thar che Evangelis in their Quotarions our of the Old Teſt ment took themſelves only concerned to keep to rhe Senfe, 1 exattly to the Words, (which is a Liberty we ordinarily rake 11 Quorarions.) 2. Asto the Senſe, Grief, and Sorrows, are 1017 capable of an Interpretation, to fignifie wharſoever comes ups? as the Fruit and Demerit of our Sins; fo as the Prophet © ſigned to exprets ChrjiFs Suffering all the Puniſhment due © us tor Sin, of which Nature are all the Aflitions of this Lite, and Death ir ſelf, as well as the Pains of Hell. The only Qui”
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; ropher's Expreſſion, He here our Griefs, and carried anf Caming ya. rae. was twice fulfilled in Chrift. As to wy go dily Griefs and Sorrows, that 15 mentioned by Matthew ; _— bare them not al{ in his own Body, yer he had compaſſion _ 1 with reference tothem, and ſhewed himſelf Afffided in on "x Aitions, by his putting forth his Divine Power to heal cher _ 4 he bare the Guilt thar was the Cauſe of theſe and chem "Griefs and Sorrows upon the Tree, as 1s ſaid by Peter 3 and ons edhs healed chem, thar he might demonſtrate himſelf ro = true Meſſias Propheſied of by Iſaiah, who was to come, who was #0 bear our Griefs, and to carry our Sorrows.
138 Now when Jeſus ſaw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the
ide. . . _— Jeſus did theſe things before mentioned , he was in
Ni er. 5. But the Mulritudes preſſing him,he gave order 9 over the Sea of Galilee, otherwiſe called the Se of Tibe- rius, Joh. 6. 1+ :
19 And a certain Scribe came, and faid unto him, Maſter, I will follow thee whitherſoever thou goeft.
20 And Jeſus faith unto him, The Toxes have holes, and the birds of the air have neſts: but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head. _
We have the ſame Story, Luke 9. 57. only Like faith it was & they went in the way z and faith, 4 certain Man thus ſaid unco him. Matthew more particularly deſcribeth the Man frem his 0fice, or ordinary Imployment : Both agree in whar he 1aid cv our Saviour, { Maſter ,] ( ſo they uſually called their Teachers, t9
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whole Condu&t they gave up themlcives, ) [ 1 will follvo thee * 7
viar is, 1 am reſolved, or Iam ready to tollow thee, | whitherſo- ever thou grief.) Thus Men ofren take up ſudden kefciur; 20s to walk with God, and co be his Servants, upon Sintiter Accounts ;
and before they have well contidered what they are like to meer ;
” wichal, who own themſelves the Diſciples of Chriſt, Our Sav!- ” our knowing his Heart, and that this ReſoJucion was either borromed in his Curiofity, ro ſee his Miracles, or in an hepe of ſome livelihood from him, firs him with an Anfiver, Izrring him know what Difficukies thoſe that followed him muſt lock to meet with, [The Foxes have holes, &c.] Alas! thou foft nor know what it is to follow me, my External Condirion *> worle than that of the Birds of the Air ; they have fixed Neſts, or the Beaſts of the Earth, the worſt of them have Holes; bur I have no fixed Habiration on Earch. He borh here, aid in many other Texts, calls himſelf The Son of Man; (a Name never, that we read of, given to him, bur by himſelf) fo declare the Truth of his Hu- mane Nature, and that he had a Natural Compaſſion tor Men; that he was a Child born 3 a Son given to us, 1/a. 9. 6. The Perſon Propheſied of as the Meſſias, Dan. 7.13. the Perſon meu- tioned, who was to have all things put under his Feet, Pſal. 8. 6. I Cor, 15. 27. Heb. 2, 8. |
| 21 And another of his diſciples ſaid unto him, > Lord, ſutter me firſt to go and bury my Father. 22 Bur Jeſus ſaid unto him, Follow me, and let
the dead bury their dead.
Luke repeating the ſame Hiſtory, chap. 9. 59, 60. ſaith, that Chriſt ſaid ro this Man, Follow me, he replieth, Lord, ſuffer me frfto go, and bury my Father ; to live ar home with my Father, who is an old Man, till I have performed my laſt Filial Ofhce ro tim in Burying him. Others chink that he was already dead ; and that rhis Diſciple would not have begged leave tor ſo un- certain a time, Chriſt ſaich unto him, Fw me; nor thar our Lord diſapproved the decent Manner of Burying the Dead, bur by this let him know , That no Office of Love and Duty to Men, m3 be preferred before our Duty to God , to whom we owe our firſt Obedience, It appeareth by Lub. 9. 60. that this Diſciple was called ro Preach the Goſpel ; a Work not to be omitred or neg- letted for any Offices ro Men. OF old, the Hizh-Prieſts, and the Nazarites, were nort-to rouch dead Bodies, Numdb. 6. 6. becauſe of their Separation to the more immediate Service of God: Preach- ers of the Goſpel ought to keep themſelves as free as they can irom whar may diſtra& rhem. Saith our Saviour, [ Ler the dead * buy their dead.) There are enough to Bury the Dead , Perſons > thatare Spiritually Dead, not alive to God ; ler them take care of - thoſe meaner Oihces, I have higher Imployment f*r thee than that 1s, Lawful and decent Offices become ſinful , wken they hinder greater Duties.
23 And when he was entred into a ſhip, his E diſciples followed him. 7. 24 * And bebold there aroſe a great rempeft in 3. the ſea, infomuch that the {hip was covered with the * Waves: but he was aflec>. '25 And his diſciples came to him, and awoke him, fayinz, Lord favens: we perith. 26 And he faith unto them, Why are ye fearful, wor. O ye of lirtle faith? * Then he arolſe.and rebuked the Winds, and the ſea, and there was a great calm. .27 But the men marvelled, ſaying. What manner ; vip IS this, that even the winds and the ſea obey
Ry 15 apparent, that the Evangeliſts did not ſer down all the — ana Actions of our Saviour in order, as done by him; _ - —_ chis was the ſame Motion, and over the ſame ee. ich mention was made before, is uncertain, nor much _ - or us to know, Nor yer whether the Storm which here ng as 1n the ordinary courte of Providence, ar raiſed on pur-
© 10F Our Saviour to ſhew his Power in quieting it. Ir is
enough ” " ” know, that a great Scorm did ariſe. Ir is ex- (#] Ls .
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