e We read of no Objection they made to Chriſt, as ro what he had done, cnly that they Perſecuted him, which they might do withour ſpeaking to him : Bur it ſhould ſeem by what we read in this Verſe, that ſome of the Fews had Objected ro him, his vi0/az70n of the Sab- bath (as they thought) yer, as we before noted, Anſwering ( in the Dialect of the Goſpel) doth often fignifie no more than the begin- ning of a Diſcourſe opon ſome proper occafion offered. Ff our Savi- our defenderh himſelf, from rhe Example of his Father, in the re- membrance of whoſe reſting from his Work of Creation on the Se- venth day from rhe beginning of rhe Creation, the Fews kept their
Sabbath; who, tho' he reited from his Work of Creation, yer kither- to worketh, as well on the Sabbath-day as any other day, by his
preſervation of created Beings : So (faith he) I who am the Son ot this Father, alſo work ; upholding all things by the word of my
the Sabbarh-day, ſach was this. I work no other way than my Fa-
ther {till worketh, tho? he reſted on the Seventh day from the Crea- LON»
18 Therefore the Jews * ſought the more to kill him, , becauſe not only he had broken the Sabbath g, but ſaid
avul withour his ſpecial Command, became lawful by it. Neither alſo, That God was his Father, * making himſelf equal
433 USazainit rhe ſenſe of the Law, tho' againtt the lerter of ir ;
ne Law only prohibited civil Labour, and carrying Burdens for
with God h.
"X0#n Profit, andin the way of their Trade; it torbid the do- gw nothing which was to be done as a publick teſtimony of the = neſs and Mercy of God ſhewed to Perſons ; and by this our Sa-
"Opens a way for his Correction of their Erroneous Opinions
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2 This yer enraged the Fes more * They had before againſt jim 2 Charge of breaking the Sabbath, or ar leaſt reaching another ro break it. (in their Opinion ) þ but now he had( as they judged ) ſpoken Blaſphemy, calling God Father; nor in the ſenſe the Fews fo called him. and 21 good Chriſtians are Licenſed ro call him ; bur F417 xE%
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w He makes them as good an Anſwer as could well he imagined ; the ſum of which was, he believed that be had thus Healed him, was a Propher, and ſo did what he did by a divine Authority, which it was Lawful for him to Obey, contrary to their Traditions : Tho? who this particular Perſon was, or what his Name was, were thinzs as yet not known to him (as we ſhall by and by read) yer he feemerh
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which
x The Impotent man that was Healed, ſeemed to oppoſe the Au-
thority of God (by the Vertue of which he believed himſelf healed) ro
the Authority of Man, which made it unlawfal for him on the Sab-
bath-day ro rake up his Bedand Walk, The Fervs taking no notice of
Chriſt being God, or fo much as a Propher ſent from God, do nor
ask, Who was he, bnt What man was he that ſaid, &c. Oppoſing
the Command of God, ro the Command Man. Iris as much as it
rhey had ſaid, The Law of God hath Commanded thar no Burdens
ſhould be carried on the Sabbath-day, : Now, what is that man that
dare reach thee or any one to do what is contrary to the Law of God?
13 And he that was healed, wiſt not who he was y :
For Jeſus had conveyed himſelf away, a {| multitude be- | Or, froiz: the mult go » Chriſt came as a Stranger to the Pool, and only wrought this zuds #545 Miracle, fo as the Impotent man that was healed had no time to en- w4as- quire who he was 7 ; and there being there a Croud of People, Chritt
had through the People convey ed himſelf away, fo as the man could
14 Afterward Jeſus fndeth him inthe Temple 2,and ſaid unto him, Behold, thou art made whole, * ſin no
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was
c It is yery uncharitable ro judge, that this poor man went to the Femwiſh Mageſtrates, to inform againſt Chriſt, who had been fo kind tro him 3; and much more probable that he went in the ſimplicity of his Hearr, defirous both to publiſh what Chritt had done to his Ho- nour, and alfo to do good to others; who might aifo ſtand in need
16 And therefore did the Jews perſecute Jeſus, and ſought to ſlay him, becauſe he had done theſe things
Power, Heb. 1.3. So that works of Divine Providence are lawful or
LE. &. Chap. þ ber abour the true Sznctification of the Sabbath. We tha!l obſerve, tha; our Say1our uſed the like Phraſe to him that had the Pal fie. Maz.9. 4. ang to the Centurions Davghter, Mark 5. 41. Dam{el, Ar:/2 : And ts Lazarus, Ch. 11.43. Lazarus come forth ; which our Saviour did It 1s further obterved by ife:;;us. That our Saviour did many Miracles on the Sabbath day. beczuſe that day was the uſual time when the Zews were wont to conſult the Prophers forthelp, as may be lcarned irom
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