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he alone bur his whole Family become Chriſtians. Such Initance; we have concerning Lydia, Acts 16, 14, 15« the Faylor, v, ; 4 and | Criſpus, ACts 18, 8.
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54 This is again the ſecond Miracle that Jeſus gig o when he was come out of Judea into Galiiee // / His turning Water into Wine, Ch. 2. was the firlt, this was the t ſecond. and fo in order of time before any of rhoſe Miracles which 1. c -wrou,zht in Ga7z/ee, of which we read, Mat. 4, 23. [ CHAP. V. . Chris goetl} to Feruſalem, where he cureth a man on the $4,;j 1 day, diſeaſed eight and thirty Tears, at the Pool of Betheſda, \., i whom Christ commane!s to carry away his Bed, $--15, Wherefyr. n the Fews lay ſnares to hill Christ as a Sabbath-breaker, 16—1;, v Chrit defendeth himjeif, teſtifying that he # like hu Father inj (f hu ations, which are particularly ſet down, 19 ——3o. Aud gz. tl peaieth to the teftimo;y of bis Father,and of Foin,and hi Mirac's $ 31-37. And exhorts to ſearch theScripture,even theBooks of My; 0) ZB—47. d v Fter this * there was a feaſt of the Jews a, and t Jeius went up to Hieruſalem 6. Men: n a Tho' there bs fome thar think the Featt mentioned here was that Deciul t of P-»tecos!, anc others, that it was the Feaſt of Tabernacles, yet the - molt and be{? Interpreters ;adge it was the Feait of the Paſſover thy | 1s here menticne” And thar this was the ſecond Paſſover which hay. H pened after our Saviour had entred upon his publick Miniltry, We * read of the tr-t, Ch, 2. 13. and from thar Verſe of that Chapters 5 this Chayter, the Evangeli': ( as they think ) hath been relating ſy ” mech of car Seviours AQtons, until the ſecond Paſſover, as it wx tte Will of God we 1:02:d have upon Publick Aurhentick Record, fir and hau not been Recoried by the other Evangeliſts, who pive afur. ter account ot his A<:;ons cone this Year, Mat. Ch. 4+ Ch.8.Ch.g, W Mark Ch, 1. Ch 2. Lk Ch. 4. Ch. 5. In the time of our $4. itf viours Publick M:uitry ( wvich was three Years and a half) there lon v.2re four Paſlovers. The cther Evanoeliſts take notice but of one of or them, and that the 1-{/, john 15 thought to have mentioned all the Ma lor ; the firit C5. Z. 15. The ſecond inthis place, the third, Ch, UN 6 4. the tourth. (+ 13, 1. Another reaſon they give why the to] Fea: of the Patlov-r ſhouia be here intended, is, becauſe from about thi: tha Lirue ro the Harv, were four Months, according to what our | Savior Fag fad, Ci. g. 35 bJeſus went up to the Paſſover, to bee Hieruſ ci, wo fhew his Obedience to his Fathers Law, Dent.16.16, W; 2 Now there is at Hierufalem by the ſheep || market c " br 2 pool d, wwich is called in che Hebrew tongueBeathcl* ſeize da e, bavivg fivg porc! «: f. Birt c Weread in Scripuo:s 4; Sheep.gate in Hieruſalem, Neh. 3, + = There was alſo'a M-. -:: for Sheep, and other Cattel, Det. 14, 26- that! Some theretore add | /arket, others aud Gateto the word inthe Greth wil lignifying Sheep, « Hear to this Gate or Market, there was a Poo], the xoavuCndes, fome rranfiate it a F3/b-pool, others [ more properly ) "an a place to waſh, or 50 Swim in {the Word deriveth from a Verbthat ns 2gmfies to Swim, hey fay, rncre were two ſuch Pools within the hi compaſs of the Mi uri on which the Temple ſtood, the one Eaſt-ward " called the »pper Fo2;, 2 Kings 18. 17, The other Weſt-ward, near the Sheep-gate. The one was called Betheſda, the other the Podl man of Siloam, by the Kings Garden, Nehem. 3. 15. mentioned alſobj Poo) our Evangelitt, Ch. 9.7. 'They ſay, the Waters of theſe Pools were dow {upplied trom a Fountain called Siloam, which was not always full of S__ warter,but the water bubled up in it at certain times with a great noiſe us: $ coming (as was thought) through hollow places of the Earth, an! vetht Quarries of hard ſtones. Theſe waters of Shiloah are mentioned, thar x 1/a. 8. 5. and ſaid to go ſoftly ; from which place theſe Waters I It is concluded a Type of the Kingdom of David, and of Chriit. This he- wane ing admirted, it is not to be wondred thar they had that healing Vet- 5 rue given unto them (as ſome judge] juſt abour the coming of Chrill; a, tor it ſhould appear by Ch. 9. 7. that the Pool of Szloam, as wellas we char of Berheſda had fo; for in former times it is thought 10 117 6! ( been of uſe chiefly ro waſh Garments in, and Sacrifices when tht "_ were flain. Some will have them to have derived their healing VI eek rue from thence, bur that is vain, their healing Virrue was coudt- gs leſs derived from the Lord that healeth us. e This Pool n tne Mat Ol Hebrew was called Betheſda, which fome Interpret, The Howe of po” 9 :rg out ; becauſe as ſome fancy, the Blood of the Sacrifices Was _ anc poured our bur that is a great miſtake, for that was poured ot ® a# wy the Altar, or becauſe Razn-water (as fome think) was poured _—_ anc Bos it, or (which is more probable} becauſe waters were poured to 3 : r Tl | out of the Conduit mentioned 2 Kings 20, 20. Bur otacrs Interpret ltely | ir, The Foufe of Grace, Mercy, &c. becauſe Gods great Goodne!s cute ſhewed the People, in giving this healing Vertue tO theſe Waters Tens, | F The five Porches belonging to this Poo! ſeem ro hive oe en Po 7 Dea Apartments for Impotent men to walk in, or ret themlIv:s on kt when they came to waſh themſelves in the Pool. n Ow 3 In theſe g lay a great multitude of 17porent wh ds. of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the Mouns their ow the water h. WW ke g Inthefſe Apartments ( called here Porches 4-6 os Gi tour
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