israel tooke their iourney from Beeroth of the children of Iaakan to Mosera, where Aaron dyed, and was buried, and Eleazar his sonne became Priest in his steade.

(Notes Reference) And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to (c) Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

(c) This mountain was also called Hor, (Num_20:28).

(Deu 10:7) From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Iotbath a land of running waters.

(Deu 10:8) The same time ye Lord separated the tribe of Leui to beare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, and to stand before ye Lord, to minister vnto him, and to blesse in his Name vnto this day.

(Notes Reference) At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to (d) minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

(d) That is, to offer sacrifice, and to declare the Law to the people.

(Deu 10:9) Wherefore Leui hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren: for the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord thy God hath promised him.

(Notes Reference) Wherefore Levi hath no part nor (e) inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

(e) So God turned the curse of Jacob to a blessing (Gen_49:7).

(Deu 10:10) And I taried in the mount, as at ye first time, fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and the Lord heard me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee.

(Deu 10:11) But the Lord said vnto me, Arise, goe forth in the iourney before the people, that they may goe in and possesse the land, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue vnto them.

(Deu 10:12) And nowe, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his wayes, and to loue him, and to serue the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soule?

(Notes Reference) And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God (f) require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

(f) For all our sins and transgressions God requires nothing but to turn to him and obey him.

(Deu 10:13) That thou keepe the commandements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaund thee this day, for thy wealth?

(Deu 10:14) Beholde, heauen, and the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.

(Deu 10:15) Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them, and did choose their seede after them, euen you aboue all people, as appeareth this day.

(Notes Reference) (g) Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day.

(g) Although he was Lord of heaven and earth, he chose no one but you.

(Deu 10:16) Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and harden your neckes no more.

(Notes Reference) (h) Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

(h) Cut off all your evil affections, (Jer_4:4).

(Deu 10:17) For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lordes, a great God, mightie and terrible, which accepteth no persons nor taketh reward:

(Deu 10:18) Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, and loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.

(Deu 10:19) Loue ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

(Deu 10:20) Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God: thou shalt serue him, and thou shalt cleaue vnto him, and shalt sweare by his Name.

(Notes Reference) Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and (i) swear by his name.

(i) Read (Deu_6:13).

(Deu 10:21) He is thy praise, and hee is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes haue seene.

(Deu 10:22) Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude.

(Deu 11:1) Therefore thou shalt loue the Lord thy God, and shalt keepe that, which he commandeth to be kept: that is, his ordinances, and his lawes, and his commandements alway.

(Deu 11:2) And consider this day (for I speake not to your children, which haue neither knowen nor seene) the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatnesse, his mighty hande, and his stretched out arme,

(Notes Reference) And (a) know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

(a) You who have seen God's graces with your eyes should be moved, rather than your children who have only heard of them.

(Deu 11:3) And his signes, and his actes, which hee did in the middes of Egypt vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt and vnto all his land:

(Deu 11:4) And what he did vnto the hoste of the Egyptians, vnto their horses, and to their charets, when he caused the waters of the red Sea to ouerflowe them, as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroied them vnto this day:

(Deu 11:5) And what he did vnto you in the wildernesse, vntill yee came vnto this place:

(Notes Reference) And (b) what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

(b) As well concerning his benefits, as his corrections.

(Deu 11:6) And what he did vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab ye sonne of Reuben, when the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them with their housholds and their tents, and all their substance that they had in the middes of al Israel.

(Deu 11:7) For your eyes haue seene all the great actes of the Lord which he did.

(Deu 11:8) Therefore shall ye keepe all the commandements, which I commaund you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possesse the land whither ye goe to possesse it:

(Notes Reference) Therefore shall ye keep (c) all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

(c) Because you have felt both his chastisement and his benefits.

(Deu 11:9) Also that ye may prolong your daies in the land, which the Lord sware vnto your fathers, to giue vnto them and to their seede, euen a lande that floweth with milke and honie.

(Deu 11:10) For the land whither thou goest to possesse it, is not as the lande of Egypt, from whence ye came, where thou sowedst thy seede, and wateredst it with thy feete as a garden of herbes:

(Notes Reference) For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy (d) foot, as a garden of herbs:

(d) By making gutters for the water to come out of the Nile river to water the land.

(Deu 11:11) But the land whither ye goe to possesse it, is a land of mountaines and valleis, and drinketh water of the raine of heauen.

(Deu 11:12) This land doth the Lord thy God care for: the eies of the Lord thy God are alwaies vpon it, from the beginning of the yeere, euen vnto the ende of the yeere.

