-ſtood of both z for the Reading, and Interpreting the | v, chicty belong'd to the Series, | All therefore whatſoever hid yi objervey 02ferve ant do, | That 15, wharſoever is in 141 97, Wen eNEY bid ycu obferve , and do. The Term All 15 © be underft d reſtrainedly, with retpett to the Subjett, Mar- ©» Portis tpoken of , 1N mulcirudes of Scriptures. Our Sa- 138102 his Ditctplcs fo otren againſt rhe Leaven or CG Mon, and their Traditions, plainly ſhewerh us, that muſt be "me Saujcut it, Let nor the Law of God loſe irs Authority vn becauſe of theſe Wicked Men, He doth nor com- 4d them Fo Rear none but them, for then to what purpoſe did ei lf Preach, Or fend our the Twelve, if none might hear A!! char can be concluded from this Text is, That the af G {, or Word of God", is not to be deipiſed whoever Reads, or "1... jt, He goeth on, | But after their Works dv mt, for ©.» nl d mt. We are Naturally more led by Example -1n iy Precept : Men had therctore need be Caurioned againſt 1 1rvinz Teachers. Od Phil-ſphum qui mon ſapit ſibi, A Man i necd very well know che Medicine, which he taketh from . 0: 4:cian he teeth fick cr rhe ſame Diteaſe, when he himſelF retuiett and abuminates Ir. He that ſys and doth not, may be {.:74, bur nor imirared, There may be a time, when Men can ordinarily hear 89 erhers, Wii was the preſent Cate, 1 * For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to horn .-and lay zthz--2 on mens thoulders, but they {-lves will not move them with one of their
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pl mcn : they make broad their phylacteries, and en- 1115e the borders of their garments.
Our Saviour had, ver. 4. blamed rhe Phariſees for not living up t© whar they taught, preffing che Law of God on others, bur nor doing: nor indeavouring to obſerve it themſelves. Here he blames them, for doing what good things they did for Oftenta- tin, £9 be Icen of Men, and abounding in their Ritual Perform- ances of more minute Concernment, in the mean time negleQing their Moral Duties, { Al they do, they do to be ſeen of Men A this is t!:c1r main end, to be feen of Men; for this he had retſe&ed on them, Chap. 6, {| They make broad their Phyla&eries, and in- Lvg2 the Bwdess of their Garments. | For the right underſtanding ci this we muſt have recourſe to Num. 15. 37,38. And the Lord (pats unto ſes, ſaying , ſpeak unts the Children of Iſrael, and bid rom tht they mabe them Fringes in the Byyders of their Gar- monts, thrayghout their Generations, And that they put upon the Fringe i tho Birders, a Ribband of Blue, And it ſhall be unto you for a tringe; that you may look upon it, and remember all the Command- ments of the Lord, and do them; and that you ſeek not after your own Heart, and your own Eyes, after which you uſe to g3 a Whoring : That yw may remember, and do all my Commandments, Deur.22. 12, Tin ſhalt make thee Fringes upm the four Quarters of thy Veſture, whyewith thou coveres thy ſelf. In obedience ro this Law, the 7:95 did generally wear fuch Garments thar had Fringes, and blue Ribbands annexed to them. The 7ews at this Day do it nor, becauſe, as rhiey prerend, they have loſt rhe true way of Dying the Blu Colour, required in the Law, The End why God com- minded them, 1s exprefſed : That they might look upon it, and re- momber all the Commandments of the Lord, and do them; and be reltrained from cheir own Invearions, and Imaginations in God's Service, They were alſo a Note of DiſtinQion of the Fews from other People, Befides theſe, Ged Commanding that they ſhould bind his Laws, Fr 4 Sign upm their Hands, and” as Frontlets be- #221 t92ir Eves, Deur. 6. 6, 7, 8. they made them Parchments, in wel the Preceprs of the Law were written, which they bound i mer Freeads, and Arms : Theſe were called Phyladferies, M ez) tO beep; things whereinthe Law was kept, The ©7225 tor a Boaſt how Tealous Keepers they were of the Law 2d, (than which thev did noching lefs) made theſe Phyla- ©/27 and Ribbands broader, their Fringzs much longer than "2157 Ment; this is thar making broad their P2yla&eries, and in- liring the Borders .of their Garments, which our Lord here 11u1s upon, done only for Oftentation, and that they mighr be leen of Men,
6 * And love the uppermoſt rooms at feaſts, and ine chief ſeats in the ſynagogues,
2 And greetings in the markets, and to be called omen, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Ve have the ſame apply'd to the Scribes, Iark 12. 38, 39. a 43- Mark adderh, Which love to go in long Clothing,
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8 But be nor ye called Rabbi: for one is * maſter. cen Chriſt, and all ye are brethren,
9 And call no man your father upon the * for one is your father which is in heaven,
10 Neither be ye called maſters : for 9: maſter, even Chrift.
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