Cirilt feodeth the Multitude with ſoven Lnaves, and few Fiſhes, 1— Refuſeth to ſhew the Ph.urijees a Sizn, 19-—13. Warn- eth his Diſciples again the Leaven of the Phariſees, to—21. ReShreth Sight to the Blind Man by ſpitting on his Eyes, 22--26. He asbeth his Dijeiples the People Opinion of him. Peter con- feſſeth him to be the Chriſt, 279— 5. He fore-telleth his own Paſſim and Reſurretion « Rebubeth eter, Z31—33. Exhorteth to Self-denial and the Crojs : the B-neft of ſo doing , and the Loſs and Shame of thoſe that negleft it, 34 —38.
i IN thoſe days the multitude being very great, and having nothing ro eat, Jeſus called his diſciples
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there twelve Backets fu!l of Fragnicat> were taken ny, hore bus ſeven, We mecet with the ſame Hittory, AMatth, ns. yg ku the Notes on that place. Eoth Miracles t-3;hed Chr:ift to ftiaye atted by a Divine Power, and were certaigiv wrovets tc prope "tha! the DofArine which he delivered to them was fog Cy
of them ſhew the Compattion that he jad for Thie Som of M<n
ſhewed to them not only with relztion to their Soi EE aifo to their Corporal! Wants and Infirmities, j n both ow pr etings
commended to us, troin his great Example. the relinious--©o- ftom, of begging a Bleſſing upou nur E192 ven we fir ores 6 it, and receiving the good Creatures of (34 with Thanh, Fr} ving. From both of them we may learn, 1m the doins of He Duty, not to be too follicitous, what wo that et 57 Bs we fhall drink. God will ſome way or other provide tor thoſe who neglect themſelves to follow him. From both we mnuv 1'fo Fiat our Duty to take a provideat care to make no waſte Gt the 5906
things which God lends us. Theſe are the chict thins; this 1:t- ory attordeth us for our lofiruttion. 5 GE
p ns Gad ; horh
10 And * ſtraightway heentred iuto a ſhip wit!
tha.
cempting him.
n 12 And he fighed deeply in his ſpirit, and faith, V hy doth this generation ſeek after a lign ? Verily 1
ſay unto you, There ſhall no ſign be given to this Tenc-
ration.
13 And heleft them, and entring into the ſhip e«
galn, departed to the other ide, Matthew ſaith, he came into the Coaſts of Mi3tala; 1t 1% pro- bable they were two contiguous Tratts of Land. We ofcer? read of the Phariſees coming to our Saviour to ask 2 Stgn : Fiad they not 51gns? What were all the Miracles he wrought but Signs of bis Divine Power and Milfion ? But they ask for a Stn jrom Heaven; ſuch a Sign, as Hoſes, Toſhua, and Elijah gave them ; by this means making a trial of his Divine Power. Our Savi- our, Wio never wrought Miracles to fatisfie ven's curioſity, but only to confirm their Faith, refuſ-th to thew them -env ſuch S1gn as they defired, and leaves thete Coats. ;
14 Now the diſciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ſhip with them more thai; on: loaf.
15 And he charged them. ſaying, * Tale heed, and beware of the leaven of the Phaciſces, 2nd of rhe lea- ven of Herod.
16 And they reaſoned among tiemſe!yes, ſaving, 7: z5 becauje we have no bread. 17 And when Jeſus knew zr, he ſaith unto them,
ye not yet, neither underſtand? have ye your hearts yet hardened ?
13 Having eyes, ſee ye not ? and heving ears, hear ye not ? and do ye not remember ?
ig * Whenl brake the five loaves among five thouy- ſand, how many baskers iu!} of fragments tock ye np ? They ſay unto him, Twelve.
20 And * when the ſeven among four thouſand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? And they
unto hir7, and fairh unto them, |
2 Thave compaſſion on the multitude, becauſe they j have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat. |
3 And if I ſend them away faſting to their - houſes, chey will faint by the way, for divers of them ' came from far.
4 And his diſciples anſwered him, From whence can a man fatisfie theſe men here with bread in the Wilderneſs,
5 And heasked them, How many loaves have ye ?: And they ſaid, Seven.
9 And he commanded the people to fit down on the ground : and he took the ſeven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his. diſciples to ſet _ them, and they did ſer them before the peo- ple.
7 And they had a few ſmall fiſhes : and he bleſſed, and commanded to ſet them alſo before them.
$ So they did eat, and were filled: and they
took up of the broken meat that was left, ſeven bask- ets.
6 Ard they that had eaten were about - four thon- land ; and heſent them away-
All theſe Verſes gives us an account of another Miracle wrought by our Saviour, of the ſame Nature with the other Which we had, chap. 6. Only there tive thouſand (beſides Wo- men and Children ) were fed with five Loaves, and two Fiſhes ;
icre four thouſand are fed with ſeven Loaves, and a few Fiſhes ,
ſaid, Seven.
21 Ard heſaid unto them, How is it that ye do not underſtand ?