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*\ 1NEAT as A Perſon unknown whence he came. Which Opi- azall ru ſome, was borromed on the Revelation of rhe. Old Teſta- mw erp a double Generation of Chrilt, I/a. 53. $. Who ſhall —_ x hy Generatton? Micah 5.2. The one of which is to be un- < foul of his Eternal Generation, which none can declare. The cer 7 asro the Generation of hs humane Nature. But the Fers not gr" - \anding that the Meſſiah was to be God-man, underſtood both 7 Humane Nature ; which made them fancy, that tho" he was L be Born al Bethlehem, according to Micah 5, 2. yer he was to be y ied away for ſome Years ſome whither ; fo as when he came to nEES the World, none ſhould know whence he came, bur he t eld appear a8 a man dropped GOWn from Heaven. N ow Chriſt having been oftered in the Temple at his Mothers Purification, went hack again WIEN his Parents, L!ke 2. 39. came to Nazareth, and or- Jingrily WENT VP 10 Hr eruſaiem ; and there he was tound Diſpuring virh the Doctors, Ve 4.6. And at lai, we find him relting with his Parents al Nazareth, and being ſubjett to them ; after which we read no more of him, ill he came to Fo/7 to be Baptized; fo as the Fewws had known and obſerved rhe whole Courſe of Chrilts Life.
23 Then cried Jeſus in the Temple as he taughe,ſay- no, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am »,
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F \hich ſhonein your Face. Or you fay, and think that you know me. - Others think rhat it is an Ir97y, or as a Queſtion, Do your know me ſo well? » If you did, you would know thar I came not ofmy ſelf, but was ſent by my Father; and he that ſent me is Truth irſelf; but you know not. the Father, and therefore cannot know me aindeed I am. | ; 7
29 But * I know him p, for Iam from him q, and he hath ſent me 7-
p Iknow him. ſo as no-man elſe knoweth him, Mar.1 1. 27. I know his Efſence, his Will, his Counſels, his Laws, 9 for I am from tim by an eternal Generation, his enly begotten Son; rand I am ſent by him, as the Mediator and Saviour of the World, to declare, and to execute his Will and Pleaſure, as tro mans Salvation.
' 20 Then *chey fought to take him /; but * no man laid hands on him, becauſe his hour was not yet
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, / By thistime the News was come to the Sanhedrim, the great Court of the Fews, ro whom belonged the cogniſance of Church-AFf. firs, falſe Prophets, Blaſph:my, Violation of the Sabbath, &c.they "00k Counſel, and uſed endeavours to Apprehend him ; or it may xe, ſome of the ruder fort of People that were his Enemies uſed ſome uch endeavours, but not with any effect, for by the mighty Provi- {ence of God, who had fer the time when Chriſt ſhould ſuffer ; till hat Hour was come, mentioned alſo; Ch. 8. 20, and 12. 2. there 1as ſucha reſtraint upon the rage of the -Rabble, yea (as we ſhall xreafter hear ) the Spirits of the Officers, who were ſent from the S-nbedrim to Apprehend him, that they had no Power to lay bold upon him. Men ſhall do us no hurrt till Gods time comes, A Sparrow falls not to the Ground without the Will of our Father.
11 And * many of the people believed on him «, nd faid, When Chriſt cometh, will he do more mira- cls than theſe which this 9zan hath done w ?
y Not as the true Meſſias ; for the next words ler us know, they didno: believe him to be the Chriſt, bur looked for him ro come;bur they gave Credit ro him as a great Prophet ſent from God. w And doubted whether the Miracles which he wrought, were not as ma- ny, and as great as ever the Me/1:4/3 would do when he came. For tho' 7ojn reports but a few Miracles wrought by Chriſt, yer they vere ſuch as required a Divine Power to work rhem, ſuch as turning the Water into Wine, multplying the Loaves, 'raifing Lazarus from lhe dead &c, And Fohn tells us, Ch. 20 3o. and 21, 25. That he ud many more Works than he hath Recorded in this Book, and ma- ay more are Recorded by the other three Evangeli/ts. From hence, may ve obſerved the Falſhood of the latter Fews, who deny that the Meſſiab is to work any Miracles ; fer it is apparent from hence that they had in our Saviours time a general expectation of great Miracles ſhould be done by the Meſſiah; and their expe&ation was truly founded upon I/a. 35. 5, 6. as appeareth by Ma. 11. 5.
32 T The Phariſees heard that the people murmur- «x ſuch things concerning him, and che Phariſces,and the chief Prieſts ſent officers to take him ”
S: Murm:r:d here 1s taken in a different Senſe from what ir was core, and Hgnifieth as much as whiſpered, or talked privately icy themſelves. » The Chief Prieſts, who were aftraid that 59g Honour would abate among(t rhe People ; and the Phariſees. ay +ffraid rhe Credit of rheir Traditions would be loſt, if | 7 luffered him to go on ; and being more. eſpecially troubled for t Miracles which he daily wroughr, as Chap. 11.47. They ſend
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73 Then faid Jeſus unto them, * Yet a little while I _ you, and zhen I go to him that ſent me &.
Preher Perm Chriſt ſpake theſe words to the Officers ſent to Ap- ok. ooh er to the People in the Temple, is nor much materi- Yours aintd ba : He by them plainly declarerh har all their endea- tem x M1 as vain and fooliſh ; for he ſhould yer live with "a Pat n 1s, (TS Was in September or Otober, he died at the ul; > er, which was abour fix Months afrer this) and then he