Thy believing in me as he who hath Power on Earth to for Sins, and accordingly making application to me, and thi; working by Love, Gal. s. 6. producing in thee this hearty ſorrg;; - thy Sins, a ſubje&ion unto me, and ſuch teſtifications of thy = oy thou art able to make, hath been an inſtrumental cauſe of that $ hag tion, which floweth from me as the principal cauſe, Rom, 15 we have ſuch another expreſſion in Matth. g. 22. Mark. s, 34. th; the ſaving here mentioned, be much more excellent than that 4 4 ſpoken of. Faith is profitable both for the good things of thi; _ and thoſe of the Life which ts to come. And with reference tg \ - : Salvation is aſcribed to Faith as the inſtrumental cauſe, not to wk, dience and Love, tho the Faith that doth us good mult worb by L i and be evidenced by an Holy Converſation. | $9 in Peace, ] is a "—_ which was the uſual valedition among the Jews, as much _ s Farewell, or God he with you, they under the term of Peace, com o hending all good : but when we conſider who it is that ſpeakteth, and what immediately preceded, we have reaſon to think this w,. a more than ordinary Complement or Farewell, even as much as is comprehended under the term Peace, which 2s I before aig js. .; 200, but more efpecially that Pc *ce mentioned by the Apoſtle, Ram 5. 1, as in efftetct Faith. Go fli, way a blefſ=d and happy Wo. man, and in the view and ſenſe of thy own bleſſednefs, and he Kh croubled 2* thc Cenſures and Reflexions ©. $percilious Perſon; who m.y dc. »r overiook thee becauſe thou haft bezn a great Tlaer God hath yp. '--: 4 thy Sins, and this I afiure thee of, only take heed to kcep wud iwfnatain that Peace.
GCHAT, YTHL
Chriſt travelling thre every City, Preacheth the Goſpel, his Diſciples and ce : in Women miniſtring to him, x—2. The Parable of the Sower, 4 s, Which he explains to his Diſciples, 91g, Cm. pareth his Dorine to a Candl? jet in a C.ndleſtich, 16—15, Ts. leth, that to him that hath, more (hall begruen, and from him that hati; not, (hall be taben away that which he hath, 18. Shewey who are his Broth:r, Siſter and *'u:her, 19 21. Rebubeth tho Wind, and ſlilleth the Sea : :—25. CaSteth out a Legion of De- vils, 26 30 and 'ermitteth to enter into the Swine, 3I==40, He going with Jairus t« heal his Daughter, cureth a Woman if i blandy Tue, 43 45. and Raiſeth Jairus Daughter frm the Dead, 49— 56.
N D it came to paſs afterward, that he wer:
throughout every city and village preaching, an
ſhewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him ;
2 And * certain women which had been healed of evi +4. ſpirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, * ou ;,.. of whom went ſeven devils, Mir
3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herods ſteward, and Suſanna, and many others which miniſtred unto him of their ſubſtance.
Still I cannot but obſerve, that Preaching the Goſpel, and thereby ſhewing the glad tidings of Salvation (the principal means to bring Men to the Kingdom of God, whether that in this Life. or the Kingdom of Glory, 1n the Life which is to come, ) was Chri#'s great Work. His working Miracles was but ſubſervient to this, and for the confirmation of the Dottrine which he Preached ; hence when a People ſhewed a contempt of his Word, he refuſed to work any Miracles before them.« How any one can dream, that either Pray-- ing, or Government, or adminiftring Sacraments, or any thing elſe, ſhould be more the work of a Miniſter of Chriſt than Preaching,
thy Faith
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the Zed of their Friends with Oyl, ihe anoints lis Feer, They uſed to kiis one anothers Cheeks or Lips, ſhe kifleth his Feet. They kitſed' their Friends once, ſhe &aſed not to kiſs his Feet. Upon this Chritt who before haq forgiven her, dec'areth her to be forgiven, firſt, in the hearing of Sm, then he doubleth his Words unto her. He had
told Simon before that the Creditor had frankly forgiven them both; his adding here, Her fins which are many, ſufficientiy evidenceth that ſhe was ſhe, whem he intended by the debtor who 9wed much. Hence we may judge how little ground the Papiſts have, to urge this Place to prove. that Nemiffen of Sins is procured by our own merits and ſatisfafiions. Love here 1s not mentioned as the cauſe, but as the cffe@t of the Remifftion .of Sins, and that which our Saviour here defigned to inſtru Simon in, was, Firſt, That whatſoever this Woman had been, ſhe was not now ſuch a notorious Sinner, as he fancyed; her Sins were forgiven. 2. That God having thus favour- ed hcr with the Grace of Remiſſion, had alſo kindled :n her heart a Love towards 1m. 3. That this Love wrought in her heart in ſome proportion to that love, which God had magnified upon her, therefore (he loved much. . 4. That Men and Womens love to God and Chrift, wil!,and ought to be according to that Love which they have received from Chrift. $. That much love to God, will bring 2 great ſenle of God's Love to the Soul, Fobhn 14. 21. The Particle 6/4 which we Tranſlate becauſe, doth not always in Scripture ſignifte the cauſe, but wav be trauflated therefore, or for what cauſe; See Fohn 14. 17. you hnaw him, for he dwelleth in you ; the Spirits abi-
the ce of it, ſo thatfor, in that place is as muchas therefore. So in Mark g. :8. 6j4 1s as much as for what cauſe, or, for what reaſon 2 we tranitate it, whv could we uot catt him out ? So here, Her Sins _ are many, are forgiven, tor which cauſc, or reaſon, ſhe loveth much.
49 And they that ſat at meat with him, began to ſay
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