Graphautarkeia, or, The Scriptures sufficiency practically demonstrated wherein whatsoever is contain'd in Scripture, respecting doctrine, worship or manners is reduced to its proper head, weighty cases resolved, truths confirmed, difficult texts illustrated and explained by others more plain.

2dly, From hypocritical professors of the true God, Jews, men zealous of the law and traditions.

The Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. But unto Cain and his offering he had no respect, &c. Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him, Gen. 4. 4, 5, 8. 1 Joh. 3. 12.

Josephs brethren hate him, and could not speak peaceably unto him, &c. they conspired against him to slay him, &c. they cast him into a pit, &c. they sell him to the Ishmaelites, &c. Gen. 37. 4, 11, 11, 18, 20, 24, 27, 28.

Saul eyed David that day and forward, &c. He said, I will smite David, &c. he became his enemy continually, often attempted to take away his life from him, 1 Sam. 18. 8, 9, 11, 17, 29. ch. 19. 1, 9, 10, 11.

Absalom conspired against his father David, 2 Sam. 15.

Shimei cursed David when he fled from Absalom, 2 Sam. 16. 5, 6, 7, 8, 13.

Ahab pursued Elijah in every nation, &c. he said to Elijah, when he saw him, Art thou he who troubleth Israel? 1 Kings 18. 10, 17.

Jeremy saith, O Lord, &c. revenge me of my persecutors, &c. for thy sake I have suffered rebuke, Jer. 15. 15. Matth. 5. 12.

They hate him who rebuketh in the gate: and they abhor him who speaketh uprightly, &c. they afflict the just, Amos 5. 10, 12.

John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say he hath a devil: the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, behold a man gluttonous, &c. Math. 11. 18, 19.

Behold, I send unto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie, and some of them shall ye scourge in your Syna∣gogues, and persecute them from City to City, Math. 23. 34.

Some said Christ was a good man: others said no, but he deceiveth the people; howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews, Joh. 7. 12, 13.

The Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the Synagogue, &c. They reviled the man who owned Christ to them: they say, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? and they cast him out (or, excommunicated him). John 9. 22, 28, 33, 34.

The chief Priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death, because that by reason of him, many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus, Joh. 12. 10, 11.

When Peter had spake unto the people, the Priests and the rulers of the temple came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people, and preached, &c. the resurrection, &c. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold, &c. that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, &c. So when they had further threatned them, &c. Act. 4. 1, 2, 3, 17, 21.

The high Priest rose up, and all who were with him, &c. and were filled with indignation (or, envy) and laid their hands on the Apostles, and put them into the common Prison, &c. when the Apostles had spoke to them, they were cut to the heart, and they took counsel to slay them, Acts 5. 16, 17, 18, 33.

They suborn witnesses against Stephen, and said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God, &c. That Jesus shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered us, Act. 6. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

They run upon Stephen with one accord, and cast him out of the City, and stoned him, Act. 7. 57, 58.

There was a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem, and they were all scattered abroad, &c. Saul made havock of the Church, entering into every house, and haling men and women, committing them to prison, Act. 8. 1, 3 ch. 26. 10, 11.

Saul breathed out threatning and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord: Went unto the high Priest, and desired of him letters, &c. that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem, &c. When he was converted, the Jews took counsel to kill him, &c. and they watched the gates day and night to kill him, Act. 9. 1, 2, 22, 23, 24. Gal. 1. 13, 14. 1 Tim. 1. 13.

Herod having killed James, and because he saw it pleased the Jews, be pro∣ceeded, Act. 12. 2, 3.

When the Jews saw the multitude, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming, &c. But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the City, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts, Act. 13. 45, 50.

In Iconium, they went both together into the Synagogue to speak, &c. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren, &c. and they fled unto Lystra, &c. And there came thi∣ther certain Jews from Antioch, &c. who perswaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead, Act. 14. 1, 2, 6, 19.

When Paul had reasoned with them of Thessalonica, that Christ had suffer∣ed, &c. the Jews who believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, &c. they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down, are come hither also, whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, That there is another King, one Jesus, &c. When the Jews, &c. had knowledg that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people, Act. 17. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13.

After Paul had preached at Corinth, &c. the Jews made an insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the Judgment-seat, saying,

This fellow perswadeth men to worship God contrary to the law, Act. 18. 11, 12, 13.

The Jews when they saw Paul in the Temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, crying out, Men of Israel help, this is the man who teach∣eth all men every where, against the people, and the law, and this place, &c. and hath polluted this holy place, &c. They took him, and drew him out of the temple, &c. went about to kill him, Act. 21. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.

They cryed out against Paul, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit he should live, &c. After they bind themselves under a curse, to kill him, Act. 22. 22, 23. ch. 23. 12.

The high Priest and elders, by Tertullus the orator, said of Paul before the Governour, We have found this man a pestilent fellow, a mover of fedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarens: who also have gone about to profane the temple, &c. Paul said, Neither can they prove the things whereof they accuse me, &c. I confess, after the way they call heresie, so worship I, &c. Act. 24. 1, 2, 5, 6, 13, 14.

The high priest and chief of the Jews informed Festus against Paul, and be∣sought him, &c. that he would send him to Jerusalen, laying wait in the way to kill him, &c. They laid many and grievous complaints against him, which they could not prove, Act. 25. 2, 3, 7.

As concerning this sect, we know that it is every where spoken against, Act. 28. 22.

Ye also have suffered like things of your own country-men, even as they have of the Jews, who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, &c. forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, 1 Thess. 2. 14, 15, 16.

Alexander the copper-smith did me much evil, &c. of whom be thou also aware: for he hath greatly withstood our words, 2 Tim. 4. 14, 15.