...unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture ! saith the Lord. Matt, xxiii. 3. All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that...not ye after their works ; for they say, and do not. SECTION VII. Gen. ii. 18.23,24. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone...

...Scribes authority ? Our Lord himself, I think, on one occasion, acknowledged this, when he said, " The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat :...whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do." Minister. True. And this will show you the importance of comparing one text of Scripture with another....

...These were the " blind guides " concerning whom our Lord afterwards so solemnly warned the people. " The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat :...not ye after their works, for they say, and do not." This was strikingly proved in the present case. When asked concernmg what was written in the book of...

...people at large to obey whatever Moses had taught. Ch. xxiii. vers. 2, 3 : " Saying, The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever...ye after their works : for they say, and do not." I am sorry that I cannot, without offending my conscience, agree with the Reverend Editor in the opinion,...

...over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls." Heb. xiii. 17. " The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat ; all therefore whatsoever...observe and do, but do not ye after their works." Matt, xxiii. 3. But I cannot see what this last passage sets before us, but that all those exhortations...

...forgiven. The Scribes and the Pharisees, said Jesus to the crowds that surrounded him, sit in Moses1 seat : all therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe,...not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be bornet and lay them on men's shoulders : but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers....

...you. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. They be blind leaders of the blind. They say and do not. They bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne,...themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. All their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the...

...vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men, Matt. xv. 1 — 9. Saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat :...borne, and lay them on men's shoulders ; but they thtmteha will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be eeen of...

...angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. b Malt, xxiii. 2, 3. The scribes and pharisees sit in Moses' seat. All therefore, whatsoever...not ye after their works, for they say, and do not. c Matt. vii. 22, 23. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name...

...one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes, Psal. 1. 16— 41. All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that...not ye after their works : for they say, and do not. Matt, xxiii. 3. And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself:...