(Deu 11:13) If yee shall hearken therefore vnto my commandements, which I commaund you this day, that yee loue the Lord your God and serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule,

(Deu 11:14) I also wil giue raine vnto your land in due time, the first raine and the latter, that thou maist gather in thy wheat, and thy wine, and thine oyle.

(Notes Reference) That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, (e) the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

(e) In the seed time, and toward harvest.

(Deu 11:15) Also I will send grasse in thy fieldes, for thy cattel, that thou maist eate, and haue inough.

(Deu 11:16) But beware lest your heart deceiue you, and lest yee turne aside, and serue other gods, and worship them,

(Notes Reference) Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not (f) deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

(f) By devising foolish devotions according to your own fantasies.

(Deu 11:17) And so the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he shut vp the heauen, that there be no raine, and that your lande yeelde not her fruit, and yee perish quickly from the good land, which the Lord giueth you.

(Deu 11:18) Therefore shall ye lay vp these my words in your heart and in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes,

(Deu 11:19) And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them, whe thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp.

(Deu 11:20) And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates,

(Deu 11:21) That your daies may be multiplied, and the daies of your children, in ye land which the Lord sware vnto your fathers to giue them, as long as the heauens are aboue the earth.

(Notes Reference) That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as (g) the days of heaven upon the earth.

(g) As long as the heavens and earth endure, (2Pe_3:10, 2Pe_3:12).

(Deu 11:22) For if ye keepe diligently all these commandements, which I command you to doe: that is, to loue the Lord your God, to walke in all his waies, and to cleaue vnto him,

(Deu 11:23) Then will the Lord cast out all these nations before you, and ye shall possesse great nations and mightier then you.

(Deu 11:24) All the places whereon the soles of your feete shall tread, shalbe yours: your coast shalbe from the wildernes and from Lebanon, and from the Riuer, euen the riuer Perath, vnto ye vttermost Sea.

(Notes Reference) Every place whereon the soles of (h) your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost (i) sea shall your coast be.

(h) This was accomplished in David and Solomon's time.

(i) The Mediterranean.

(Deu 11:25) No man shall stande against you: for the Lord your God shall cast the feare and dread of you vpon all the land that ye shall treade vpon, as he hath said vnto you.

(Deu 11:26) Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

(Deu 11:27) The blessing, if ye obey the commandements of the Lord your God which I command you this day:

(Deu 11:28) And ye curse, if ye wil not obey the commandements of the Lord your God, but turne out of the way, which I commande you this day, to go after other gods, which ye haue not knowen.

(Notes Reference) And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not (k) known.

(k) He reproves the malice of men who leave that which is certain to follow that which is uncertain.

(Deu 11:29) When the Lord thy God therefore hath brought thee into ye lande, whither thou goest to possesse it, then thou shalt put the blessing vpon mount Gerizim, and the curse vpon mount Ebal.

(Deu 11:30) Are they not beyond Iorden on that part, where the sunne goeth downe in the land of the Canaanites, which dwel in the plaine ouer against Gilgal, beside the groue of Moreh?

(Notes Reference) [Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way (l) where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

(l) Meaning, in Samaria.

(Deu 11:31) For yee shall passe ouer Iorden, to goe in to possesse the land, which ye Lord your God giueth you, and ye shall possesse it, and dwell therein.

(Deu 11:32) Take heede therefore that ye doe all the commandements and the lawes, which I set before you this day.

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Passage 2: Ecclesiastes 4

(Ecc 4:1) So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, and none comforteth them.

(Notes Reference) So (a) I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.

(a) He makes here another discourse with himself concerning the tyranny of them that oppressed the poor.

(Ecc 4:2) Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

(Notes Reference) Wherefore I praised the (b) dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

(b) Because they are no longer subject to these oppressions.

(Ecc 4:3) And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

(Notes Reference) Yea, (c) better [is he] than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

(c) He speaks according to the judgment of the flesh which cannot abide to feel or see troubles.

(Ecc 4:4) Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.

(Notes Reference) Again, I considered all labour, and every (d) right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

(d) The more perfect that the work is, the more it is envied by the wicked.

(Ecc 4:5) The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.

(Notes Reference) The fool foldeth his hands together, and (e) eateth his own flesh.

(e) For idleness he is compelled to destroy himself.

(Ecc 4:6) Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

(Ecc 4:7) Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

(Ecc 4:8) There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.

(Ecc 4:9) Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.

(Notes Reference) (f) Two [are] better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

(f) As when man is alone, he can neither help himself nor others, he shows that men should live in mutual society to the intent that they may be profitable one to another, and that their things may increase.

