at this time repeat, and Luke prefatorily to it might take notice of
this conteſt in this place.
25 And he faid unto them, The kings of the Gentiles ex- erciſe lordſhip over them. ; and they that exerciſe au- thority upon them, are called benefactors.
« 26 But'ye ſhall not be ſo : * bur he that is greateſt among ou, let.him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he
that doth ſerve,
bn.13- 27 For whether 7 greater, he that fitteth at meat, or 1 he thatſerveth ? not he that ſitteth at meat? but * Il am
* - among you as he that ſerveth.
\ See the Notes on Matth, 20. 25, 26, 27, -28, The Sum 1s, Our *$viour hereby teacheth all his Diſcip'es (his Miniſters eſpecially) to bn AffetQation of Rule and Dominion, as that which became h nrathzr than Chriſtians, and the Kings of the Gentiles, ra- ther'than the Miniſters of the Lord Jeſus Chriſt. This Text giveth
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on no Countenance to the levelling of all orders of Men. Magiſtracy is _ | anordinance of God, and ought to be upheld. Order alſo in the *47] | Church isto be obſerved, for God 15 the Gad of order; but no NMi-
niſter of Chriſt ought to affet great Titles, nor to Exerciſe a Domini- on or Lordſhip, 1 Pet. 5. 3. Our Work is to Feed the Floch of Chriſt, tabing the overſight of them not by Conſtraint, but willingly. Not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : Neither as being Lords over God's Heritage, but being Examples to the Flock, '2 Cor. 1. 24. Nit for that we have Dominion over your Faith, but - are helpers of your Foy. That the Miniſters of Chriſt may not have Titles given them, ſpeak- 1ng Honour and Reverence due to them, I 4o not know. But the reaſon 15 obvious, why they ſhould not affect them ro be fond of them : for Pride is a vain and vicious Affetion, and more culpable | inthem than others. Their Works are but- a *'iniftration to the Nr, Church in putting the Laws of Chriſt relating to it in Exccution, tam and it 15 their greateſt Honour to be Humble, Nor doth this at all Degrade a Miniſter of Chriſt, for &v-n Chriſt himſelf while he was upon the Earth, was not as one that ſate at Meat, but as one that ſerved,
28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. 4 29 And * appoint unto you a kingdom, as my father hath appointed unto me. ' 2 30 That ye may eatand drink at my table in my king- , wy and * fir on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of 11- rael, |
, Theſe Verſes em to contain (though in a few more Words) the
ſubſtance of what we met with, Matth. 19. 28, There they are
ſpoken as an anſwer to Peter, ſpeaking on the behalf of himſelf, and
the reſt of the Apoſtles, who had forſaken all to follow Chriſt.
Chriſt tells them there, that thoſe which had followed him in the Re-,
generation, when the Son of Man ſhnuld ſit on the Throne of his Glory,
ſhould fit upon twelve Thrones, judging the twelve Tiibes of Iſrael.
That time which our Lord there calleth the Regeneration, is the
time, when he had been giving a new Pirth to the Church, Re-
forming the World by bis Dotrine and holy Example. That time he
here caleth the time of his Temptation, by which he meaneth Tryals,
0 Aims and Perſecutions, as the Word is often taken in holy Writ, | Or, 10 ames 1. 82, Gal. 4.14. 2 Pet. 2. 0. Rev. 3. 10. To thoſe heavily of the Diſciples (they were eleven of the tweive_) he promiſeth a deſtr2a. Kingdom, a State of great Honour, and Dignity, as his Father had appornted him 3 and therefore they might ſatisfie themſeives with the Titles and Qualities of Miniſters and Servants while they were here, and be content to me et with Troubles and Temptations, as he ad done, t; Hunger and Thirff, &. When that time came which he had appointed, they ſhould then Eat and Drink at his Table, they ſhud fit alſy upon Thrones, "judging the twelve Tribes of Iſrael x »Terms expreſſive of that Ref and Satisfa&%im, that Glory, Honour, and Dignity, which the Saints of God ſhall in Heaven be poſleſled of.
XXII S.. LURE
. And the Lord faid, Simon, Simon, behold,
| 5% _ hath deſired to have you, that he nay ſifr you as Wneat,
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail
> Plc "0; and When thou art converted, ſtrengthen thy bre- ren,
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Our Lord direReth his Speeeh to Peter, 25 one who (as it wi'l Hy and by appear) had a greater confidence of himſelf than the reſt op- pretled, and as one who he foreſaw would fall more fovlly than the reſt, though it appears, that in his Speech he had a rcfoett to them all = the Word 7ou is in the Plural Number, The Devi: hid a mind to po = Neg all by his Temptations ( chat is here called Sifting