z Peter,whois obſerved in the whole Hiltory ofthe Goſpel, to hare iſcover'd rhe horteſt and quickeſt Spirit, and ts have been firlt in n- "weri.s Queitioas propounded to the Twelve, as Mat. 16. 16. & Repli!s, Lor1 whither ſhall we go, ©c ? thereby reaching us undsr Tempzations to Apoſtacy, fit ro conſider whar we ſhall getby i, 25 the tollowmny words teach us, rhat an abiding with Chrilt in
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k We believe, (faith Peter) and art ſure, both from what we hae heard from thee, and from the Miracles which we have ſcen wrougtt by thce, that thou art the Chra#t the Son of the living God. The very words by which St, Matthew, Chap. 16. 16. exprefieth tha noble Confetiion of bis which our Saviour calleth the Reck tm ich he would build hy Church. Burt notwithitanding this acknos- i-5gment, which ſpeaks the Seeds of this Faith now fown in the Hezrt of- c:er, and the Hearts of the reſt ; yer whoſo confidereth 'nc Fa{lg-'s of the other Evangeliits afrer this, will ſee reaſonto befieve hat their Perſwation as to this was bur faint, till Chriſt by his Reſurrection declared himſelf the Son of God with Power,
twelve, 2nd one of you is a Devil ? [3
4 Che/en, not to Eternal Life ; but to the greatOffice of an Apoſtle [ choter> but Twelve amongitt you, Mat.10. and of thoſe Twelveor is N4Con&,, an Accujer, or Informer ;, a Name by whieh the D:wl (who 1s ihe grand Accuſer of the Brethren ) is ordinarily expreſſed in Holy Writ. |
71 > ſpake of Judas Iſcariot, the ſoz of Simon », for he it was that ſhould betray him, being one of ci twelve o.
22 This he ſpake of Fudas 1/cariot ( fo called, as moſt think from the Name ot the City where he lived) and to diſtinguiſh him from the other Fudas, the Brother of Fames, who wrote che Epiſile that goeth by his Name, and is a part of Holy Writ : Foro he beingo#? of the Twelve, choſen and ſent out with the reſt to Preach the Gol- pel, and impower'd by Miraculous Operations to confirm the Tt! of it; yer it was he that was to betray Chriſt, as we largely read n all the Eyangelifts relation of the Paſſion. To teach us, That "8 Office to which God callerh us, no Gifts ( except thoſe of Specil Grace ) with which God blefleth any man, can fecure him of n eternal happy State, nothing can do that bur a true ſaving Faith in Jeſus Chriit, with the Obedience of an Holy Life becoming rhe Gob pel of Chritt.
CHAP, VI.
Feſus walketh in Galilee, where hx Brethren ash him to go t0 theFelf at Feruſalemwith hy Anſwer, 2--9. but afterward goes private Y, 10--13. and teacheth in the Temple, juſtifying hu Doctrine? ” the Miracle which be wrought on the Sabbath-day, 14-24 Foy ſeveral Opinions of the People concerning Chrif, 25-29- TheC " Prieft and Phariſees lay ſnares to hill Chrift, 30 -32, Chrit pe miſeth the Holy-GhoFt to Believers, 33--39- The Adeſſonger! ” were ſent to Chrift return without him, v extolling by Doctrine, 40--46. Wherefore the Phariſees are at variance, 47 53»
: . E or Frer theſe things, Jeſus walked in Galiee a, : he would not in walk Jew:y b, becaule the}Jz\ ſought to kill him c. _ a After the third Paſſover, which happened after our SA4vIOUr ol entred upon his pablick Miniſtry, of which we read C47, 5. * gi all thoſe things which we read of, C19p. 5, and 6. done by m_ _ our, both art the Feaſt ar H:eruſalem, Ch. 5- and after he v hich Galilee, Chap. 6.1. and had made thar excelent Diſcourſe, 0 ol we hada large Account, Chap. 6. Jeſus continued {i111 to cone
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