fealling at ſuch a time is proper, and that the molt ſevere Religious [hear unto the perſons may lawfully be prefent at fuch Meetings, only they are{;. ,
obliged to keepro Rules of Frugality, Molelty, and Sobriery, 0
a breach of which poifibly ſuch meetings may give more temprati- | 4 4.0 55 upon that account called the Maſter, or G
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$ And he faith unto them, Draw out now
ang governourof the feaſt n. And the ;
Y bare n The Fes hid one who was to order rhe affairs of their Feat Overnour of
ONS. it ; ro whom our Saviour directs, that ſome of this new] mad
» And when they wanted wine c, the mother of Je- | Wine ſhould be carried ; either that they might not ſuſpe< 4 * - by ſome art provided by him, or becauſe he was of the het : merit in thoſe affairs. o Tne Servants yield the ſame ready Oye, ence to his commands, which they had before yielded,
ſas ſaith unto him, They have no wine dc | The word *T5eenoar]0r, may as well be tranjlated, coming
ſ-ort. or behind, as wanting ;-and fo ſome think 1t 18 to be under-
itood ; but d Mary tells Jeſus, they had no Wine they either
it Wag 10. ded1-
9 When the ruler of the feaſt had taſted the 1;
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h-d ncae, or ſh: diſcerned it came ſhort ; they had nor enough. It|.p.10 ae made wine p, and knew nor whence jt 11.
ters us know the Frugality of him who made the Fealt, But whe- ther 2711 y told her Son of it. in expectation that he ſhould ſupply | it by a Miracle, or that he ſhould entertain the Company with ſome | P:ous Diſcourſe, while the wart ſhould be ſupplied, 1s not ſo eafie to derermine ; tht which ſeems to oppoſe the firit, { and molt ge- nerally received ) opinion, is, Thar this was rhe firit Miracle be wrought, which we have vpon record ; nor had our Saviour by any words given her hope to ſee any miraculous Operations from him ; for tho' ſome ſay, he had, from the laſt verſe of the for- mer Chapter ; yet the words can hardly be {trained to ſuch a ſenſe ; nor Corh it zppear that Mary was in F444 10 hear them, Bur yer it ſeems probable, ſhe had fone ſuch ExpeCtation, both from our Saviours anſwer, ©. 5. 25% from her ſaying to the Servants, v. 4. Whatſoerer he xcth unto yo, do it; and rho" Cont had as yet Gone no prublick Miracle ; yet what the Virgin might have ſeen of bim in thirty Years time, while he lived at bome with her, we Can- not tell, |
4 Jefis faith unto her, Woman e, What have TIT to do with thee ? minc hour 1s not yet come g.
e Thar it was orCinary with the Fers, ſpeaking ro Women, = call them by the name of their Sex, 3s plain from Mat. 15. 20% Luke 13.11, 12. and22. 57. Foh.4e 11. 12. Burthit ſpeaking ro their Relat70ns, they were wont roown their Relation in their Com- pellation, ſometimes is alſo evident, from 1 Kzgs 2. 20. Arkon,my 19ther. So as our Saviours here calling the blefled Virgin, Foman, not Mether, isagreed by molt, to fignitie to her, that in this thing he did not own her. as his Mother, and fo clothed with an autho-. rity to command him. And indeed ſo much f rhe next words f19- nifie, which is a form of Speech that both fignitie ſome diſpleaſure for her unſeaſonable interrapring him, and alfo that ſhe had no Right nor Authority upon tim in this thing. See the uſe of the ſame Phraſe, Frdg. 11. 12. 2Sam. 16. 10 Exra 4. 3, Mat. 8.29. and 27. 19. None was more obedient and reſpective to his Parents, than our Saviour, Luke 2+ 51+ therein fulfilling the Will of God. Fer. 35, 13. 14+ but in the bulineſs of his calling, he regarded them nor, Mat. 12. 48- Luke 2. 49, and hath thereby taught us our Duty, to refer our Obedience ro our heavenly Farher, before our Obedience to any earthly Relation, Mat. 10. 35. Luke 14-26. He hath alſo thereby taughr us, that the bleſſed Virgin 1s not to be preferred before her Son, ( as the Papits do) 2 Betides this, our Lord piveth another reaſon for his nor prefent hearkening ro his Mother; either, becauſe the time was not yet come ro work Miracles publickly ; or ro ſhew her, that ſhe was nor to preſcribe the time to him when he ſhould work miraculouſly; thereby alſo ſhewing us, 7ar for rhings in this life, weare ro ſubmir our defires tothe Divine W:llz and ro wait Gods leiſure; yerby this Expreflion he alfo 2:vcs her ſome hopes, that he would in his own time ſupply this wants
5 His motherfſaid unto the Servants, Whatſoever he faith unto you, do zt 6.
/: She plainly by theſe words, declireth her Confidence, thar Chriſt ſnorwith anding the Repulſe he gave her ) would ſupply | this want ; and therefore taking no notice of Chriſts appre- heniion of her, ſhe orders the Servants to be abſolutely Obedienr ro him, doing, without diſputing, whatſoever he bid them ; and indeed ſuch 1s rhe Obedience which we all owe ro God and Jeſus Cirilt.
6 And there were fer there ſix water-pots of ſtone 7 alter the manner of the purifying ot the Jews, contain- ing two or three firkins a piece &. |
7 The Fes were wont in their D.ning-rooms, to have Water- pors ſtanding ; whether one for every Guelt, (pon which actounr
but the ſervants which drew the water, knew q ; the
governour of the feaſt called the bridegroom.
p Our Saviours action, by which he turned the Water into Wine (being nor obvious ro the Senſes of any, as being only the ſec morion of his W:1!, willing the thing to be) 1s not recordeg wes the effect, and the conſequents of ir are. The Papz/?s would from hence argue, that the Bread in the Sacrament, may be called Bjeg7 tbo' it be tranſubltantiared, as the }Yarer here 1s called I/ater, thy it were turned imo Wine ; butir muit be obſerved, thar ir; not here called Hater, withour the addition of that was made 15; we haveno ſuch addition in the Goſpel, where the Sacremental Bread is called Bread; it is not faid, the Bread which now isturg. ed into the Fleſt of Chri8t ; nor doth the Scripture any where, ( here) arreſt any ſuch Trarſubſtantiation. q The Governourofthe Fealt had a Cup of Wine preſented ro him, bur knew nor whznceir came, only the Servants, who by Chritts command, firit filled the Veſſels, and drew ont this Cup full, they knew.
10 And wth unto him, Every man at the beginning
doth fer torth good wine r ; and when men have well drunk /, then that which is worſe ; but thou haſt kent the good wine until now fe.