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g 22. A parcel of Ground, near unto which was this City called Char. anciently Sechem. ' '*; Now Jacobs well was there #. Jeſus therefore be- ing wearied with bi; journey, fatthus on the well &;
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w Our Saviour in his Reply juſtifieth rhe excel lency of that /#:795 Water, which he had before declared to be in his Power to 9.ve.and his readineſs to have given to this woman, if the had asked it of £5 from rhe pertſhing Vertue of the Water of this well. and the co. nuing Vertue of his Grace, which he compared to this living Wte
! It was called Facobs, eicher becauſe he digged ir, (as we read of | No man ſo aſwaged his Thirit by drinking ofthe Water of Facovs
ms digging a well, Gen. 21. 30. and 1ſaac, Gen. 26. 15) or — Bhs be Family uſed ir, as Verſe 12. k, Our Lord uſed no Horſe, or Chariot ordinarily in his Travels, but went on Foor ; we never read of him 1n a Coach or Charior, bur once upon the back of : Beaſt, ( that was when he rode into Hzeruſalem upon an Aſs) he or- dinarily travelled on Foot ; and the Evangeliſt taketh norice of his wearineſs.to lerus know that he was truly Man,and ſubjected to we. rineſ, and other humane Infirmities; and he relted himſeIfupon the 6des of the Well /, and it was abour Noon-time, for that was ac- cording to their compuration, the ſixth Hour. The Sth Verſe rells us, his Diſciples were gone to the City to buy Meat, fo as he was alone, - There cometh a woman ot Samaria to draw wa-
ter : Jeſas ſaith unto her, Give me to drink »,
1 Ic is uncertain, whether this woman was a Citizen of Samara, which City is ſaid ro be at two Miles diltance from this place, or one of that Country, which wear by that name, f for Samaria was the Name of that Region, as well as of a City) ſhe came nor out of any defign ro meet with Chriſt rhere, bur came ro draw Water; they having not Pumps and Wells ſo common as we have, were forced to iravel for Water for their neceſſary uſes. Thus it often happeneth, that we meet with Divine mercy when we think nor of ir. God is found of thoſe who ſeek him nor, nor inquire after him, 1/azah 65. 1 which lets us ſee, how all our Motions and Actions are at the Divine diſpoſal and government. Rachel went not to the Well, ro meer with the Tidings of an Hugsband, but to water her Fathers Flock ; but yet there ſhe mer with Facob, Gen. 29. 9. as it had happened ro Rebecca before, Gene 24.15. This woman | as appeareth by whar followeth) was no berter rhan an Harlot; to her Chriit ( fleeing from the Phariſees, the great Doctors of theFers) bringeth the gla ridings of the Goſpel, and ſhe receives them. So admurable are the diſpenſations of Divine Providence n : He prevents this woman, ſay- ing unto her, Gzve me 70 drink, x
8 For his diſciples were gone away into the City to buy meat 0.
o This is added leſt any ſhould ſay, How came our Saviour in this diſcourſe with the Woman of Samaria 2 They were travelling upon the Road, and came near Sschem: Our Lords Diſciples were -one to the City to buy ſome Food for them ; in the mean time,our Saviour coming to the Well called Facobs Well, ſets him down, and this Samaritan-woman cometh to the Well, ro draw Water. Our Saviour being thirſty, asks of her ſome Warer to drink ; this giverh occaſion to the following Diſcourſe.
9 Then faith theWomanof Samaria unto him, How 151t, that thou being a Jew, askeſt drink of me, who Tam 2 woman of Samaria p? for * the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans 9. fThere was a great eſtrangement of theFers from the Samaritans. 1$theSamaritans having a peculiar Temple built upon mount Gerizim in oppoſition to that at Hreruſalem 4. Ir is ſaid, that the Ferrys did buy of, and ſell ro the Samaritans, but were reftrained by an Order of theSanhedrsm, from uting any familiarity with chem, or borrowing orreceiving any thing as a Gift from them, which was the cauſe of this Reply of the woman of Samarta, knowing our Saviour either by his Habit, or by his Dialect, to be a Fer ; this is thought to be the {nſe of ovyy26v1er intbis Texr, rhough it hath a larger ſignifican- cy, extending ro all kind of Commerce.
lo Jeſus anſwered, and ſaid unto her,if thou knew- elt the gift of God r, and who jt is that fſaich untothee, Giveme to drink, thou wouldeſt have asked of him, and he would have given thee * living water /* r Manyby the gzft of God here,underitand Chriſt, whom God gave
to the World, C-. 3. 16. And who is the greaceſt Gift that God ever gave to the World; fo as rhe latter words,and who it 5,&c.expound the formerſ; Thou wouldeit have asked of him, and he would have given thee either a true knowledge of the Doctrine,or the Grace ten- (ered inthe Goſpel, or the holy Spirit, called Water, becauſe it vaſherh and cleanſeth rhe Soul ; and /iv3ng Water, becaule it is al-
Ways running and flowing.
11 The woman faith untohim, Sir, thou haſt no- thing to draw wich, and the well is deep ; from whence then haſt thou that living water & ?
.* What our Saviour ſpake Mecephorically, comparing his Grace,or 1s pirir, or the Doctrine of his Goſpel to living Water, this poor %oman underſtandeth literally ; and knowing that the Well was very Ceep, ( ſome ſay forty Cubirs ) and ſeeing him as a Traveller, not proided with any thing to draw with, or into ; ſhe asks him, a he had thar living Water ? a Queſtion much like that of og emus, Ch. 3.9.4 Soignorant are Perſongof ſpiritual things,
they be enlightened by the holy Spirit of God.
12 Art thou greater than our Father, Jacob, which mo 25 the well, and drank thereof himſelf, and his Cildren and his cattel #?