Sce the Notes upon Mctth. 19. 27, 28. 29, 20. atid on My;l, 10. 28, 29. The difticu'ty 15 ofly to reconcile, v. 30. to Gage Providences. bor the etcrnal Life promiſed ju the World to come "nat ma ter of Faith, and not fo much as ſcemi:.gly contradideg by any Vrovidence of God. , But how many Joſe much f.;r Chi that in this Lite do not receive manifold more, or an hundreg; fold ? An. It 1s true if we underſtood it in jpecie. But the Promiſe is not to to be uwiterpreted. It 1s enough, if they, do receive much more 7n valore, tu vilue upon a trve ard juſt eſtimation, Ang thi cvery Suftercr for Criſt hath; cither, 1. In Joy and Peace 1nd aiſuraiic ' ct G.ds love, whici 1-4 thouland times more. 2, Or * leaſt in cantent.:tion of mind, with that ſtate into which the P:cyi. d«1:ce 0; God briageth them z this alſo is much more, as any vil judge 1t a hyppic: ſtate never to Thirit, than to have much Dri! tg iattsfie the Appetite,
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for he was yery rich. | | 24 Ang when Jefns faw that be was very fHrrowful, | + Prov, 17. he fatd, * Bow hardly ſhell they that have riches enter 20, mts the kingdom of God ? 25 For ir 15 ealer tor a camel to go through a nee- dles eye, then fora rich man to eater into the kingdom of God. . 26 nd they that heard i, ſaid, Who then can be }
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36 And hearing the multitude paſs by, he asked what 1t meant.
37 And they told him, that Jeſts of Nazareth pal ſeth by. |
33 And hecryed, ſaying, Jeſus thou ſon of David, have mercy on me.
faved ? * Jer. 32, 27 Angdhe ſaid, * The things which are impoſſible | oh with men, are poſlible with God. |
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39 And they Which went before, rebuked him that i . ſhould hold his peace : but he cryed ſo much the more; Thou ſon of David, have mercy on me. |
40 And Jeſus ſtood and commanded him to be brougnt unto him: And when he was come near; he asked iii!) :
41 Saying, What wilt thou that I ſhall do unto t15* * And he ſaid, Lord, that I may receive my fight»
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Se the Notes on Hatth. 20. 25, 30. and on Mark 10. 46. where f!: > whole Hiſtory is more fully opened. It is here again ve- ry remuriable, how much Chriſt attributeth to Faith, v. 42. Thy Faith hath ſzved thee, which can be no otherwiſe underſtood, than of Faith is the condition that was required in the perſon to be heal- ed ; for t is moſt certain, that Chriſt by his divine Power was the efficient cauſe of this Blind Man's healing, but he exerted this di- vine Power upon that exerciſe of Faith which he diſcerned in the Blind Man, whoſe Faith ſeemeth to be a degree higher than that of the Lepers, Chap. 17. 13. who ſaid no more than Fejus, Maſter : Je- ſus, thou Son of David was much more than this, It ſpake the blind Mans perſuaſion, that Chriſt was the Meſſiah z for it was an uncon- trouled Tradition amongſt the Jews, that the Meſſiah was to be the Sm of David. Chriſt rewards the leaſt Exerciſes of true Faith, but much more the higher Exerciſes of it. It doth not appear this Blind Man was fully informed who the Meſſiah ſhould be, viz. God-man, but Co far as he knew he profeſſeth, he calleth Jeſus, The Son of Da- id,
CHAP. XIX. uccheus deſurous of ſeeing Chriſt, climbeth up a Tree, 1——=g. Enter- raineth him at his Houſe, 6--11., A Parable of the ten Pieces of Silver, 12—27- Chris rideth to Fcruſalem, 28—36. The multi- tude praiſe him with Songs, 37—40. He weepeth over Jeruſalem, and foretelleth its ruin, 41-——44» Purgeth the Temple, 45, 46. The chief Prieſts and Scribes lay a ſnare ſor his Life, 47, 48.
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