he expounded unto them in all the ſcriptures, the things nt” OO RAY. concerning himſelf, | Ps 2 } [T4 By our Saviour's form of reprehending his Diſciples, we may bath & os 20; if | | ; |
learnz 1. That it 1 not every ſrying, Thou Fool, but a ſaving of it peyr. 38, from a root of Hatred, Malice and Anger, which our Saviour makes ; -
to be a breach of the ſixth Commandment, Matth. 5. Our Saviours * fy}, x 25. Reprehenſion of them was out of a Principle of Love, and a Root of xx, | yy good Will to them. 2. That the be$t of us are very fl:w of heart to be- Iſa, -.1 lieve what cometh to us upon the meer credit of a Divine Re*. ati. & Tgyq It 15 aiſo obſervable from what we have, v. 27. That 3hes aid the Þ- 5 x Prophets are not to be rejetted by Chriſtians, they alto have much "Ws 23 concerning Chriſt z out of chem Chriſt inſtruQcth theſe t»;0 Diicip!es & 92. "4 in the things concerning himſelf, ko
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went - and he * made as though he would have gone X 37+ 25» further Dan. 9. 24»
coming juſt out of his Journey, ſhould fa)l upon his Adminiftration
Bread, which our Saviour never took without a previous Bleffing cf
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[ do not underſtand how tome conclude from hence the Jawfuinefs 32 25. i | be of dilſembling, or telling a lie in ſome Caſes, becauſe the Evangeliſt IT-19-3 |! 4 i) 108 ſaith, our Saviour made as tho he would have gone further, and did SEOSL NT YL not z for without doubt our Saviour had gonc further, if the Difct- ' ob af ples had not been urgent with him to have ſtaid. Nor did he ſtay long $2 there, as we ſha!! hear by and by. .
30 And it came to pals as he fat at meat with them, he took bread, and bleſſed jr, and brake, and gave to them,
31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him, and || he vaniſhed out of their ſight. | TOE
Some woutd have this Bread to be Sacramental Bread, as if our c-/24 70 Ut Lord at this time celebrated his Supper, and ſome of the Pap?/?s are = of
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mightily zealous for that Interpretation, thinking that they have in it a mighty Argument to juſtifie theic lame Adminiftratioa of 1t in one kind (for here is no mention of the Cup at all} but t :*y do not conſider, that this Text will prove (tf it be taken with 7c:ation to the Supper) more than they would have it 3 as, x. That Pricſts may conſecrate, without Wine, which themſelves will not grant, tho they ſay that both Elements being conſecrated, the People fut- ficiently partake if they ſhare but in one. 2. It will alſo prove that a Prieſt may confecrate without uting thoſe ſubſtantial Words , This is my Body. But it is a moſt improbable thing, that our Saviour
of this Ordinance. The Text is certainly to be meant of Bodily
it, Matth. 14. 19. How their Eyes were opened, the Evanget: £ctis us Some think they knew him by his form of Bleſfing., It 15 2 wonder then they did not know him before by his Stile, in tarce or four Hours Diſcourſe by the way. Others think they knew him by taking upon him the Office of the Mafier of the Feait. T5 bleſs the Table, and to carve to the Gueſts. But all this is vain, He withdrew jt the Veil from their Eyes , which alone hindred their diſcerning ; him before ; for the Obje&t was viſible, only_the Medium of thetr Wh fight was indiſpoſed. [ And he vaniſhed out of their fight.) Our Savicur THE
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"1 | had now obtained his end, viz. to fatisfie them that he was indeed 1-1 hr q 3h riſen 3 now he diſappeareth, for that he had a power to make 15 hi WR cit 1:9 Body imperceptible to the Diſciples Senſes is out of doubt. . LN, 114 | h
32 And they faid one to. another, Did not our heart. Ws DN? burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and 0k AAS if be 6:6 while he opened to us the ſcriptures. | 5 il, Ma. \Þs
There was a mighty difference no doubt, betwixt Chriſt's Preaci- HK HREM ; is Miniſters ; | e who had Authority, not BS TT 6 1 I ing, and his Miniſters ; he preached as one who nad. _— (ip OL) 25 the Scribcs, not as ordinary Miniſters, but with more Majeſty an VERO oh 2
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Power; but as to the ſaving Efficacy of his Werds,
upon his Will. Where he pleaſed to put forth ſuch Ethcactous Grace, Fmt Art us there his Words became effettua}, where he did not, they were not 4 4:42 ; FES9L } fo 2 6; ls l [8
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ſo : Chriſt preached in the hearing of hundreds, who yet continu- ed Unbelievers, and periſhed in their unbelief. There 15 a great deal of difference alſo between one Miniſter's preaching and anothers; ſome kind of Preaching of its ſelf, makes Mens hearts to freeze, others make them to burn 3 but where Preaching makes our Hearts to burn within us, Chriſt throws in the Coal, whick the beſt Preacher doth but blow up ; only the Spirit of God is picaſed to work {as
Eraſmus ſaith) ſecundum quod nafus eſt Organmm, according to the
Inſtrument it worketh by, and to concur with rational and ſpir1- tual means, in order to rational and ſpiritual ends. But wherever any Soul is baptized with Fire at hearing a Sermon, it is alſo Baptized with the Hily Gho#. Chrift will not always cure blind Eyes with Clay and Spittle (tho he did it once.) Theſe were Diſciples before the Fire was kindled in their hearts, Chriſt's preaching did but blow it up. We ought ſo to ſpeak in our preaching, ſo to open, and ap- ply the Scriptures as our Diſcourſes may have a rational tendency to make the hearts of our hearers to burn within them, not ſo as to make them dead, and ſleepy, and cold, or luke-warm : and then to know that it muſt be Chriſt's Work to intlame them, when we have ſaid all that we can ſay.
33 And they roſe up the ſame hour, and returned to Jeruſalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
34 Saying, The Lord is riſen indeed, and hath appear-
ed to Simon.
35 And they told what things were done in the}
way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.