erous a thing it is for Men to reje& Chri$t , he imme); They anc and we do not read thac he came here any on " Tejth he, our of whom the Devils were caſt, abideth with him - ut 01 al his Feer,defires he may go along with him. How erear a digs w at Ince there is berwixt ſering and hearing of Chri$t , and 7afi hy vign Good he is. The poor Demoniack would have left his "ag E bings and gone with him; but Chri# ſuffered him nor ; rrobably 3 ; Pope ſaw it would be more for the Glory of God for him to it; ny, * was f therefore commands him to return to his Houſe, and ſhew __ Fay Bla had done for him , and how he had Compaſſim on him, we ca ad fo _ more ſhew our Thanktulneſs ro God, than by declarin wi be cll Wonderful Works, and what 1n particular he hath done Fg " 4 This poor Man doth accordingly, and publiſherh che Name = fore Chri# in Decapolis;, which Name comprehenderh a ſpace of tn. - Country, within which were ten Cities, (as the Word do L _ ? ſignifie,) whereof Gadara (faith Pliny ) was one, from which Ge vent theſe People had their Denomination of Gadarens ; thr 's O Citizens of Gadara; or , Inhabitants of the Country adjacen; . POWe char City. Ek is to thi CHAP. IX. is Chris coming to his own City, cureth one of the Palſie : The $4. Like, c charge him with Blaſphemy : He © tr g dB "jy; riloes A Calleth Matthew from the receit of Cuſtom, 9. Eateth with Putlz te krie canes and Sinners, and defendeth his ſo doing, 9—13, Fulbifith b; A thir! Diſciples for not Faſting, 14—17. Cureth a Woman” ſich two) mecr þ years of the bloody Iſſue, and raiſeth Jairus's Daughter from fy ct it. | Dead, 18—26. Giveth Sight to two believing Blind Men, 27—; me? | Healeth a Dumb Man, Poſſeſſed by a Devil : The Multitude m,; Loy who am the Phariſees Blaſpheme, 32—35. He taketh Compaſſion on the 141] jg Fo 01 titude; and exorteth to Pray for Faithful Labourers, 36—38, up*n th and you
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patled over the Lake of Genneſaret, and came into hisown (i; nor Gcd by. Bethlehem, in which he was Born ; bur either Nazareth, where he © riſe Der was Brought up, or ( which moſt judge) Capernaum, whither riots . rc leaving Nazareth, he weur tormerly to dwell, Mat. 4.13. whither 50 tho he 15 1aid to have entred, Mar. 2.1. This was upon the Sea-co;f Sins firſd of Zabulon and Nephthali, chap. 4. 13. ww J 2 And behold they brought to him a man ſick the Son of
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cheer, thy fins be forgiven thee. Confrmat! The Hiſtory of this Miracle is reported by Mark, ch, , A from the ſecond to the thirteenth Verſe. B T rom the ſecond to the thirteenth Verſe. By Luke, chap. 5. trem 3 B ver, 18.to 26, By both, with more Circumſtances than Matttey © Du doth report ir. Mark ſaith, He entred into Capernaum after (im: led, and days , and it was noiſed that he was in the houſe , and ſtraightwy unro me many were gathered together , injomuch as there was not in Mark fa
receive them, no not ſo much as about the door , and he Preis! the Word unto them ;, and they came unto him , bringing one ſi f the Palſie, which was born of four , and when they could ni ons nigh unto him for the Preſs, they uncovered the Roof where he ws; and when they had broken it up, they let down the Bed wheiz th fick of the Palſie lay ; and when Jeſus ſaw their Faith , he (iid 1 the ſick of the Palſie , Son, thy fins be forgiven thee, Mar. 2. 1,:, 3, 4, 5- Luke mentioneth nor the Place, nor our $vioys beins Preaching ; bur ſaith, And behold Men brought in a Bed, a in which was taken with a Pulſie, and they ſought means to bring tim in, and lay him before them : And when they could not find ( what way they might bring him in, they went upon the Huſe ty, and let him down through the Tiling , with his Couch, into the nid before Feſus. And when he ſaw their Faith, he ſaid unto him, Ma! thy Sins are forgiven thee. All Interpreters agree it to be the lame Hiſtory, Mark in his Preface to the Report of the Miri cle, tells us where Chriſt was, viz. in Capernaum , whar he ws doing, Preaching the Word; the occaſion of the People breaking up the Roof of the Houfe, viz. rhe Preſs of the People, 1
B:f, and amgzed, an Like {aith, them, and t, g -:iiving G and ere fall They all ag ere Went « mated hin hi; cd, or | f2me in the nz the Curt Miruelled, 1, ſaich Lute, Chriſt as the Was Yrought V2! ; ſeeing th In them an 4 fn, :nd pur «
they could not come nigh to Chrisf., All chree Evanzel:!ts agree che ſick Man's Diſeaſe to be the Palſie; which being the Re tion of the Nerves , beſides the Pain that attends ir, debiliuats che Perſon, and confineth him to his Bed, cr Couck ; which v4 the reaſon of his being brought in his Bed , and by tour Ven. All the Evangelifts mention Jeſs ſeeing their F:irh, their its ;rd Perſuaſion of his Divine Power , and their Confidence 1 fi Goodneſs ; both che Faith of the ſick Perſon, and of thotc v9 brought him. He ſaw it in their Hearts , for the inward Princt
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ples and Habits are not viſible to us; yer they are ſeen and knoil ro him, who ſearcherh the Heart, and knowerh whar is in the Heart of Man: He ſaw it in the Fruits , their endeavouring 9 lay him before Chriſt : { He ſaid to the fich of the Palſie, $11, god cheer, thy Sins be forgiven thee. Bur what was ch1s to 5 Palftie? Our Sauvur by this Jets im, and thoſe who brouzit him, know, thar Sin 1s the Roor from which our Evils fprits- 2. That being forgiven , bodily Diſtempers (how Faral ſever) can do a Man no hurt. 3. That his Primary end of com!s into the World, was to fave his People from their Sins, 4. Tit 1m the Hour wherein Remiſfion of Sins is granted to 4 Soul, !f Ciriſt called hi; becomes God's Son, dear to Chris. $5. That Remiſfion of Is *fCuſtom. Th: followeth the Exerciſe of Faith in Chris. 6. Poſſibly he be! BW 1. 4. ang the
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