1. the gospel according to
Charles II to John Milton : “Your blindness is a judgment from God for the part you took against my father”
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Luke
Milton to Charles II: “If I have lost my sight through God’s judgment, what can you say of your father who lost his head ?”
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2. the gospel according to
“…but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Luke
Spirit
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Soul
Gen.
2:17
Body

3. the gospel according to
Lake of Fire
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4. the gospel according to
23 When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. 25 And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the Lord your God.
Luke
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Lev. 19:23-25

5. the gospel according to
KJV ~ I shall dig about it, and dung it
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6. the gospel according to
Bent over ~ sugkuptō
NASB, bent double
Raise up ~ anakuptō
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7. the gospel according to
“It is always weakness to be fretting and worrying, questioning and mistrusting. What can we do if we wear ourselves to skin and bone? Can we gain anything by fearing and fuming? Do we not unfit ourselves for action, and unhinge our minds for wise decision? We are sinking by our struggles when we might float by faith. ... Oh for grace to be confident in God.”
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C. H. Spurgeon

8. the gospel according to
Rabbinic Definition of Work (40 less one)
1. Sowing, 2. Plowing and 3. Reaping;
4. Binding sheaves, 5. Threshing and 6. Winnowing;
7. Polishing and 8. Grinding (grain);
9. Sifting, 10. Kneading and 11. Baking;
12. Shearing wool, 13. Washing or 14. Combing it;
15. Dyeing, 16. Spinning and 17. Weaving;
18. Making two loops, 19. Weaving two threads, 20. Undoing two threads;
21. Tying (a knot) or 22. Loosening (it);
23. Sewing two stitches or 24. Tearing in order to sew two stitches;
25. Hunting a deer; 26. Slaughtering, 27. Flaying or 28. Salting it;
29. Curing the skin, 30. Scraping or 31. Cutting it;
32. Writing two letters, 33. Erasing in order write two letters;
34. Building up or 35. Tearing down;
36. Kindling or 37. Extinguishing;
38. Hitting with a hammer; and
39. Carrying from place to place
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Mishna, Shabbat 7:2