rſuaded to ſend them on this errand, chuling rather cunningly to ſcare him out of his Province, than by viclence to fall upon him. This opinion looks more probable, Becauſe v. 32. Oar Sa- viour ſends them back with a Meſſage tn Herod, Go and tell that Fox. Herd had gained himſclf no reputation amongſt the Jews by his Murthering John the Baptiſt, whom the Jews generally valued as a Prophet, and probably ſeeing our Saviour exceeding him in popular applauſe, he was not willing to augment the Odium which already Jay upon him for that Fad ; vet to gratine the Phariſees (many of which were in his Province) he was willing if he could effeRt it cleaverly, and without noiſe, to be quit of Chriſt, eſpecially confi- derins (as we before heard_) he had an opinion that he was obn
Baptiſt riſen from the Dead, or the Soul of Fohn the Baptiſt in ano-|
ther Body; and poffibly he could not tell what might be the eftet ofhis Ghoſt, ſo haunting his Province, It 1 certain, that either he, or the Phariſees, or bot+, had a mind to have him gone ſome whither elſe, to which purpoſe this Meflage is brought to him. Our Savi- aur either diſcerning Herod's craft in this thing, or having obſerved the craft he uſed in the whole managery of his Government, that he might keep favour both with the Roman Emperer, and with the Tews, hids them, Go and tel! that Fox, T do not much value their C-'rfcal obſervation, who obſerve that it is not 4Awmers £xeiyn but reyry that is, this Fox, from whence they wnuld ooſerve that our Saviour might mean the Phariſees, not Herod, nor is there any need of it to excuſe our Saviour from the violation of that Law of God, Exod, 22. 28. Thou ſhalt not revile the Gods, nor curſe the Ruler of thy Perple, which Law Paul reiiz&ed on, Affs 23. 5g. and pleads ig- norance for his calling Ananias, a Whited Wall ; for we ſhall ob- ſerve that the Prophets all along (being immediately ſent from God) took a further liberty than ay others, in ſeverely reproving Kings and Princes. Elijah tells Ahab it was he that troubled Tſrael ; the Prophets call the Rulcrs of the Jews, Rulers of Sodom, and Princes of Gynorrah, dc. But Chriſt may be allowed a liberty neither Law - ful, nor decent for otter Perſons, no tho they were Prophets, But what is the meſſage which Chriſt ſends by theſ Phariſees ? [Bebold Icaft out Devils, and I do cures to day, and to Merrow, and the third day T (hall be perfefed.) Tel' him, faith he, what 1 am doing, Tam freeing his SubjeQs from m2l-ſtations by ev'l Spirits, and the incum- brances of many Diferſes What do I do worthy of Death ? I have but a little time to troub/e him, for ina little time I muſt Dye, which is that which he means by being perfeFed, ( It is plain that thoſe Words ta Day and to» Morrow, and the third Dav, muſt not be taken ſtrialy, for Chriſt lived more than three Days after this.) If this will not ſatisfie him, tell him, (ſaith ovr Saviour) That 1 muſt: wall to Day, and to Morrow, and the Day following. IT know, that as to this thing fam not under his Command, or Power, I mult walk, &c, My Dars are not in his hands, and T know that he cannot bill me, [ for it canmt be that 2 Prophet perth out of Feruſalem. ') Feru- | falem is the place where I muſt die, not Galilee; the Sarhedrim fits at Zeryſalem who alone can take cogniſance of the caſe of falſe Pro- phets, and Jeruſalem is the place where the People muſt fill up the meaſure of their iniquities by ſpilling my Blood. Upon this our Sa-
S. LUKE.
ending of his Miniſters faithfully
viour breaketh out into a ſad Lamentation of the caſe of that once.
Hil City, the praiſe of the whole Earth,
34 O Jeruſalem, Jeruſalem, which killeſt the pro-
phets, and ſtoneſt them that are ſent unto thee: how j
often would 1 have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would | not *
35 Eehold, your houſe is lefr unto you deſolate : And verily [ſay unto you, Ye ſhall not ſee me, until the '
11 the name of the Lord.
= _ innocently, and diligently opie trom grievous Diſeaſes, and the Powyer of $ it _ poſleſt and tormented them? 3. When the ER. i nt. God - Pcople have done what they can, they (ſhall finiſh —_ meow) er ag the time God hath ſet them. 4- When they the permits +- = Work, they ſhall be perfeted. Death is but ON g £16 oalnts, 2s it was the perfetting of Chriſt. s Nen alt Dye as at the time, @ at the place which Go: hath ſet. 5. God 10Ite! to reveal his Wil IS ; declaration of his willingneſs to gather them under os pe "his ſpecial favour and protettion. 7. The perverſe Wills of Men are thoſe things which hinder Men and Women from being gathcred 8. Temporal judgments, and that of the ſevereſt Nature «wi; rſt or at laſt follow Mens contempt of the offers of Grace and Salva- tion. 9. Thoſe that do contemn che means of G ace, ſha!i not ſe2 them lon Te ſhall not ſee me, 10. The Proud <corne's and Contcmners of Chriſt and his Grace, ſhal' one Day w: » that = _ or might m_— unto them in the Name of the Lord ol o bu |
—_— now contemn w wt hereafter they would be glad they might
CHAP, XIv.
Chriſt healeth one Sick of the Dropſie on the Sabbath day, T6. Res proveth the pride of the Phariſees, and exhyteth them ty humility and hoſpitality, 7-—14. The Parable of a great Supper, fr m which the invited excuſe themſelves : wierefore he upbraids . hz Jews with their Ingratitude ; and telleth tem their rejedtinn, and the calling of the Gentiles, 156——24. Sheweth *em what they mu do, that will be his Diſciples, 25——33- and telleth the unvrafita- bleneſs of unſavory Salr, 34, 35 _
AZ D ir came to paſs, as he went into the houſe of one of the chief ?hariſees to eat bread on the tab- bath-day, that they warched him.
2 And behold,there was a certain man before him which had the dropfie,
3 And Jelus anſwering, ſpake unto the lawyers and
Phariſees, ſaying, * 1s ic lawful to heal on the ſabbath. * TOY 2
day ? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and ler him go :
$5 And anſwered them, ſaying, # Which of you ſtall « x, -,. Dceut. 22:4»
have an aſs, or an ox fallen into a pir, and will not itraight- way pull him out on the ſabbath day ?
6 And they could not anſwer him again to theſe things,