confiderable Ditterences. the other two Evaiig: lifts but one : It 15 probable the one wa: the more remarkable, and his Father a Perton of fome Note : therefore he 15 mentioned alto, the other probahly ſome obſcr.- rer Perſon. "LN
v9Y Our telves, which is done by another on our beh:1f, at
wag ommand or Solliciration.
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44 And whoſoever of you will be the <l:iofeft, ſha!l be ſervant of all.
45 For even * the Son of man came tor to Ge mi- ſtred unto, but to miniſter, and © ranſom tor many.
See the Notes on Matth. 20. 35. w! ere we fit to 8
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molt Verbatim. Thoſe that think 1t worth the wii: +: x : what Critical Men fay about that Parefe, 5; f2xi;"-.
which we Tranſlate rh9e that ure accounted ty Kite, nay _—_ 'f im Pol? Sympſts Criti-ram. When atl is faid, deutr cf te 5 dexuſcs in waithew, and ou Soxuy]es ago, and Luke's Ut Coo: aas, llgnific the ſatne Perſons. And aur Trantlitions mii. juſtifiavly have Tranflared theſe Words, The &nſzrs, -.5 thi : are accounted to Rule, (viliici is a Tranſlation the. Ate Puts
ciple vill hardly bcar.)
46 * And they came to Jertcho © and as ke wen: our of Jericho with his diſciples, and a great number of people, blind Bartimevs the fon of Fimevs, fate i; the high-way-ſide begging. |
47 And when he heard that it was Jeiis of Naza-
reth, he began to cry out, and ſay, Jeius, thou fon of
David, have mercy on me.
45 And many charged him that he ſhould hold his peace; but he cried the more a great deal, Thou fon of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Jef1s ſtood ftill, and commanded kim to be called :; and they call che blind man, faying unto him, Be of good comfort, riſe, he calleth thee.
50 And hs caiitng away his garment,rok,and came to Jus,
51 And Jeſns anſwered, and ſaid unto him, tat: wilt thou that l ſhonld do nro thee ? The blind man laid unto him, Lotdzthat 1 mygiut reve ny fight,
52 And ſeſusſaid ento him,Go thy way,” *hy faith ; hath made tne whole. And immediately he x wred his fight,and foilowed Jeſus in the way:
This Hiftory 1s 2 meer Nirrative of 4 m#tter 01 bat, :n the Relation of which no Difticultics occur which ftand tin need 6f Explication. Matthew, Mark and Lure rolute 17, with bit twy Matthow mentioneth tivo Biind Men,
Lake repores 1t done when he came near 1m Feric
Matthew and Marl, as he went out of Jerzch5 ; but though Like
ſaith. that he ſate Begging by the way as thev came ni2h
Jericho, yet he doth not (oy tte Miracle of hi: Cure was wrought
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Chriſt rideth in Triump? to. Fernſalem, 1-—11. Being hungry, Ci) jet the barren Fig-tree. 1214 Purzeth the Temple, 1 g—15- By the withering of the Fig-tree, he ſheweth the Power of Fait',, 20—24. The neceſſity of forgiven others, when we? Fmrgiveneſs, 25, 26, The Phavijees queltinn Chritt about hz Alt
thority : He putteth them to Silence + with the Bapti1im of Ionr .
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Bethphage and Bethany,at the mount of O- x,y;..; 1. »-
lives, he ſendeth forth two of his diſciples,
Matthew faith nothing of Bethany, mentloned by Mart aud Lube, jt was the Town of Lazarus, Fol. It. 1- }
Some nm. that Bethany was rather a Trad of the Moznt of 0!rces, than ' 2 Town ; and that Bethphage was a kind of Suburbs to {212 at the remoteſt part of which Bethany began 3 but the Tow 4 ſelf call'd Bethany, was fifteen Farlongs, nezr two Mts from ſeruſalem, It was the place from which Chritt Afcordea <4
Heaven, Luk. 24. 50. A Savbath-days Jourrey from Jeraſalcr:
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ſent out two of his Diſciples,
2 And faith unto them, * Go jour wey into Tg, village over againſt you ; and as {con as Ye be EnTTCC mM Both the Evangeliſts agree in | INTO It, YE ſhall find a colt tied; wherecn never man fat, a1. © 0t1eT parts of their Relation,and in the following Diſcourſe | looſe himzaid bring bim:
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3 And if any man fey unto yon, Why do ye this * fay ye that the Lord hath need of him, and ſtraight-
way he will ſend him hither.
4 And they veat their way, and found the colt ticd by the cioor without, ina place where two ways
met, and they iooſe him:
5 And certain o{them that ſtood there, ſaid unto
them, What do ye,looſing the colt ?
6 And they faid unto them even as Jeſus had com-
manded,and they ict him go.
See the Notes on Matth, 20. 18, 19, @c. All along the Story of our Saviout's Life and A@ons, we thall find ccrtain Power and Vertue : His knowing Men's
and dec'arations of ſuch his Knowledge to them : His Contingencies, being able to te!] Perſons ſuch particulars as no Man could know : How could he who was not God, have told the Diſciples, that at their entrance
Indications of his Divine
thoughts, | certain Prediction of future
into the Village, they ſhould find a Colt on which never Man ſate, that the Owners would not rcfift Strangers to take it away ? Yet notwithſtanding all this, his Diſciples very imperfeRtly be-
lieved him to be ſo, until he was rifen from the Dead, The