theſe ought other undone,
We have much the ſame, Lyk.11.42. only there it is, 7 73tþ;Cl,;,; Mint, and Rue, and all manner of Herbs, and paſs over Judgment, $1:,* and the Love of God, Ir is maniteſt by our Saviour's Words in the Jatter part of the Verſe : Theſe ought you to have dine, that he doth not blame the Phariſees ExaQneſs in Tithing Miz, Aniſe, Rue, Cummin, and all manner of Herbs; bur their negletting the weightier matters of the Law, Faith and Love to God, Judgment and Mercy, The Levites having no Inheritance , God ordained Tythes for their Maintenance z of which alſo the Poor were to have a Share, Lev. 27. 30. Num, 18.23. The Phariſee boaſted, Luk. 18. 12. that he paid Tythe of all he pofleſt ; Chriſt here acknowledgerh , thar the Phariſees were exa& in their Payins Tythes , but he blames them for their Partiality, neglefting the weightier things of the Law. 2. For their Hypocrifie, they were only exa& in theſe little rhings, that they might be taken notice of, as Scrupulous Obſervers of the Divine Law; while they omitted thoſe things which were of much more weight , which he rec-
bur the moſt, Faithfulne/?, and ſincere and hone8? Dealings with Men, in oppoſition ro Fraud, and Cheating , and Circunrentions, Jul ment, by which he means 7uſtice, giving to every one what is their own. Mercy, by which he meaneth a Charitable Behaving, in helping ſuch as are Miſerable and Affi&ted. Lowe to God, which is the true Root our of which all things ſhould flow ; and « in- deed comprehenfive of all our Duty roward God , as well as the Root of all our Good Works towards Men.
them tor it, Blind Guid2s; for in reaſon, the Temple Sanftitying
24 Ye blind guides, which ftrain at a gnat, and {wallow a camel.
It it a Proverbial Expreſſion uſed amongſt them, againft ſuch as would pretend a great Niceneſs and Scrupuloſity , about, and Zeal for, little Things ; bur in Matters of much higher Concern and Moment, were not nice and ſcrupulous at all : And this indeed is both a certain Note, and an ordinary Pra&ice of Hypocrites, There 1s no Man that 1s ſincere in his Obedience to God, bur hath re- ſpe& to all God's Commandments, Pfal. 119. ver. 6. Tho' ſome Duties be greater, of more moment for the Honour and 6!" of God than others, which a Good Man will lay the greatelt ſtreſs upon, yer he will negle& nothing which the Lav of God enjoyneth him : Bur concerning Hypocrites, theſe Two Things are always true: 1. They are Partial in their pretended 0:- deence : 2. They always lay the greateſt Screſs upon the leaſt Things of the Law, Bodily Labour, and Exerciſe, and thoie Thunss which require leaſt of the Heart, and leaſt Selt-denial.
25 Wo unto you Scribes and Phariſees, Hypo crites : * for ye make clean the out-fide of the cp and of the platter, but within they are full of &x tortion and excels. |
26 Thou blind Phariſee, cleanſe firft that wh 7s within the cup and platter, that the out-fide «i
them may be clean alſo. R Luke hath this, chap.11. 39,40. as occaſioned by the Phari/ee”, wondring that he Waſhed not before Dinner. Inſtead of £19 tion and Exceſs, he hath Ravening and Wickedneſs ; and addeth. Tou Fools, did not he that made that which is without, make that which 3s within alſo ? Bur the ſame thing might be ſpoken 2 rwo ſeveral times: He ſpeakerh there to the Phariſee, with ROM he Dined, ver. 37. Here he ſpeaks to the Diſciples, and the titude, Our Saviour's Deſign here ſeemeth ro me not t be 4 Condemning of their Lezal or Traditional Waſhings of Pots at Cups, Which he elſewhere retle&Qeth upon, bur by way Ot Alle- fion only ; to blame them that in their whote Converſation, chey rather ſtudied an External Purity, than the Inward Puri ok the Heart; whereas if they would firſt have looked ar Fury of Heart, the other would have followed thar. A Man mY be Ourwardly pure, and Inwardly filrhy and impure : But no Man can have a pure Hearr, but he will live a pure and holy oy for the External Ads are burthe Imperare Acts of the Soul: 5 of the Abundance of the Heart, the Mouth ſpeaketh ; and according to the Inclinations and AffeRons of the Heart the Foot mover”
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