20 Notevery one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, , 4s. ſhall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven : but he thar :5- doth the will of my Father which is in Heaven.
15.13 &me that ſay unto Chriſt, Loy, Lord, ſhall be faved, being 1422+ che true Diſciples of Chriſt; bur every one char owneth Chriſt by an External Proteftion, as his Lord; every one thar prayerh, ho! he dorh ic ofren, and with ſome appearing Zeal and Impor- runity, ſhall nct be ſaved; nor «oth by it approve himielt a rrue Dilciple of Chrift, but he alone who doth endeavour to tulfil the Whole Will of God, borh by F:ith ard Hlineſs, Rom. 2.13. 1 Theff. © im. 1. 22, 23, True Religion lies m Obedicnce to the wiolc Wil of G. d. 22 Many will ſay unto me in that day.Lord, Lord: 124. have we not * prophected in thy Name: and in thy 1.1 Name have Calt out devils? and in rhy Name done iGo 277 wonderful works ? A 22 * And then I will profeſs unto them, * I ne- ” * yerknew you: depart from me ye that work iniquity,
Thar by that DFty is to be underſtood the Day of Fudgment, 15 generally agreed by Interpreters. | We have Prophefred in thy Name; | That is, revealed thy Will unto People, and 7n 77 X.me; that is, by thy Authority and Power calt out Devils, and ding many wonderful Works ; that is, wrought many miraculous Operations. In the Old Teftz:nent we find Bulaamand Saul Pro- phecying, who were borch wicked Men: 7udas was fent our ( under the New Te!tament) both to preach and to work Miracles, So as ncne from Gifts, no, nor the moſt eminent and extraordi- nary Gitts, can conclude the Goodnets ot his State, or any ſpeci- al Favour with God, {| T will profeſs; ] that 1s, I will openly declare ro them. | T never knew you ;] char is, loasto approve vou, or take Pleature in you: Depart from me you Workers of Ini-
quiry, Matt. 25. 4Is 4 24 Therefore * whoſcever heareth thele ſayings
of mine. and doth them, 1 will Iiken him unto a wiſe man, which built his houſe upon a rock.
25 And the raindeſcended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon thar houſe, and
it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.
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ſirutting People by Similitudes and Parables, which by their eafic incurring 1nto the Senſes, give Advantage to the Memory 3 he here chuſetit a Similirude ro conclude this excellent Sermon upon the Mount, The Builder intended, (who our Saviour digni- fieth with the Name ofa Wiſe Man ) is, He that dves not only hear ChriſP's Sayings, but avth them : Under the Notion of Kearing is comprchended Underſtanding and Believing them; by doing thein, he underitandeth a ſincere Deſire and Endeuour to d» them, with a Practice fo far as Humane Frailty will permit. The uſe intended, ſeems to be an Hope for Eternal Life and Salvation; by the Rack is meant Chriſt, 1 Cor, 10. 4. Ephs 2. 25. I Pet. 2. 4. Every wiſe Chriſtian, betoure he buildech up to himtelf an Hope of Ecernal Life and Salvation through Ctriſt, ruſt find that he 15 one who doth ncr only read and hear the Words of God, bur ſo kears as to underſtand and believe them, and that with an Opcrarive Faith, working upon his Soul to the Obedience of the Will of Sod, or at leaft a ſincere Endeavour toir. And he who doth to, tho' his Zpe may be ſometimes ailaulred wich Fears, Doubrs, Temptations, ( Which are like the Afſaults of an Houſe builded on a Rock, by Winds, Flr1ds, and Storms) yer it ſhall nor fail, becauſe ir is truly founded on Chriſt, according to the Reve- lation of his Will, Prov. 10. 28. 1 John 3. 3.
26 And every one that heareth theſe ſayings of mine, and doth them not, {hall be likened unto a tooliſh man, which built his houſe upon the ſand :
'27 And the raindeſcended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that kouſe, and it
| KIl, and great was the fall of it.
There are, and will be others, thar, as fooliſh Builders, run up an tloufe 11 haſte, wichout looking ro the Goodneſs of the Foun- dation, and happen to build it upon loofe Ground : So rhey tlat- ir riemfelves with che Apes of the Houſe in the Heavens, not made with Hands, 2 Cor. 5. 1, without looking to the Bottom and Foundation of theſe Hopes, wherher they be ſuah as Chriſt hath warranced or no; bur eicher build their Hopes upon God's Irfnite Mercy, or the Sufficiency of Chriſt's Merits, or their own ns, hearing the Werd of God, and performing ſome other NT OR Ln _— to HVE-t0 the OHhedierice of
1 of God, e Event will be to theſe Men, 45 to ſuch foolith Builders; their Buiiding may ſtand awhile, bur Wien a Day of Vitiration, or Deach, or ſharp Afffi&ions, or
-<MPation comes, taen their Houſe, rheir Hopes, all fail and periſh m a moment; becauſe they had no good Foundation, "a 13: 14; Gy I. UF 27. 8. Prov. 11. 7. And great will ran cf It. Tacir Mifery and Calamity ſhall be the greater,
/ 97 muci their Zpes hath been the ſtronger, the Diſappoint-
ment of their ExpeRation adding to their Miſery.
23 And it came to paſs, when Jeſus had ended
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Our Saviour makerh frequent uſe of thar Ancient Way of in-
;term uſed by Sarah to 4Araham, and atterwards t9 Elijah.
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[theſe ſayings, * the people were altoniſhed ar hi-
doctrine : 29 For he taught them as 63 and not as the Scribes.
The fame Words alfo are repeated, Mah rt. 25. Tnls 4, 3
They declare the Effett of this, and other o: om Saviour's Scr- mons, upon the Hearrs of thule that heard kim, and the reat>n of 1r. They were aſtoniſhed, attettcd with an 47 rirurinn ar what they heard him in this and other Sermons Qeliver; che Divine Verities revealed in his Dijcourſes, che Purity of his Doctrine, the Convincing Power that attended ir, his Bold and Free Speech withour retpet of Perſons, the Simplicity 07 his Pi;raje, rhe Gra- vity or his Matter; the Majeſty he fhewed in his Diſcourſes atfett- ed the People, and made him appear to them, one fenr of God, and cloathed with his Authority. He did nor reach as the $cribes, the ordinary Teachersamongſt 116 Jews, from whom they had rhe Diſcourſes about Traditions, ..c Hires, and Ceremmies, c:1d and dull Di/courſes, of little or no Tendency to rhicir Ercynal Salvition-
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