A Discourse of the Sin Against the Holy Ghost, Quotation
MATH. CHAP. 12.
VERSE 22. THen was brought to him one poſſeſ…ed with a Devill, blind and dumb; …nd he healed him, ſo that hee that …as blind and dumb, both ſpake and …aw.
3. And all the people were amaſed and ſaid, Is not this the Sonne of David.
4 But when the Phariſees heard it, they ſaid; This fellow doth not eaſt out the Devils, but through Beelzebub the Prince of Devils.
5. And Ieſus knew their thoughts, and ſaid unto them: Every Kingdome divided againſt it ſelfe, is brought to deſolation; and every City or Houſe divided against it ſelfe, ſhall not ſtand.
6. But if Satan caſt out Satan, hee is divided againſt himſelfe: how ſhall then his k…ngdome ſt…nd?
27. And if I by Beelzebub caſt o… Devils, by whom do your childr… cast them out? they therfore ſh… be your Iudges.
28. But if I caſt out Devils by … Spirit of God, then is the Ki… dome of God come unto you.
29. Or elſe how can one enter in… ſtrong mans houſe, and spoile… goods, except hee firſt binde strong man, and then spoile may his houſe.
30. He that is not with me, is aga… me: and hee that gathereth … with me, ſcattereth.
31. Wherefore I ſay unto you,*Or, All manner of Sinne. … Sinne or Blaſphemy ſhall bee … given unto men: but the Bla… my againſt the Holy Ghost … not be forgiven unto men.
32. And whoſoever ſhall ſpe… word againſt the Sonne of … it ſhall be forgiven him: but … ſoever ſhall speake againſt … Holy Ghoſt, it ſhall not be f… ven him, neither in this W… nor in the World to come.