Mark hath the fame, Chap. 10. 38, 39, Our Saviour gently reproves them tor their inadviſed Petition, and again mindeth them, thar he was firſt to Suffer, and then to enter mto his Glory, and that by much Tribulation they alſo muſt enter into the Kingdom of God, which was a thing fitter for their prefenr Thoughts, than firing at his Right Hand, and Left Hand ; tor we muſt ſuffer with him,if we will be glorified together, Rom.8. 1 7. How ready are we to ask we know not what? (Are you able to drink of the Cup, &c.] The Sence is, are you able ro Suffer whar I am ro Sutter? Hereby our Saviour intimates, That thoſe who are the treeſt, and greateſt Sufferers for Chriſt, ſhall have the greateſt Re- wards from him. Chriſt here exprefleth his Sufferings under the Notion of Drinking a Cup, and being Baptized with a Baptiſm. A. C#p 15 an ordinary Meraphor in Holy Writ, by which a Man's Portion in this Life is expreſſed, whether ir be a Portion of good Things or evil. Pſ. 11.6. Iſa. $1. 17. Fer. 25. 15. Lam. 4-21. Chap. 25. 39, 40, 42. Fohn 18. 11. Drinking of a Cup is uſually pur for Suffering, Fer. 49. 12. Ezehb. 23. 32. Obad. 16; The Metaphor being as ſome think, taken trom a Cuſtom in ſome Nations, t9 pur MalefaRors to Death by giving them a Cup of Poy- ſon to diick;, or as others think, trom the lewd Cuſtom ar Com- porarions to force Men to drink oft cheir Cups. To be Baptized with the Bapti;m I am Baptized with, hath the ſame Import. See Luke 12. 50. Affffliions are ordinarily compared in Scriprure to Waters : To be Baptized, is to be dipped in Water ; Meraphori- Caily to be plunced in AffiQions: Iam laich Chriſt to be bapti- zed with Flo, overwhelmed with Sufferings and Aflitions, Are yuu able ro be ſo? [They ſ:y unto him, we are able.] This was as raſhly ſpoke as the other. How little do we know our own Strength? Ch. 26:55, When Chriſt was apprehended, they all forſ-3k him and fled.
23 And he faith unto them, Ye ſhall indeed drink of my cup, and be baptized with the baptiſm that I am baptized with : but to fit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine * to give, but it ſhall be groen * Chap: unto them for whom it is prepared of my Father. 35: 34:
Mark hath the fame, Ch. 10. 39, qo. Our Saviour here tells them, that as he was firſt to Suffer, and then enter into his Glo- ry, ſo they that ſhould be glorified with him, ſhould alfo firſt
uffer with him; for none ſhall be Crowned bur chute who ſtrive Lawſully, 2 Tim. 2.5. And all that will live Godly in Chriſt Jeſus ſhall ſuffer Perſecution, 2 Tim. 3. 12. Bur who ſhould be higheſt in the Kingdom of Glory, his Father muſt de- termine upon whoſe Wil! the Diſpoſal of his Kingdom, and che Preterences in 1t depended. This Text hath been abuſed by thoſe who have denied Chriſt's Deity, and Equality to the Fa- ther, as if it ſerved their Purpoſe, becauſe Chriſt here denierh it in his Power co diſpoſe of the Kingdom of Heaven; bur be- ſides, thar he elſewhere aſſerts the contrary. John 10. 28. g& 17. 2. Chriſt dorh nor here ſpeak of what was in his Power bur what was his Office as Mediator; fo his Work was to encourage them ro fight the good Fight, nor to diſpenſe our Crowns to them. Or elſe, he ſpeaketh of himſelf as Man, as he ſpeakerh, John 14. 28, Nor indeed doth Chrift here deny that ir was in his Power, bur only, that it was in his Power to give this Preference to any, except thoſe for whom his Father had prepared ir : Note the Greek is, 8 &5iv &4'v ISva d&AM ois etna, That is, Is not mine to give, but to them for whom it #s prepared : So that thoſe Werds | it ſhall be given to them) which our Tranfſla- rors pur in, were better Jett our. All this was before ordered and determined by God, and he could only diſpoſe of the Kingdom of Gcd, according to the Erernal Council, *Aaau' (which we tranſlace but) hath here the Force of & wy (unleſs) as in Mar. 9.8. 2 Cor. 2, 5. Beſides that, ro ſhew the Order of the Trinity in working ; Att of Power and Providence are uſus- ally aſcribed to the Father, raough by ocher Scriptures ir appears chat the Son in them co-operateth with the Father.
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