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Chap. IX.
"Op hrift and his Diſciples, aud to that purpoſe taking ad- | weed Our Saviond's ablerice, diſcourſed with them about many Things 3 yet Mr. Calvin doth (not 1mprobably) judge that a great part of their Diſcourte was about our Saviour's Caſt- ing out of Devils, and thetr Power in that thing derived from . him, they being at the preſent non-pluſt, and not able to exert that Power in the caſting out of a Devil, with which one was poſ- (fed, who in our Saviour's Abſence was brought to them. That which maketh this probable, is not only that this Ac of our Saviour more troubled and gall'd them than any 0- ;her, and pnt them to that miſerable Refuge, (out of which our Saviour had lately beaten them,)to ſay, 77.t he caſt ont Devils, by Beelzebub the Prince of Devils ; but alto, that when our Saviour coming in to the timely Reſcue of his Diſciples, asks the Scribes , What queſlion you among your ſelves ? It 15 $t41d,
*Lak.c. 32, 17 And * one of the multitude anſwered, and ſaid, Maſter, 1 have brought unto thee my ſon, which hath a dumb ſpirit. :
18 And whereſoever he taketh him, he{| tear- eth him , and he foameth; and gnaſheth with his teeth, and pineth aways and I ſpake to thy difci- ples that they ſhould caſt him out, and they conld not. | :
i9 He anſwered him,and faith, O faithleſs genera- tion, how long ſhall I be with you ? how long ſhallI ſuffer you ? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him : and *Ch. x. 26. when he ſaw him, ſtraightway the ſpirit tare him ;
and he fell on the ground, and wallowed, foam- ing. , 5 o 21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago ſince this came unto him? And he faid, Of a child. : ES
22 And oft-times It hath caſt him into the fire, and into the waters to deſtroy him : but if thou canſt doany thing, have compaſſion on us, and help v9.
23 Jeſus faid unto him, * If thon canſt be- lieve, all things are poſſible to him that belic- veth.
24 And ſtraightway the father of the child cried out, and faid with tears, Lord, I believe, help thou my uabeltef.
25 When Jeſus iaw that the people came run- ning together, he rebuked the foul ſpirit, ſaying unto him , Thov dumb and deaf ſpirit, I charge thee come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And the ſpirit cried , and rent him ſore, and came out of him, and he was as one dead ; inſomuch that many ſaid, He is dead.
27 But Jeſus took him by the hand, and lifted him up, and he arole.
' 28 And when he was come into the houſe, his dif ciples asked him privetely, Why could not wecaſt him out !?
29 And he faid unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and faſting.
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This famous Hiſtory is alſo recatded by two other Evange- liſts, Matthew and Luke ; we have opened it in our Notes on Matth. 17. 14, @c. and conſider'd what Mark and Luke have to compleat it, For our Inſtrution we may learn ſeveral things from the Confiderition of it. x. The great Goodneſs of God 'n preſerving us from the Power of Evil Spirits; as alſo the dai- !y Working of his Providence for our Preſervation : What but t!:is kept this Man from being deſtroyed by the Fires and the *Yaters into which he had been often thrown by the Evil Spi- rit. 2, That the ſhorter the Devil's time is, the more he ra- geth, ver. 20. This is true, both as to the Devil himſelf, and hls Inſtruments, Rev. 12. 12. The Devil is come down unto you having great Wrath, becauſe he knoweth that he hath but a ſhort tzme. Thus in the moment of Converſion, Chriſtians often meet with the ſtrongeſt Conflicts of Temptation. 3. The fault 15not in Chriſt, but in our ſelves, if we receive not that Mer- cy from him which he hath, and which we ſtand in need of, and beg from him.——#f (faith Chriſt) th canſt believe.---— 4- God rewardeth weak Faith, where it is attended with a ſin- cere deftire of increaſe. This poor Man ſhewed a very imper- fect Faith, in ſaying, If thou canft do any thing 3 but it being in ſome degree fincere, the Lord rewardeth it, thongh weak; he deſiring an encreaſe of it; and that God would from his Goodneſs ſupply what was defeRive in his Faith. $5. The great Cures both of of our Bodies and Souls, in ſome Caſcs, require more extraordinary and importunate Addreiſes , and Applica- tions unto God, more eſpecially where Evils are more invete- rate. For other things relating to this Hiſtory, ſce the Notes on Matth, 17. 14,05c. ;
30 And they departed thence, and palled through
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37 For he tanght his diſciples, and ſaid unto ther. The Son of man is delivered into the hands of me, and they ſhall kill him ; and after that he is killed, i ſhall riſe the third day. ,
32 But they underſtood not not that ſaying, ang were afraid to ask him.
Onr Savjonr, as the time of his Suffering approached mx. nearly, did more frequently inculcate it to his Diſciples ; tha being fore-warned, they might alſo be fore-armed again} +... Temptation of it ; and we Jearn from Luk, 24, 21: That all ww. too little z for when they ſaw theſe things come to pac. they began to flag as to their Faith. They faid, ver. 21, Bt ,; truſted it had been he who ſhnuld have redeemed Ijrael. Our x,. viour, the Son of Man is delivered, which 1s expounded », Matth. 17. 22, 23. The Son of Man ſhall be betrayed. He wag jj. ready delivered in the ſure Counſel of God ; and what gz hath revealed ſhall be done, becauſe the Certainty of the px. felt is often in Scripture ſpoken of as a thing already qy,, That Phraſe, Ver, ZI. the third day, THTET) nude, eXPounds that other Phraſe which we mectwith, chap. 8. 31. ute 75 * nukeas, which we Tranſlate after three days ; and make; the meaning of the Evangeliſt plain to have been, as we &. termined it.
33 And he came to Capernaum, * and being in,,.. the houſe, he asked them, What was it that ye dijpy. * ted amongſt your ſelves by the way ?