Luke 22, 28, 25, 27, I ſhall not here intermeddle with the Diſ- pures lome have tounded on this Text: Whether there may be a Civil Moagiltracy among Chriſtians s A thing undoubtedly Fo- reign £o che Seate of this Text, Or, Whether Chriſt here eft abliſh- eh + Parity ann ft Miniſters; which I do not think our Lord's Detizn here: Nor yer, with that ocher Queſtion, Whether Mint- ters of the Grſpel may take upn them the Exerciſe of any Civil Power. Thar which 'our Savizur here intenderh, is, 1. Tv diſtinguiſh 3s King {3m from the Kingdoms of the World : Thoſe Kingdoms are over Men's Bodies and Eſtates, his was a Spiritual Kingdom over the Hearrs and Confciences of Men. Or rather, his was a Kng- dm "f Gly, where there would be no need of Rulers and Aaginr:tes, as in the Governments of the World, nor any fuch Exerciſe ot Authority as is here exerciſed in the Government of Eirthly Kinzdoms, and Polities. 2. To condemn Amoitin, and Pride in his Diſciples, as making them moſt unfic tor this King- dom; which is a thing he had betore raughr tnem. The way to be greateſt in Heaven, is ro be humbleft, ro be low, and mean in our own Eyes: Tis I think to be the propereſt Incerpreta- tion of this Texr, our Lord by it CorreRing the Erroneous Opt- nion his Diſciples had of the Nacure of his Kingdom as alſo their Pride and Ambition, and pretſing up them otier Studies chan how ro be che greateſt in any Earthly Kingdom. It any do think, rhar in chis Text our Lord hath ſome Reſpect ro the King- dom he hach upon Earth, he rarher checks Ambition, and an Af- feRatin of Superiority, chan any thing elſe, and lers us know, that luch as L5ve the Preheminence are moſt unfir for ir: Thar the Werk of Heads of the Church is but a Miniſt;y, not a Domination ; and thar thoſe who are firreſt for ir, and deſerve moſt Honour in the Church, are thoſe char leaſt feek and.affect it : And rhoſe moſt unworthy of char Honour, who moſt hunr atrer 1t. Bur I preter the fir{t Senſe given of chis Text. For cercainly,what our Sa- viour here faith, was nor only occaſioned by, bur had a great Re- larion co che Perition of James and ohn with cheirMorher 3 and che bearins Rule, and exerciſing Auchoricy mentioned here, relares to the Kinzdom, menrioned in char Perition; which I think Can- noc be underſto2d of the Church, which was a Kingdom of. Chriſt; which they as yer lirtle underſtood; bur they ether meant tne Kinzdn «of G!yy, entertaining Carnal Conceprions of thar, that there would be ſome Superioricy, and Interjoricy there amongſt the Saints, which our Saviour kere Correð their Miſtake in, or <lſe chey fancied a Secular Kingdom to be exercited by Chriſt on Earth, after his Reſurreftion from the Dead. Our Saviour Corretteth this Miſtake alſo, intimaring that his Kingdom ſhould be of another Nature, and the way to be higheſt in it was to be Himble, and Low, and Mean in Opinions of our ſelves.
23 Fven as the Son of man came not to be mini- {tred unto, * but to miniſter, and * to give his lite a ranſom for many.
$9 faich Mark, Ch. 10. 45, The Apoſtle faith, Phil. 2. 7, he made himſelf of no Reputation, and took upon him the form of a Ser- v:mt. Our Saviour had before raughr chem, that the Diſciple is mt ae his Maſter, Such, faich our Saviour, as 15 the King 1n my Kingdom, ſuch muſt che Rulers and great Perſons 1n 1t be:
' Sce whar a Kinzdom I have, I came not to be Miniftred unto,
bur ro Miniſter; to ſerve the Neceſfities of Men and Women's Souls and B2dies : And to give my Life a Ranſom for many, au- Teg, 4 Redemption Price; the Apoſtle uſerh &y7avTes, Which fizninerh a Price paid inſtead of another, 1 Tim. 2. 6. Soasthere 15 19 turrher Satufation, or Price to be paid for any.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
20 And behold, two blind men fitting by the way- fide. when rhey heard that Jeſus paſſed by, cri- cd out, ſaying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou ſon of David.
31 And the multitude rebuked them, becauſe they {hould hold their peace: but they cried the more, faying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou ſon of Da- vid.
232 And Jeſus ſtood fill, and called them, and fiid, what will ye that I thall do unto you?
23 They ſay unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opcned. <
24 So Jeſus had compathion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received {fighr, and they followed him.
Mark repearcth the ſame Srory, Ch. 10. from v. 45. to the end, wich ſeveral more Circumſtances. 1. He mentionerh only one Blind Mm, and namerth him Bartimeus the Son of Timers. He ſaith, the Blind Man was Begging, Mark ſaith, when Chriſt
came #2 Feſizs. Be further adds, that Chriſt ſaid ro him, Go thy way, thy Faith hath made thee whole. Luke relateth the ſame, Ch. 18, v. 35. roche end, he faith, As he was come nigh to Fericho, he mencionerh bur one Bind Man : In repeating Chriſt's Words, he ſaith, Feſizs /2ith unto him, receive thy Sight, thy Fairh hath made thee wile. And immediately he received his Sight, and followed him, glorifying God; and ail the Perle when they ſaw it, gave Praiſe unto GoZ, Our Lord preſently gives his Diſciples a Demonſtration of whar he had ſaid, Thar he came to Miniſter, to ſerve even the pooreſt, and moſt Deſpicable Creatures. Fericho was a Ciry not fir from adm, 7oſ. 3. 15. It was taken, of. 6. and upon the Diviton or the Land, tell within the Lot of Benjamin, 7oſ. 18. 21, Our Saviour touk it in his wav from Galilee to Feruſalem,
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Probably theſe Biind Men, or Batime