EXPOSIVORY THOUGHTS.

If sin was the cause of this man's disease, and he had been ill from the effects of it thirty and eight years, it is plain that it must have been committed before our Lord was born ! It is an instance, in that case, of our Lord's perfect and Divine knowledge of all things, past as well as future. 15. — [Departed and told the Jews.'] There is no proof that the man did this with anj evil design. Born a Jew, and taught to rever- ence his rulers and elders, he naturally wished to give them the information they desired, and had no reason to suppose, for any- thing we can see, that it would injure his Benefactor.