yith duit 3 And rhar his Spittle denoted, rhe efficacy of Chrilts Hu- manity, being now perſonally united to rhe Divine Nature : Others think, he made ule of Sp:tt/e, becauſe the Fews hail a great Opinion of the Medicinal Virtue of Spree ; and rhey ſay, torbid the Mevt- cinal wie of 1t on the Sabbath day, (on which day this Miracle was wrought) Bur all theſe things are great uncertainties, for which we want any guidance from Holy Writ, Ir is moſt probable, That our 9yiour made ufe of his Sprecte in working this Miracle, becauſe he he had no Water at Hand, for Water was a very ſcarce thing in thoſe 2: Countries. That which we are chiedy to attend in this great Miraculous Operation is Chrift's Demon {&ration of his Divine Na- tare, for the confirmation of the Trurh, of wh ch he doubtleſs wrought this great Work, :5 well as to thew Ing Charity to this poor Creature Fo this purpoſe he inrit maketh choice, not of a Blind Man only . bur one who was born {o, and ſo incurrabie according to all Incgment of Humane Art.. 2. He makerh uſe of no means that hag any appearance of a Natural Virtue in it ; nay, which was more ſire ro pur our the Eyes of one that ſaw, than to give faght to one that was blind.
- And 14id unto him, Go waſh in the pool of St- loams, Which is by incerprecation, Sent, He went his way therefore, and waſhed, and came ſeeing &.
; Hedoth nor only ano! his Eyes, bur ſenderh him alſo ro waſh in the Poo! of Siloam; We read of this Pool Nehemiah 3. 15. And we are ro!d, That It was a Fountain which ſprang out from Mount Zion. It ſhould feem, that there was a Brook of that Naine, which ſupplied part of the City with Water, 1ſazah 8. 6. Some think, they have alſo found a Myſtery in this Name, becauſe i ftigmtierh Sent, and think that it hath an Allufon ro Sh:/o, which was the Meſſias mentioned Gen. 49. 10. The Name is plainly an old Name, 2s appears from the place I nored our of Nehemiah, probably given tot anciently, in acknowledgment of the mercy of God given them in ſending them ſuch a Brook, or Rivulet from thoſe Mounrains, fo commodtons fox that .great City : Or, becauſe {as fome rhink) the Warer did not run always, bur at certain times, as it were ſc of God. We read of nothinz Medicinal in this Water; only as a pro bation of the blind nian's Faith and Obedience, ir pleaſed our Lord ro ſend the blind man to waſh himſelf there; as of old Naaman the V1); was ſent to waſh in Jordan, He went ; and the EvargeliSt t !et us ſee, that rrue Faith joined with ſincere Obedierce, never tailcth the Expectation of them that exerciſe ir, lets us know that be returned ſeeing,
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14 And it was the SaoMatih-day when Tzius made the clay and opencd nis eyes r.
7 It was obſe xetore, That Chriſt made choice of the Sabbark, day, as the Day \ on tne Savbarh- dy that he Cured the Impotent man who lay at the Pool of B-t/e/day Ch. 5. 10. and upon the Sabbath-day; that he C::- red him why had the Withered Hand, Mat. 12. io. And now azairn vpon the S2h5ath-day that he Cured him who was born Blind,poifib!y he choſe that Day, becauſe that was a Day whereon he ordinarily Preacted that heavenly Doctriae, which he confirmed by theſe Mira- culous Works, or perhaps, that he might take occation from thence toinitruct the Fews, if they would have received Intirudtion in the
chink, that it was nor lawful ro do aCts of Mercy on the Sabbarh-day, certain It is, that himſelf makerh that improvement of ic, Mat. 12 oc to ſhew them, that he was Lord of the Sabbath, and chat as his Fa- ther by the works of Providence workerh on the Sabbath-day,ſo did be, bein, equal with his Father, by which Argument he afore de- fended linnfelt, for che Cure of the Impotent man on the Sabvath- day, John 5. 17»
15 Then again the Phariſees alſo asked him, How he had received histight ? He {aid unto them, He pur cla upon miae eyes, and I waſhed, and do lee 7.
7 The Phariſees asked him, how he had received his Sight 2 They had before heard it from others, but they now defire to hear it from