have fought for him. So it may be ſaid, You may know his Kingdom that he ſpake of, was not of this World, for if it had, there would have been found a more ſtately Beaſt than the Colt of an Aſs, or at leaſt a Saddle for that z the ways would have been covered with Tapeſtry, rather than poor Men's Coats and. Cloaks, and other Heralds, would have been found, than a Company of Children, and poor Men crymg Hiſanna. This was ſuch a thing, 25 wou!d but have Ridiculed a Government to be afraid of, nor indeed (to give Pontizs Pilate, the Roman Governour, at this time in Feruſalem his due) do we find him the leaſt diſturbd, though the Scribes and Phariſees (which were tae Jewith Churchmen, ) ſeeing their Kingdom going down, were ſomething nettledz and though they had more Modeſty than to bring this little Triumph in judgment againſt him, yet their great Charge was, his decla- rinz 20d making himſelf a King. In order to which, this was the ercateſt Shew he ever made.
a full perſaaſion, that whatſoever we ah of God according
faith, ſhall come to paſs, he ſhall have whatſocver b: faith.
Sec the Notes on Matth. 20. 21; Tt is, I confeſs, the Op:119f of many excellent Interpreters, whom I Reverence, that tne main End of our, Saviour's Curſing, and Blaſting this Fg tic was to iet his Diſciples ſee in a Type, what would be thc Con- ſequent of a Spiritual Barrenneſs, That Spiritual Barrenne's '- excceding dangerous, is out of queſtion; our Savionr fc4t heth it us plainly by another Parable of the Fig-tree, Luk, 13+ 7: C1 and the Apoſtle teacheth us it, Heb. 6, 9,8, But I cc nothing to guide us to any ſuch Interpretation of this Afftion of ar, which was a Miraculous Operation by which, as he, 1- Plain” ſhewed his Divine Power. So, 2. theſe Verſcs inform us, hat
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. ought againſt any, that your Father alſo which is in heaven may forgive you your treſpaſles. 26 Bur if you do not forgive, neither will your Fa- ther which is in heaven forgive your treſpaſſes. Sce the Notes on Mutth. 21, 22. and chap, 7, 7. and Matth, 5. 14, In which Texts we before met with what we have in theſe Verlcs, teaching vs the Necetfity of Faith and Charity to thoſe who would fo pray as to find acceptance with God « This alſo lets us know the Neceſſity of Peoples full Satisfaction, that what
things they ask of God in Prayer, are according to the Will of
God, without which it 15 not poffibic they thould pray with a fa!l perſuaſion that they ſhall receive whatſoever they in Prayer 15x; of God. And becaule it 1s impolfible we thould in this Point be fully ſatisfied without a Divine Revelation, as to things not necetſary to Salvation, our Faith or Perſuation can rite no higher, chan a full perſuaſion, that if things of this nature, when we asþ them of God in Prayer, be ſuch as are for our good, and for God's Glory, we ſhall receive them. The Caſe was otherwiſe as to thoſe to whom Chriſt had given a Power to work Miracles ; what they asked of that Nature, they muſt know it was the Will of God to effeRt by them, and they could not without Sin doubt of
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27 And they come again to Jeruſalem ; * and as he was walking 1n the temple there come to him the chict yricſts, and the ſcribes, and the clders,
23 And fay unto him, By what authority doſt thou theſe things? and who gave thee this authority to do theſe things ?
Our Lord went every Night to Bethany, (two Miles, or near ſo much } and returned in the Morning to Feru/alem , our Saviour walk'd, and taught in the Teinpic. Matthew ſaith the Prieſts and the $c11hes came to him as Be was Teaching. Mark ſaith,as he was Walking 3 poffibly he at the fame time both walked and raught, for in is whole Story we thall obſerve that he loft no time, if he were walking by the iligh-way,or fitting in the Houſe ; where- ever he was, we fſti]] find tum Teaching. See the Notes on Matth 21. 23. where we had the ſame thing,
29 And Jeſus anſwered,. and ſaid unto them, I will alſo ask of you one || queſtion, and anfwer me, and 1]
30 Thebaptiſm of John, was it from heaven,or *
3t And they reaſoned with themſelves, faying, If we ſhall ay,From heaven : he will ſay, Why then did ye not believe him ?
32 But if we ſhall ſay, Of men, they feared the
33 And they anſwered, and faid unto Jeſus, We cinottell, And Jeſus anſwering, faith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do theſe things.
ce the Notes on Matth. 21. ver. 24, 25, 26, 27s where are th: fame Paſſages opened. A Prophet here, ver. 32. ſignifieth one extraordinarily 1nfpircd, and ſent of God ro reveal his Will, O45 his Baptiſm muſt needs be from Heaven, This Reputation 7n it ſeems Unicerſally had, fo as to hive denied his Baptiſm '5 have been from Heaven, had been to have expoſed themſelves to the Mockings, if not the Rage of the Feople, which they were loth todo. It they had ſaid from Heaven, they had accuſed them- ſelves for not beiieving him, ob, 7. 48- This makes them chuſe rather to make themſelves doubtful in the Caſe; and giveth our Saviour a fitting occaſion to deny them fatisfaQion, as to what bey acked of hum.
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