(Ecc 4:10) For if they fal, the one wil lift vp his felow: but wo vnto him that is alone: for he falleth, and there is not a second to lift him vp.

(Ecc 4:11) Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?

(Ecc 4:12) And if one ouercome him, two shall stand against him: and a threefolde coard is not easily broken.

(Notes Reference) And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold (g) cord is not quickly broken.

(g) By this proverb he declares how necessary it is, that men should live in society.

(Ecc 4:13) Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

(Ecc 4:14) For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.

(Notes Reference) For out of (h) prison he cometh to reign; though also [he that is] (i) born in his kingdom becometh poor.

(h) That is, from a poor and base estate or out of trouble and prison as Joseph did, (Gen 41:14).

(i) Meaning, that is born a king.

(Ecc 4:15) I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

(Notes Reference) I considered all the living who walk under the sun, (k) with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

(k) Who follow and flatter the king's son, or him that will succeed to enter into credit with them in hope of gain.

(Ecc 4:16) There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

(Notes Reference) [There is] no (l) end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

(l) They never cease by all means to creep into favour, but when they do not obtain their greedy desires they think themselves abused, as others have been in times past, and so care no more for him.

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Passage 3: Acts 1

(Act 1:1) I have made the former treatise, O Theophilus, of al that Jesus began to doe and teach,

(Notes Reference) The (1) former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to (a) do and teach,

(1) Luke switches over from the history of the Gospel, that is from the history of the sayings and doings of Christ, unto the Acts of the Apostles.

(a) The acts of Jesus are the miracles and deeds which showed his Godhead, and his most perfect holiness, and examples of his doctrine.

(Act 1:2) Vntill the day that hee was taken vp, after that hee through the holy Ghost, had giuen commandements vnto the Apostles, whome hee had chosen:

(Act 1:3) To whome also he presented himselfe aliue after that he had suffered, by many infallible tokens, being seene of them by the space of fourtie daies, and speaking of those thinges which appertaine to the kingdome of God.

(Notes Reference) (2) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many (b) infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

(2) Christ did not immediately ascend into heaven after his resurrection in order to thoroughly prove his resurrection, and with his presence strengthen and encourage his Apostles in the doctrine which they had heard.

(b) He called those things infallible proofs which are otherwise termed necessary: now in that Christ spoke, and walked, and ate, and was felt by many, these are sure signs and proofs that he truly rose again.

(Act 1:4) And when he had gathered them together, he commanded them, that they should not depart from Hierusalem, but to waite for the promise of the Father, which sayde hee, yee haue heard of me.

(Notes Reference) And, being (c) assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.

(c) They were dispersed here and there, but he gathers them together so that all of them might together be witnesses of his resurrection.

(Act 1:5) For Iohn in deede baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost within these fewe daies.

(Notes Reference) For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized (d) with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

(d) Either by the Father, or by me: so that either the Father or Christ is set here contrasted with John, as the Holy Spirit is contrasted with water, as things that are comparable to one another.

(Act 1:6) When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdome to Israel?

(Notes Reference) (3) When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time (e) restore again the kingdom to Israel?

(3) We must fight before we triumph, and we must not search curiously after those things which God has not revealed.

(e) To the old and ancient state.

(Act 1:7) And hee saide vnto them, It is not for you to know the times, or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his owne power,

(Notes Reference) And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the (f) seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

(f) That is, the proper occasions that provide opportunities for doing matters, which occasions the Lord has appointed to bring things to pass in.

(Act 1:8) But yee shall receiue power of the holy Ghost, when he shall come on you: and ye shalbe witnesses vnto me both in Hierusalem and in all Iudea, and in Samaria, and vnto the vttermost part of the earth.

(Act 1:9) And when he had spoken these things, while they behelde, he was taken vp: for a cloude tooke him vp out of their sight.

(Notes Reference) (4) And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

(4) After Christ had promised the full power of the Holy Spirit, with whom he would govern his church (even though he would be absent in body), he took up his body from us into heavenly tabernacles to remain there until the latter day of judgment, as the angels witness.

(Act 1:10) And while they looked stedfastly towarde heauen, as hee went, beholde, two men stoode by them in white apparell,

(Act 1:11) Which also sayde, Yee men of Galile, why stande yee gasing into heauen? This Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen, shall so come, as yee haue seene him goe into heauen.

(Notes Reference) Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up (g) from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

(g) That is, out of your sight.

(Act 1:12) Then returned they vnto Hierusalem from the mount that is called the mount of Oliues, which is neere to Hierusalem, being from it a Sabbath daies iourney.

(Notes Reference) Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath (h) day's journey.

(h) About two miles.

