CONTENTS. _The_ LORD JESUS _healeth the Man possessed with a Legion: he cures the Woman with the Bloody Issue, and raiseth the Daughter of_ Jairus. AND they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. (2) And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, (7) And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, _thou_ Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. (8) For he said unto him, Come out of the man, _thou unclean spirit._ Before... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) And he asked him, What _is_ thy name? and he answered, saying, My name _is_ Legion: for we are many. CHRIST's question could not have been for himself, but it seems to have been intended for the information of his disciples then with him, and for all his disciples to the end of time. The enemy... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. (11) Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. (12) And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. (13) And forthwith Jesus gave them lea... [ Continue Reading ]
(15) And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. (16) And they that saw _it_ told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and _also_ concerning the swine. (17) And t... [ Continue Reading ]
(18) And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with (19) Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy. friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. (20) And... [ Continue Reading ]
(21) And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. (22) And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, (23) And besought him greatly, saying, My l... [ Continue Reading ]
_ REFLECTIONS._ Oh! to what a desperate state is our whole nature reduced by the fall! Where Satan reigns, unrestrained by grace; see my soul, see in this man, (and while beholding look up and wonder at thy mercies) to what a length the human frame is capable of going in madness, while governed by... [ Continue Reading ]