15 Lord have mercy on my ſon, for he isLunatick. and ſore vexed : tor oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
15 And I brought him to thy diſciples, and they could not cure him. |
The ſame Hiſtory is told us, both by 3ark and Lie, bur with conſiderable Difference ; we have ir, ab 9. 17. thus, And one of the Multitude anſwered, and ſid, Maſter, I have brought unto thee my Son, which hath a dumb Spirit : And whereſhever he tabeth him, he teareth him, and he foameth and gnaſherh with his Teeth, and vinets away, and T ſpake to thy Diſciples, th.'t they ſhould c.1i him out, and they could nt. As an Intredudtion co this, Mark taith, v. 14,
11 2. That it 1s crue, that the Diſciples were led away with the Jewiſh Tradition, and locked for Elias the Tifhbite, bur Chriſt both here and elſewhere cor- 3- Thar not only the Day 07 general Judg-
I5, 16. That when our Saviour came to his Diſciples, he ſaw a great -
Multitude about them, and the Scribes, queltioning with them : And ſtraightway all the Perple, when they beheld him, were greatly ama- zed, and running to him, ſaluted him. And he ashed the Scrites, what queſtion you with them ? Luke gives us this Accounr,Ch. 9. 37, 38, 39, 40. And it came to paſs, that on the next Day, when they were come down from the Hill, much People met him. And behold « Man of the Company cried out, ſaying, Maſter, T beſeech thee look up- on my Son, for he is mine only Child, And ly a Spirit tabeth him, and he ſuddenly crieth out, and it teareth him, that he focmeth again, and bruiſing him, hardly departeth from him. And I beſought thy Diſciples to caſt him out, and they could nat, When our Lord went up to the Mountain where he was transfizured, he letr ar the Foor of ir the Mulritudes, and nine of his Apoſtles; he rook only three wich him. How long he ſtayed chere, no Evangeliſt tel!s us: The Mulrtitude, and his Ditciples ſtayed wairing for kis com- ing, probably nor tar off ; ſome ot the Scribes were got ro them, and chey were arguing together: ' The Day ater our Lord and Peter, Fames and Fohn, were come down trom che Mount, they g0 ro the Multicude, who received him with grear Paſſion, and ſalured him: He beginneth co inquire whac they were Diicour- ſing about, bur was by and by inrerrupred with a certain Man, who comes and talls downefipon lis Knees before him, begging Mercy tor his Son, who (as {:rtthew reports his Condition) was Lunatich, and ſore vexed, often filing into the Fire, and often into the Water. Mark faith, he had a Dumb Spirit, chat ir tore him, he often Famed and Gnaſhed with his Teeth, Luke faich, Thar ir was the Man's only Child, that he had a Spirit, that he cried cut, it tare him, he foamed, and was bruiſed by it, /gc. By the De- ſcription of this young Man's Diſeaſe, ir appearerh to have been, what we call the Fulling-Sickneſs, wherein Men fal! d5wn, Fam and beat themſelves; with this Diſeaſe the Devil joyned, to as ac certain times. of the Z{5n, this Diteaſe rook him, and the Dovit ating with it, he was Dumb ar leaſt for the time, and tell ſome- rimes in the Fire, ſometimes into the Water, Famed, Gnaſhed with his Teeth, tore himſelf : This ſeems ro have been his Condition. The Father (during Chriſt's Abſence) had atrempred a Cure by his Diſciples, bur che Text faith, they could not; (the reaſon we ſhall hear afcerward) upon this he criech unro Chriſt tor his help,
17 Then Jeſus anſivered. and ſaid, O fairhlefs and perverſe generation, how long [hail I be with you 2 how long thall I ſuficr you ? Bring him hither rome.
18 And Jeſus rebuked rhe devil, and he departed out of him : and the child was cured from that very hour. |
Mark relates this part of the Hiſtory much more largely, Ch./p. 9. 19, 20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 25, 27. He anſcvered him, and ſaid, O f.aithlejs Generation, how long ſhail I ve with you 11 lonz ſhall I ſuffer yu £ Bring him unto me, And they brought vim unto hum ;, and when he ſaw him, ſtwaightwav the Spirit tars him, and he fell on the Ground, and wallowed foaming : And he ushed his Father, How | mg is it ago fince this came unto him * And hs ſaid, Of 4 Chil. And «fi-times it. hath ca$ him int» the Fire, aud into the Faters Io deflvoy him: But if thou cant a any thing, have Compaſſion on us,
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