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(56+ -rÞ and Lube give us Account of this Paſſage, Mark. = ry ( ok ms 32s And they were in the way going up to Feruſalem, _ Jos went before them, and they were amazed, and as they fol- _ 4 th were afraid, and he tool» again the twelve, and began to ge” then: what things ſhould happen unto him : Saying, behold we te : Jerk ſal&m, and the Son of man ſhall be delivered unto the $4: Priefts, and to the Scribes, and they ſhall condemn him to death, ps $4 him to the Gentiles, and they ſhall mock him, and ſhall - - him, and ſpit upon him, and ſhall kill him, and the third day al viſe again. Lube harh ir, Chap. 18. 31. Then #e took unto him the twelve, and ſaid unto them, Behold we go up to Feruſalem, id all thinzs that are written by the Prophets concerning the Son of | mn. (ha'l be accompliſhed ;, for he ſhall be delivered to the Gentiles, o_ (ball he mocked, and ſpitefully intreated, and ſpit up, and they ſol (courge him, and put him to death, and the third D.y he ſhall riſe 124ins And they underſtood nane of theſe things, and this Saying was bid om them, neither new they the things that were ſpz1ben, O-r Mefſed Lord Was yet upon his Road from Galilee to Feruſalem; we have here an Account of ſome of his rravelling Diſcourſe, ro reach us ro make uſe of all rime for edifying, and profitable Dif- courſe, Mark faith, char as they went, Jeſus went before them, md they were amaged, and as they followed they were :fraid. Mark. gives us NO ACCOUNT of any formidable Object in their Eye: Thoſe that think they were amazed to 1ce him make ſuch haſte ro his Death, forger thar Luke ſairh, chat afrer our Saviour had further inſtructed them in this, they underſto:d- it not 3, but probably they knew he was going into the Neſt of his Enemies, and this made them afraid. He callsrohim the Twelve, (it was not a Diſcourſe fr for a Multitude) and gives them an Account very particular- ly of what he had twice or thrice before taught chem ; he had before told them of his Dzach and ReſurreRion, and thar he ſhould be betrayed to death; here he deſcribes the manner, they
wid deliver him to tbe Gentiles; (to Pilate and Herod) he de- ſcribes his Previous Sufferings, he ſhould be ſcourged, mocked, ſpit upon, and the kind of his Death, he ſhould be Crucified; thar when theſe things came tro paſs, they might be aſſured that he was God who had fo pun&tually foretold Things to come, nor ext- ſtent in their Cauſes, bur meer Conringencies. He comforteth them with two Things. I. That it was according to what had been foretald by the Prophets. 2. That tho" he died, he ſhould riſe again the third Day. They had need of this fore-warning, for a fore- arming; for conſidering that they now looked upon him as the Meſſiah, it might well poſe them to think how he ſhould die; and when they had ſeen all theſe rhings come to paſs, ic mighr kave ſhaken their Faith; but being fo particularly forerold the coming of rhem to paſs, rather confirmed their Faith in him as the Son of God, than weakened ir. Bur Luke faith, They under- flod none of theſe things, Thar is, ſurely, they believed none of them; the Saying was hid from them. The Words were plain enouzh, bur they could not reconcile them to their Reaſon ; they could nor conceive how he who was the Meſtah could die ; nor get over the Prejudice of his being a Temporal Prince, and exerciſing a Kingdom in this World: For his riſing again the the third Day, could nor believe 1r,
4 20 Thencameto him the mother of * Zebedees | children, with he\\ſons, worſhipping h:m, and de-
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21 And he ſaith unto her, What wilt thou? She faith unto him, Graht that theſe my two ſons may fit, the one on thy rjght-hand, and the other on thy tft, in thy kingdorn.
Mark faith, Chap. 10. 35. And Fames and John, the Sons of Zebedee, came unto him, ſaying, Maſter we would that thou ſhould @ for us whatſoever we deſire, And he ſaid, What would you that I ſhould do for you £ They ſaid unto him, Grant unto us that we may fit, ne on thy right hand, the other on thy left hand, in thy Glory, Matthew's ſaying, In thy Kingdom; Mark, In thy Glory ; leaves vs 11 fome doubr, whether theſe two Diſciples, and their Mo- ter, had here ſome Carnal Notion of the Kingdom of Heven ; becauſe Chriſt had before ſpoken of ſome that ſhould be firſt in tt, and crhers laſt, or were in fome ExpeQation of ſome Glori- | us Secular Ringdom, which Chriſt after his Reſurre&ion ſhould Exerciſe in the World ; for that they had ſome ſuch Thoughts, aprears from Luke 22, 24. Ads 1.6, This Mother of Zarmes and fobn vas Salome, Mark 15. 40. A conſtant Follower of Chriſt, Mat. 27, $5, 56, Matthew ſaith ſhe ſpake, rk faith her two Sons ſpake, They would ficſt have had a general Grant from Citiſt of whatſoever they ſhould asþ, or a certain thinz, Bur wiſe
1 uſe nor to grant ſuckRequeſts; OurLord acks tem whar they VOould defire? Then do they betray theirAmbirion. W 25 there ever * more un'eaſonable Requeſt than for them ro be Suicors for vreat Places tro him when he had bur now told them, he was bolgto be Spit won, Scourged, Condemned, Crucifizd ? Yet there | #9 Good in it, they by it diſcovered a Faith in him that nor- | "I—_ all this he ſhould be exalted, and have a King-
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dom. Bur how Carnal are our Conceptions of Spiritual and Hea* venly Things, till we be taughr of God a right Notion of them?
22 Bur Jeſus anſwered and ſaid. Ye know not what ye ak, Are ye able to drink of the cup thar I ſhall drink of, and be baptized with the bapriſm that I am baptized with? They iay uno him,We areable.