(Act 1:13) And when they were come in, they went vp into an vpper chamber, where abode both Peter and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartlemew, and Matthewe, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Iudas Iames brother.

(Notes Reference) (5) And when they were (i) come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of James.

(5) Ecclesiastical assemblies to hear the word, and to make common prayer, were first instituted and kept in private houses by the Apostles.

(i) They went into the house which the Church had chosen at that time to be a gathering place for the whole assembly.

(Act 1:14) These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplication with the women, and Marie the mother of Iesus, and with his brethren.

(Notes Reference) These all (k) continued with (l) one accord in (m) prayer and supplication, with the (n) women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his (o) brethren.

(k) The Greek word signifies an invincible constancy and steadfastness.

(l) It is to good purpose that this agreement is mentioned: for those prayers are most acceptable to God which are made with agreeing minds and wills.

(m) The disciples prayed for the sending of the Holy Spirit, and also to be delivered from present dangers, of which there were many that they were experiencing.

(n) For it was appropriate to have the wives strengthened and encouraged who would afterwards be partakers of the dangers with their husbands.

(o) With his relatives.

(Act 1:15) And in those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and sayde (nowe the nomber of names that were in one place were about an hundreth and twentie.)

(Notes Reference) (6) And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of (p) names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

(6) Peter is made the spokesman and interpreter of the whole company of the Apostles, either by secret revelation of the Holy Spirit, or by the express judgment of the congregation.

(p) Because men are commonly referred to and enrolled by their names.

(Act 1:16) Yee men and brethren, this scripture must needes haue beene fulfilled, which the holy Ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was guide to them that tooke Iesus.

(Notes Reference) (7) Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

(7) Peter anticipates the offence that might be taken at the falling away of Judas the betrayer, showing that all things which happened to him were foretold by God.

(Act 1:17) For hee was nombred with vs, and had obteined fellowship in this ministration.

(Act 1:18) He therefore hath purchased a field with the reward of iniquitie: and when he had throwen downe himselfe headlong, hee brast asunder in the middes, and all his bowels gushed out.

(Notes Reference) Now this man (q) purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and (r) falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

(q) Luke did not consider Judas' purpose, but that which followed it, and so we used to say that a man has done himself harm, not that he wanted and intended to, but in respect of that which followed.

(r) The Greek words signify this much, that Judas fell down flat and was torn apart in the middle, with a tremendously great noise.

(Act 1:19) And it is knowen vnto all the inhabitants of Hierusalem, in so much, that that field is called in their owne language, Aceldama, That is, the field of blood.

(Act 1:20) For it is written in the booke of Psalmes, Let his habitation be void, and let no man dwel therein: also, Let another take his charge.

(Notes Reference) For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his (s) bishoprick let another take.

(s) His office and ministry: David wrote these words against Doeg the King's herdsman: and these words "shepherd", "sheep", and "flock" are used with reference to the Church office and ministry, so that the Church and the offices are called by these names.

(Act 1:21) Wherefore of these men which haue companied with vs, all the time that the Lord Iesus was conuersant among vs,

(Notes Reference) (8) Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus (t) went in and out among us,

(8) The Apostles do not deliberate at all, but first they consult and take guidance from God's word: and again they do nothing that concerns and is incumbent upon the whole body of the congregation, without making the congregation a part of the decision.

(t) This kind of speech signifies as much in the Hebrew language as the exercising of a public and difficult office, when they speak of such as are in any public office; (Deu 31:2; 1Ch 27:1).

(Act 1:22) Beginning from the baptisme of Iohn vnto the day that hee was taken vp from vs, must one of them bee made a witnesse with vs of his resurrection.

(Notes Reference) Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up (u) from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

(u) From our company.

(Act 1:23) And they presented two, Ioseph called Barsabas, whose surname was Iustus, and Matthias.

(Notes Reference) (9) And they (x) appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

(9) The Apostles must be chosen immediately from God: and therefore after praying, Matthias is chose by lot, which is as it were God's own voice.

(x) Openly, and by the voices of the entire company.

(Act 1:24) And they praied, saying, Thou Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen,

(Act 1:25) That he may take the roume of this ministration and Apostleship, from which Iudas hath gone astray, to goe to his owne place.

(Notes Reference) That he may take (y) part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression (z) fell, that he might go to his own place.

(y) That he may be a member and partaker of this ministry.

(z) Departed from, or fallen from: and it is a metaphor taken from the word "way": for callings are signified by the name of "ways" with the Hebrews.

(Act 1:26) Then they gaue foorth their lottes: and the lotte fell on Matthias, and hee was by a common consent counted with the eleuen Apostles.