him, and the Commendation he gave him, rogerher wich his fair ſpeaking ro our Saviour, and Commending his Antiver, induce me to think rhat he came on no1ll Deſign. Befides, that Opi- nion of ſome, that he came hoping to hear our Saviour viline their Ritual Precepts in Compariton of the Mcral Precepts, feem- *th ro me not improbable, tor himſelf conſents to whar our Savi- our 1aith, and addeth, that To love the Loyd our God, Sc. is more th.m all Burnt-Offerings and Sacrifices, His Queſtion was, Which 5 the firſt and greateſt Commandment £ Matthew ſaich, the great 3 Mb faith, the firſt : They have both the ſame Senſe, and our Saviour, v. 38. purs chem rogerher. Feſws ſaith unto him, Thu (halt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Sol, and with all thy Mind, Math adds, with all thy Strength. Ic is to be found, Deut. 6. 5. only there is nor with all thy Mind. Like puts it in, Ch. 10. 27. It is bur the ſame thing expreſied 1n divers Terms; for with all thy Soul, is Comprehentive of Heart, Mind, and Strength. Mak adds a Pretace, Hear O Iſrael, the Lord thy God us one God, Thou ſhalt love, SC. Thoſe Words only, 1. Stirred up the Pcople's Artention. 2. Shewed the Reafon of the following Precept, which is fully expretſed in Matthew, It any ack, to which of the Ten Commandments 1s this to be refer- red? It is eaſily anſivered, thar it is the Sum of the four firſt, which Comprehend our Duty toward God. Our Saviour's ex- preſſing them by [wing God, thews us that the Law of God was 10t fulfilled in the Obſervation of the Letter of thoſe Command- Ments, but doing theſe Things which God commands out of a Principle of Love; the higheſt Degrees of Love to Gcd, They idly Interpret this Precept who Interpret it only an Obligation upon us to Love God as much as we are able in our Lapſed Stare the E:!! of Mm loſt God no Right of Commanding, and telling us our Duty. The Law doth undoubredly require of us Love fo God in the higheſt Degree, to be ſhewed by the Affs of the whole Man, in Obedience to all his Commandments, and that conſtantly. Ir is our only Happineſs rhar che Law 1s in the Hands of a Mediator, who hath thus perte&tly fulfilled it for all thoſe who believe in him, Rom. 8. 3. and accepterh of us, rhe Will for the Dced. Thus the Moral Law is a Schoolmaſter that leaderh us unro Chriſt. Our Saviour juſtly calls this rhe firſt and grear Commandment. 1. Becauſe God is to be ſerved be- fore our Neighbour. 2. Nor can Love to our Neighbour flow from any orher true Principle, than that of Love ro Sod, nor 1s our Ncizhbour to be loved, bur for God's ſake, and in Subor- dination unto him. | And the ſecond 3s like to it. ] Commanding Ljve alſo. So that as the Apoltle faith, Love is the fulfilling of the Law. (Thy Neighbour.) That is, every-Man, | as thy ſelf, ] do- ing as much for him as chou wouldſt have him do for thee, and doing no more againſt him, than thou wouldft willingly he ſhould do azainſt chee. As truly and ſincerely, as thy ſelf. | On theſe Two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.) There is nothing commanded in all the Old Teſtament, bur may be reduced to theſe Two Heads. This is the whole Duty of Man there commanded. The whole Book of God 1s our Rule, and we are obliged to every Precept init. Moſes ſummed up all in the Ten Commandments, to which truly interpreted, all the Precepts of Scripture are reducible. Chriſt ' here brings the Ten ro Two. The Apoſtle brings all to one, telling us Love is the fulfilling of the Law, There is nothing forbidden in Scri- prure, but what offends the Reyal Law of Love, either to God or Man: There is nothing commanded, but what will fall under it. Atzrh adderh, that the Scribe applauds our Saviour, as having ſaid the Truth, and confeiling, that the fulfilling theſe rwo Precepts was more than all Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings; in which he agreed with Samuel, who long ſince rold Sau!, that to obey was better than Sicrifice; and it needs muſt be fo, ſeeing that all the true Value of Sacrifices lay in the Obedience by them given to the Will of God. Chriſt cells rhe Scribe, | He was not far from the Kingdom - of God.) He who once rightly underſtands the Law of God, and hath caſt off char filly fancy of thinking to pleaſe God with Ri- tual Thinzs, hath made a great Proficiency under that School- Maſter, who it rightly underſtood, will ſhew him the need of another Righteouſneſs chan his own, wherein to appear before God.
_ 41 While the Phariſees were gathered together, Jeſus asked them,
42 Saying, What think ye of Chrift 2 Whoſe Son is he? They ſay unto him, The $97 of David.
43 He ſaith untothem, How then doth David in ſpirit call him Lord, ſaying,
4 * The Lord ſaid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my | _ till I make thine enemies thy foot- ſtool.
R 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his Qn ? a6 And no man was able to anſwer him a word, neither dur{t any man (from that day forth) ask him any more queſtions. |
fark hath this Story, ſhortly repeating only the Subſtance of ir, Ch. 12. 35, 36, 37. adding nothing ro it, but concluding. And the commom People heard him gladly. Luke repeareth ic as ſhortly, Ch. 20. 41, 42, 42. For the fight underſtanding of this Diſcourſe of cur Saviour to the Phariſzes, we muſt know, thar cho' the Ph.wiſees and the Jews 1n general did expett a Meſſtah or a Chriſt, ver they expetted no more of him, or in him, than rhar he ſhould be 4 fn, the Sn of David, deſcended from his F:imily according to the Pronuſe, 1/4izh g. 6. and dreamed only 0.74 Secular Prince, who ſhould deliver them from their Ene- mes, and reſtore rhem to the'r Ancient Civil Liberties. Chriſt {cciag a pack of them rogetiicr, rook the Liberty, which he had a'l,ved chem towards himſeli, ro propound a Queſtion or two ro them. Iitz Queſtion was [ Wozt they thought of Chriſt * ] Not
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