30 Becauſe they ſaid, He hath an unclean ſpirit.
Here 15 no Paflage in all this piece of Hiſtory, but what the Reader will find opened in the Notes on Mat. g. 34. and Mat.
I2. 31, 32. 33. to which I rcferr him.
31 Therecame then hisbrethren * and his mother, + ,;. -. and ſtanding without, ſent unto him, calling him. 3z5,2..2:
32 And the multitude fate about him,and they faid unto him,Behold, thy mother and thy brethren with- our ſeek for thee.
33 And heanſwered them, ſayins, Who is my mo- ther, or my brethren ? |
34 And helooked round about on them which ſte about him,and ſaid, Behold my mother and my bre- thren.
35 For whoſoever ſhall do the will of God,the ſame
is my brother, and my ſiſter and mother. See the Notes on Mat: 12. 45, 47, 48, 49, 50-
CHAP. IV.
Chriſt in a Ship teacheth the Multitude by Parables, rt, 2: The Parable of the Sower : He explaineth it to his Diſciples, to whom the knowledge of the Myſteries of God were given, 2—20. Tho Parable of the Candle and CandleSich, 21—25. Of the Seex growing inſenſibly. 26—29, Of the Grain of Muſtard, the lca't of all Seeds,yet becometh greater than all Herbs, 29—34. At the riſing of a Storm, the Diſciples fear, and awabe Cvrilt, 35—38- He rebubeth the Storm, and their Unbelief : They are aſta-
niſhed, 39——4T»
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Or elf thus, That he intermincd with the Doctrine wich he taught them, ſeveral Parables, tome of which here tollorw :
3 Hearken, * Behold, rhere went out a ſower to fow :
4 And it came to paſs, as he. ſowed, ſome fell by the way-ſidc, and the fowls of the air came and de- voured It up-
s And ſome fellon ſtony ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it ſprang up, becauſe it had no depth of carth.
6 But when the ſun was up, it was ſcorched 3 and becauieit had no root, It withered away.
7 And ſome fell among thornsand the thorns grew up, and choaked it, and It vielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that ſprang up and encreaſed, and brought ſorth ſome thirty, and ſome ſixty; and ſome an hun- dred.
9 And he faid unto them,He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve, asked him of the parable,
11 Ard he faid unto them, Unto you ir 1s given to know the myſtery of the kingdom of God: Eut unto them that are without, all theſe things are done In parables : ,
12 That ſeeing, they may fee, and not perceive ; andhearing, they may hear, and not underftand ; leſt 3t any time they ſhould be converted, and zhezr ſins ſhould be forgiven them.
13 And he ſaid unto them, Know ye not this pa- rable ? and how then will ye know all parables ?
1.4 The ſower ſoweth the word.
is And theſe are they by the way-ſide, where the zord is ſown; but when they have keard, ſatan com- eth immediately,and taketh away the word which was fown in their hearts.
19 And theſe are they likewiſe whick are ſown on ſtony ground, who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladneſs:
17 And have no root in themſelves, and ſo endure but for a time : afterward, when affliction or perſecu- tion ariſeth for the words ſake immediately they are offended.
18 And cheſe are they which are ſown among thorns : ſuch as hear the word,
i9 And the cares of this world, and the deceitful- neſs of * riches, and the luſts of other things entring in, choak the word, ard it becometh unfruirful.
20 And theſe are they which are ſown on good ground, ſuch as hear the word, and receive zt, and bring forth fruit,ſome thirty-fold,fome fixty,and ſome
an hundred.
Seethis Parable largely opened in the Notes upon Mat. 13. 1. The Parable is recorded both by Matthew, Mark and Luke ; and 15 of excellent Uſe: 1, To ſhew the Excellency of the Word of God, which is here {as in other places) called, The Word, It 15 the Seed of God, the good Seed, and the Excellency of the Or- dinance of Preaching, {for that is the Seed fown.) 2. To ſhew us the different Effet of the Word preached from Moral Diſ- courſes, and Philoſophical Diſputes, from which can be ex-