Mk teports ro the ſame ſenſe, chap. 7. 28. She goeth on, after a third Repulſe , the laſt of which was not wichout 2 Reproach; for our Lord had implicitly called her a Dog. Theſe words are as much as if fhe had ſaid, Lord , I confeſs the Fews arc Chilzren; Iam a Dog, a poor Heathen , no proper Member of the Houthold of God ; and it is truch, that ir teemerh un- reaſonable thar I being a Dog , ſhould be ſerved betore all the Children are filled. Lord , I do nor beg ſuch a full Maniteſta- tion of thy Power and Goodneſs for che Gentiles; I beg but a Crumb ot Mercy for my ſelf, and poor Child; and , Lord, rho we do not uſe to give our Loaves prepared for our Children to the Dogs that feed under our Table, (Crumbs of our Children's Bread, as Mark expreſſcth it, ) = we ſuffer our Dogs to gather them up. Lord, I know thou haſt a plenty of Grace and Bleſling ; the Children may be filled, and yer I may have ſome _—_ Three things are remarkable in her Anſiver, beſides her Faith 10 eminently expreſſed : 1. Her Humility; ſhe owneth her ſclf a D2. 2. Her: Modeſty; ſhe beggeth no more than a Crumb. 2. Her Fervency, and Impoytunity after three Repulles. | By this we tearn our Ducy in Prayer, to go to God humbly, ro implore him modeſtly, and to be inſtinc in Prayer; going on 1n our Dury, though we have nor preſently ſuch an Anſiver as we deſire. Thele things conjoined with Faith, make an acceptable Prayer.
- 28 Then Jeſus ſaid unto her, O woman! great zs thy taith ; be it unto thee, even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Mark faich, Chap. 7. 29. And he ſaid unto her, for this ſyying, Go thy way, the Devil is gone out of thy Daughter. And when ſhe w.#* cime to ber Houſe , (he fund the Devil ge out, and her Daugh- ter Laid upm the Bed | O Woman ! for this ſaying, ] ſhewing the oreatnefſs of thy Faith, [ Be it unto thee as thou wilt : Go thy way, the Devil is gone out of thy Daughter. And her Daughter was mace whole that very Hur, as fhe underſtood when ſhe came home to her Houſe ; for [ She found the Devil was gone out of her Daughter,and hor Daughter was Laid upin the Bed.) Thus the Words of borh the Evangeliſts compounded , make bur one entire and perte&t Senſe. The £rearneſs of her Faith appeared in two things : 1. In that the had ſo little Means, fo {mall a Revelation , being a Pagan ; ſhe ordinarily had nor heard the Goſpel, nor ſeen fo many of Chriſt's mighty Works , confirming the Truth of the D-Arine of it. Hence it is obſerved, That Chriſt admired the Faith of none but Pagans, Matth. 8. 10. 2, In that ſhe would not pive over, though he gave her three Repulſes z 1o as ſhe ſaid, tike F:cob, T will not let thee go, until thou bleſs me. And as he like a Prince, ſo ſhe like a Princeſs, prevailed with God, and obtained the thing which ſhe defired. Bur will ſome fay, hers was her Faith ? What Promiſe? What Word of God had ſhe ro afſent to? God doth nor only ſpeak to us ourward- Iv, but inwardly; as undoubtedly he had this Woman , giving her tome inward affurance, that he was the Son of God, and both able and willing ro grant her the thing ſhe aked. Now, a firm and fixed Aiſent to any Divine Revelation, is Faith ; wherher che
Revelation be Internal or External. We from hence learn the |
mighty Power of True Faith, and Fervent Prayer.
29 And Jeſus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the ſea of Galilee, and went up into a mountain. and ſare down there.
20 And great multitudes 'came unto him, having with them thoſe that were *lame, blind , dumb, maimed , and many others, and caft them our at Teſus feet, and he healed them :
21 Inſomuch that the multitude wondred, when they ſaw the dumb to ſpeak, the maimed ro be whole, the lame to walk, and the hlind to fee : and they glorihed the God of Ifrael.
Mark gives usan Account of this Motion of our Saviour's, chap. 7. v. 32, and mentionerh a particular Miracle which our Lord wrought, either in the way, or when he came to the place where he reſted ; which nor being mentioned by our Evangeliſt, 1 ſaall conſider, when I come ro that Chapter in Marh. Matthew only tells us in general, that he healed many; tome Lame, ſome thar were Blind, ſome that were Dumb, ggc. ſuch a general Ac- count of the Miracles wrought by our Saviour, we had, chap. 4. 24. and 8.16. and 11.5. the Evangeliſt nor largely ſetting down every particular Miracle wrought by our Saviour. | And they glorified the Lird God of Tſrag.] The Phariſees aſcribed theſe Ope- rar19ns to the Devil's Power; but the poor People owned them as the Works of God, and gave Praiſe unto Gcd.
22 Then Jeſus call'd his diſciples unto him, and f1id, I have compaſhon on the multitude, becauſe they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat, and I will not ſend them away faſt- ing, leit they faint in the way.
22 And his diſciples ſay unto him, Whence ſhould we have 10 much bread in the wildernefs, as to fill {9 great a multitude ?
24 And Jeſus faith unto them, How many loaves have ye ? And they ſaid, Seven, and a few little ſhes.
25 And he commanded the multitude to fit down on the ground.
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26 And he took the ſeven loaves, and rhe fiſh and gave thanks, and brake zhez, and gave to hi; diſciples, and the diſciples to the multitude.
37 And they did all eat, and were filled ; arg they took up of the broken meat that was left. ſeven baskers full.
38 And they that did eat, were four thouſana men, beſides women and children.
39 And he ſent away the multitude, and toc; {hip, and came into the coaſts of Magdala.