be cured. In this ſhe judged rightly, that Chri ; _ and that his Vercue was not ceflanined to his nyo - &- rhe, the - her. She believed thar the Oil poured on his Head _ - q that poured on the Head of Aaron, which ran down akon Sn of his Garment : Bur it ſhe thought that ſhe could thus ii -s { Cure, and that Chriſt's Cures flowed not from his Grace and G ” " will, bur a kind of Neceffiry; herein ſhe wondertully Erreq = " Chriſt atterward ler her know ir, tho” he pardoneq = —_ Miſtake. * = / 22 Bur Jeſus turned him about, and when he ſay _ her, he ſaid, Daughter, be of good comfort, * thy ,, _ tairh hath made thee whole. And the woman ws x .* 4. made whole from that hour. Ki And a Matthew relates this Story ſhortly, as he doth 3 dead, being only intent upon covaling os Miracle. We maſt prom ſhe was ſupply ſomeching our of Mark and Luke; Mark faith, c<; oe —_ w/. 29, And ſtraightway the Fountain of her Blood was dried ud, 7 _ ſhe felt in her Body that ſhe was healed of that Plague, 4nd Jr pad immediately knowing in himſelf , that Vertue had gone out of fo aſleep : turned him about in the Preſs, and ſaid, Who touched my Cluth.? celires: And his Diſciples ſaid unto him, Thou ſec the Multitude = awk _—_ ” thee; and ſayeS thou, Who touched me © And he looked round BD 9 we to ſee her that had done this thing. But the Woman fearin aw rs trembling, knwwing what was done in her, came and fell 4, 6 _y Fa him, and told him all the truth. And he ſaid unto her, "Py ac T v thy Faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whe ; IF ng ew Plague. Luke reports the fame Circumſtances with little varz. ogy tion, chap. 8. 45,45, 47, 43, Chriſt was nor ignorant of this ink | Woman's coming, and touching his Garmencr 3 he doubtleſ; in. = = fluenced her to the Motion ; his Inquiry was therefore, only thar bat ] ; the Miracle might be taken notice of ; he knew that Vertye ws f ks * gone our of him, and had healed che Woman; for he had con. Soſe ws manded ir ſo to go out, or ſhe had nor been healed; bur he 4. the Reſu fired that the People might take notice that ſhe was healed } 294in : p his Grace, not by any Magical Vertue in his Cloaths. The Weman T ee: 1s brought openly ro come, and conteſs it, that ſhe had touched inco ch t his Cloaths, and that ſhe was healed. She feared and trrembled, || her Soul ſhe ſhould have offended : Chriſt comforts her, by afſuring her earance | the Cure; and telling her, That her Faith in him, as an Inſiry. 4 —_— mental Cauſe, had effefted ir, We have met with Chriſt often udged j betore, as well as in this Text, and ſhall again often meer ih es: him, aſcribing much co the Exerciſe of Faith : And the Fithy 25 Bl which he aſcribeth ſo much, ſeemerh nor to be Juſtifyirs Fxth in, and t or that Exerciſe of Grace,whereby a Soul in the Senſe cf its |; WH A Eſtate, by reaſon of Sin, accepteth of him as its Saviour, and te. Ly 26 | lierh upon his Merits alone for Salvation; for we read nothin; tha Ianc of che Perſon's Repentance tor Sin, nor Reliance upon Chriſt for Mark, the Salvation of their Souls, or any profeſſion of any ſuch thins, hand, and Is ic then ſo valuable an A of Faith, to believe that Chriſt isthe | 7d) Dany Son of God? T anſwer, 1. Tho' Faith in Chriſt be che cn | (fr ſhewas Saving Faith, yer a Faith in God, being perſuaded of his Poer | agreas Aſto, and truſting in him, is an Exerciſe of Grace, which God s F ſpuld know appeareth in Scriprure ) much rewarded with Bleffinzs of thi eat, Lu 2, But ie her by the #4
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condly, the great Truth, That Chris was the Eternal Son of G4 F Came again , was that which God more eſpecially aimed ar to gain the Wor; | her meat Aſſt unto, and Perſuaſion of at this time, and indeed Prelim: that they ſho nary and Neceſlary to People's receiving of him as their Saviour; Verrue that tor, Curſe is he that truſteth in Man. Tr was alſo the grear Truth, b: he perform which the Phariſees and the reſt of the Jews did oppoſe. Hence: & «mes he uſe our Saviour takes all cccafions borh ro confirm and co encouraze — mes he fouc this Faith, which was bur a Perſuafion, thac he was Cloathed with | he takes the a Divine Power, anc. did that which no Man could do, and that = td, Ariſe;
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truly and ſeriouſly believe that Chriſt, being apparently Man, and the Son of Man, ſhould alſo Exerciſe a Power, which none bur God could do; and that they ſhould nor beljeve in him s the Saviour of the World, and be quickned ro the uſe of chit? Means, which he ſhould reveal for cheir Salvation. For thc
- . | U Reaſons, amongſt others, we may conceive that Chriſt Predicare 6: rg know w this Faith ſo much in thoſe in whom he found ir, This Vir# & atotheir] eternal Manſun
cle being wrought by our Lord in his way ro Fzirzs his Rouſe, after rhe firſt notice he had of the dangerous Sickneſs of his Daughter, the Evangelii now goeth on to give us an Account df his perfe&ing chac Good Work.
23 And when Jeſus came into the rulers houſe, and {aw the minſtrels, and the people making a noite,
Neither Mark nor Luke ſpeak 2ny thing of the Minſtrels, vut enly of the People's wailing, Amongſt tic Jews, we read not it any part of the Old Teſtu:nene of Muſical Inſtruments uſcd 3 Funerals; buramongſt che Pagrns ir was uſual, as we read in the! Writers. Amongſt che 7ews thy had ſume Songs tang, ws fome gather from Fer. 9. 17. G 22. 18. &. 34. 5. Amo; 5.16. 15 very like thac age cy having long lived amongſt the /2.:t/ had learned this uſage from them. Before this, Mb addett, 7:3
E dre under the - Soul was carri = beoppoled, if -- trfons were u - Dodies, wairi E Until the Lord MM Bodies? [ He C0; E Oe Miracle, | 2 Nt publiſh wh the L2per C © Villing his Ene E Matthew faith, - 5 Galilee ar ſo} et of his Ene ay publick nor;
dead, why troubleSt thou the Maſter any further * But Jeſus, 27 And xz as he had heard the word that was ſpaken, ſaid to the Ruler f tle men followec Synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. And he ſuffered no 11a" 7 avid, hay
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