Mark faith , A certain Woman, whoſe young Dauzhrer had an n- clean Spirit, heard of him, and came ana fell at bus keet. The Wom.4r; ww a Greeb, a Syrophenician by Nation, and ſhe berought him, thas he would c..stt forth the Devil out of 41 Dan;hter. But Fejus jak unt9 her, Ler rhe Chilaren f1st be filed, fr it s not mect 19 tals the Children's Bread, and to c:8 it to Dogs, Mar. 7. 25, 25, 27. Tio che Wi,man appears to wave been a P:22.m, yer living ſo near Gazliler, the had doubtlets he rd of Ct-rift, both wit he had done in caſting Out Devils, 4!.4 aito thac he was | 'CKT upon as tze Sm of David, and ulualty called by that Name, by tiulc who went to him tor any Cures; the t/:cret re <ives him tha Title: Others think her to have been more fpecially inli-h:ncd, :nd ro have called him the Sm of D.vid, noc as at uſuii Crmnpeliacion g'ven him, Eur as believiag him co Fave been th: true ee promiſcd to tlie es; nor is that impittible ; i2r two the G pet «. this time had nor thined cut up:n any contiderable Number ot rhe Heathen , yer Gd in all times had [iis Number amongſt them; and this Weman living ſo near to the Jews, and fo ncar to Galilee, where our Saviour hirkercs had miſt Converſed, and Preached it is nor improbable char tHe might have received tie Grace, as well as the $2:n.!, of the Gyp-1, 1» Gad might hve kindled in her Heart a true Faith in tne 37cyſt.4s. Our Saviour's Commendation of her Fairh in t.e totJowing Diſcouric , maketh ts very probable. ZMaxtthew ſaith, that he anlvered ner not .t Word : Zink ſaith , thar he ſaid to her, Let the Chil.tron firſt be filled, &c. To the obſerving Reader this will appear no Con- tradiction. For by 3h ic ſhould appear, thac ſhe firſt came cv our Saviour into the Houſe , inco which he went that he mighe be private, and there fell at his Feet. Here Chriſt, anſwered hey not a Wert, rook no notice of her art all. Bur it appeareth by Math:w, that Chriſt ſoon left the Houſe, and ſhe foljuwed ater him up5n che way. The Diſciples ſaid, | Send her war, for Le crieth after ws, | Then ir was that our Saviour ſaid ro her, Let the Children be Tir$ filled, His Diſciples firſt interpoting, faving, Send her away, for ſhe crieth after 5s. How any of the Papiſts think that this Text Pacronizech their Ivcttion of Saints dp. ted, I cannot cell; for chete Diſciples were alive, and we d- not read thar ſhe ſpake to any of them co incercede tor her : Ic iscercain they did move Chriſt on her behalr.
24 But he anſwered and ſaid, * I am nor ſent, bur unto the loſt ſheep of the houſe of [trael.
Our Lord by theſe Words dorh nor deny, bur thar he was fenr as a Redeemer to more, but not as a Minilicr, Cr as an Apijile, as he is called, Heb. 3.1. Tie Apoſtle, Rom. 15.8. latin, Tot Fejus Chridt was a Miniſter of the Circumciſion, fir the T;uth of God, to confirm the Promiſes made to the Fathers, Oar Lord's Miniſtry was contined to the Jews; fo was the Apoſtles, Matrh.1io.s., Till ſome time atrer our Saviours Alceinii.n, the Goype! was not Preached £enerally t. the Gentiles, tho” foine particular Perfons mizhr, and did borh in Chriſt's time, and 1 che time of the 4p;- Ses, betore they did go to the Gentiles, hear, receive, and imbrace the Goel, as we ſhall hear chis Woman did.
25 Then came ſhe and worſhipped him, {:ying, Lord , help me.
She here acknowledgeth his Divine Power, and 1mploreth his Help. Thus ſhewing chart ſhe believed him co be the Son of God, and a Rewarder ot rhoſe char fought him, and continues her Re- queſt atcer tivo Repulles,
26 But he anſwered and ſaid, Ir 1s not meet to take the children's bread, ard to caft !r ro dogs.
Mark ſaith , chap. 7. 27. Jeſus ſaid unto her, Let the Chilgxen fir be filled , - for it 3s not meet, 8. By the Chilaren here, he means the Fews ; by che Dogs, he meaneth the [ithen. The Jews
are called the Children of the Kingdom, 77acl 1s called God's Son, |
his Fir-born, Ex-d. 4. 22, The Apoſtle, A. 9.4. latth, to mem belonz'd the Adoption. By Bre.:d cre, our S191 -ur means the /0- lication of the Goſpel , and che Miracles by wich tne Truth of tae Doftrine of ir was confarmed ; by Dogs, he means the Heaxcien, whom the Jews did couar as Do's; no Members of the Houle- hold of God, it was a term of C-nteinpr, 2 $.11m.3.9. 2nd 15. 9. 2 Kings 8. 13. When our Saviour laich, ir 4 nf zmect, 12 means, 10 is nor juſt, nor equal, 05. How came 1t then, that tie Gotpel ras ever carried to the Gentiles ? Mcxrk expounds our Saviour's meaninZ, or rather gives us an account of our Savi-ur's Words more pertedtly, [Let the Children be frSt filled, Ir zs 107 meet, Xc. ] The Fews are God's Children, a Pe>ple whom he ci15te cur of 24 the Nations of the Earth, to whom he gave many Priviiedges, Ic is his Will che Goſpel ſhould be firſt Preached to them, and then to che Gentiles, Gentiles are as Dogs, of wiom Ged harh no* caken ſuch a care, bur they ſhall have their time. Only 1: is not Conſonant to my Father's Will, char che Goſpel, and the Miracles by which it 1s confirmed , ſhould be Exhibited unto
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