S. 7 0 him whom God f:ath fent for the Saviour of man. k Through the Corrupion of your Hearts, and the jult Judginent of God, giving 194 17 #2 flrong deluſions to believe lies, 2 Tirſe 2. 11. I any Sedu- cers Come, without any Autiority trom God, never ſent of him, nor ſpeating his Words. nor ſeeking his Glory, or your Good, you will re-Cliy crongh receive them.
44 How can ye believe which receive honour from * the honour that cometh
on at
irom God only / ?
{ I: is evident, that by rece;ving honory from one another, is here to be under! 00d, theſeeking and purſuing of Honour and Applauſe from Men, without regard to the praiſe of God ; ſoalſo Ch. 12. 43- For viherwiſe it 1s Lawful for Parents to receive Honour from Chil- dren, Maſters from Servants, Princes, and other Magiſtrates. from Peojpie; bur for mento be ambitious of Honour and Applauſe of men, in neglect of the Honour and Praiſe of God; this 1s highly tinſul ; and it cannot be expected thar any ſuch Perſons ſhould fo far deny thernſelves, and renounce rheir own works of Righteouſnels, as 10 accept of Chriſt and his Rizhteouſneſs,and rely upon him alone for Life and Salvation. Ir is ſaid, Foh. 12+ 42 43+ That amongſt the chief Rulers, many believcd, yer it 1s added, v. 43. For they loved the frarſe of men more than the praiſe of God : But thoſe words v.4.3+ ſeem rarher torefer ro the Phariſees, mentioned in the latter part of ©. 42. where a Reaſon is given, why tho' raany great Rulers belzev- ed, yer they Gid not confeſs Christ. becauſe of the Phariſees, Or if thoſe words. v. 43. be to be applied ro thoſe of whom it is ſaid, ec» beiieved,v 42, we mult diitinguiſh concerning believing, which in Ch. 12 42+ fignifieth no more than an afſent given ro him as a great Propiet, upog the Miracles they ſaw wrought by him: In this place, a true and lively Faith receiving Chriit as our Mediator and Saviour.
45 Do not think that I will accuſe you to the Fa- ther 92; there is oze that accuſeth you, eves Moſes, in
whom ye truſt »,
»2 There will be no need of my accuſing you, » you will need no ether Accuſer than that Moſes for whom you have fo great a Reve- rence, and for whoſe ſake you contemn me. Ch. 9g. 28 29. They ſaid, 17 are Moſes his Diſciples ; we know that God ſpake unto Mo- ter; as jor thy fellow, we kizow not from whence he xs, This Moſes ( fairh our Saviour ) will accuſe you unto the Father.
45 Forhad ye believed Moſes, ye would have be-
leved me, for * he wrote of me 0.
0 Had you given a hearty Credit and underſtanding Afent ro Mo- ſes; that is, to the Writings of Moſes, for fo the term is oft raken, Lnie 16.31, and 24. 27. you would have received me; - as all the Law of Msſes pointed to, and prefigured me, ſo he in particular wrote of me, Gen. 3. 15» Deut-18.15. =
47 But if yebelieve not his writings, how ſhall ye believe my words p ?
P Burt ii you believe not his Writings, who fo plainly wrote of me and whoſe Writings you ewn, and have fo great a Veneration for ; how cin I expect that you ſhould believe the words of one whom you viiifie and contemn 2 For tho' my Words be in themſelves of grearer Authority, yet T have not ſo much Credit with you as Moſes had, But how doth our Saviour affirm, v. 45. that they rruſted in Msjes, and deny here, that they did believe him ?_ Anſw. Some ſay they believed with an ?mplicite Farth ; preſuming upon the Merits of 4braktam, Iſaac, Tacob, bur not with an explicite Faith. Others ſay. they behieved in the general, that whatſoever be wrote was true ; bur they did nor believe them in rhe true ſenſe of them. Tar- 0011s thinks, that the#truſted in Moſes, that they mighr be ſaved by their own work done in obedience to his Law, bur they did not be- eve him, becauſe they rejected him of whom Moſes wrote, and to whom the Law of Moſes was bur a School-maſter. They refuſed him who was the Head of the Corner, Plal.118, 22. Mar. 21. 42.
CH AP. VI.
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4 * And the pailorer, a ſeaſt of the Jew nigh e. :
e Thar is, the third Paſſover after our Saviour h23 entred his publick Minilry; by which we may obſerve, that 9./p, ©... ed many things ſpoken and done by our Saviour in the Ye As diately following the Second Paſſover ( for he giveth vs ;
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Account than what we have in the former, and in this ©... = - -" F : : On : IS,
The ocher Evangeliſts gives us a more tull account of ther; T'.
place whither our Saviour went, feemerh to have been tow;-4 end of the Lake; ſo asthe People could go on Foor, ang tics . point of the Lake, and be there before the Ship coulg Water.
5 © When Jelus then lift up bz eyes, and ſaw 1 5... company come unto him, he faith unto Philip, When. {hall we buy bread, that theſe may ear f'? 72 _ F This 1s apparently the ſame Hiltory which we have ret ws. in all rhe former three Evangeliſts. Mar. 14. 13, &c. Mars, 35. &. Luke 9. 10,&c. See the dittering Circumttances conſidered in Annotations on thoſe Chapters. The other Evangeliſts obſerve. Th. Chriſt had firſt been Preaching to them, till it was near Njzky. and then bring in the Diſciples firſt moving him ( becauſe they Hat eaten nothing } to ſend them away to provide themſelves Fog This Evangelitt begins with fome words Chriſt ſhould ſpeak t, Philip.
6 ( And thishe ſaid to prove him, for he him knew what he would dog ) Z Now this he ſaid, ro try what Phzlip would ſay, for he was him.
ſelf reſolved what to do.
7 Philip anſwered him, * Two hundred Pennyworhs,, of bread is not ſufficient for them, that every one «1; them may take a liccle b.
hb This Diſcourſe between our Saviour and Phzlip, is reportedly none of the other Frangeliſts; and probably was after that which they report of rhe other Diſciples morion to Chriſt to difinifs the People, becaufe it was now rowards Evening. The number ( 25 ye ſhall find afterward ) was Five thouſand, beſides Women and Chil dren ; amongit whom Two hundred penny-worth of Bread was very little to be divided.
8 One ofhis diſciples, Andrew ,Simon Peters brother, {aith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley-loare and two ſmall fiſhes; * but what are they among ſy%:l many ?
Io And Jeſus ſaid, Make the men fit down. Nay there was much grals in the place. So the men fat down, in number about five thouſand.
112 And Jeſus took the loaves, and when he had gir- en thanks, he diſtributed to the diſciples, and the dif: ciples to them that were ſer down ; and likewileofthe fiſhes, as much as they would.