Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1186

ſzring, with Erernal Life and Felicity. vor abr h ; , ; 27 Now is my ſoul troubled #, and what ſhall I ſay ? chondde ir wh TOTES ſaving ooly in this Father, ſave me from this hour w , but for this cauſe | gittance, as they could not tiny Het che ey came [ to this hour x. God's way, when he ſpake unto his people b =... * By Soul, is not here to be underfiood only the ſenſative part of | voice for the greater declaration of the Divine Majeſt "to have thy the Soul, but his whole human Soul, So Chap. 13. 21. He was frou” Thundrings and Lightnings. Thus it was at the yl amps Wit bled in ſpirit, Our inward troubles ariſe from our paſſions; and | upon Mount Sinai ; thus we read in Johrx's Viſions ay the Lay there are paſſions of grief and fear, which give us moſt of our inward | 8. 5. Of Lightnings, and Thundrings, and Voices which elche, trouble; Fear reſpetterh ſome evil at a diſtance from us; Grief is | from God's Throne. 6 Ir was the general opinion of the ProCeeded cauſed by evil fallen upon us, or ſo near, that we ſeem already to be | God always, when by Voice he revealed his mind to his _ tha in the Power of it. © The word here uſed is, T:]4e5]a: which fig- | uſe of an Angel to do it by ; hence (probably) as Pie fade nifieth no mean, bur a great, and morethan ordinary degree of trou- | at ſuch a diſtance» as they heard no Voice, thought it w who were ble. Chriſt was greatly troubled,tho' not ſo as we ſometimes are, when | but Thunder ; ſo thoſe who were ſo nigh, as beſides the Th nothin our trouble leadeth us to diſpair : Chriſt was capable of no ſinful] hear a Voice, ſaid, It was an Azge! that ſpake to him under tg trouble. Hence two queſtions ariſe, 1. For what rhe Soul of Chriſt 30 Jeſus anſwered, and-ſaid *, This voice was troubled? 2. How ſuch a degree of trouble could agree tothe Lord | hecanſe of me. but for your ſake n . Came not; Feſus Chriſt? He tells us, Marth. 26. 38. That he was exceedingly _ Thc Voice P i FE ſirud hel I 42, | ferrowful, fo as ſorrow was one part of his trouble ; and we may bee rote Take os - = p he very well, before j from what he afterward ſaith in this verſe, Father ſave me from this | 1 LE. tons Lo ed 1s own Name, and woul hour ; that Fear made up the other part of it. He was grieved, and bs b 7B wh ws not principally nor ſolely for me, but Chief he was afraid; ſome ſay it was the apprehenſion of that miſerable Cn wes ſer ny omg thar' am che Son of God, and he Death he was to die ; others ſay ar the ſenſe of the Divine Wrath |, | Jo. ry bas _ _ N. orld, by, and in whoin, he deſigneth which he was to undergo, Death being not yet overcome, and his g'or 'N wht ey 7 re R confli&t with his Father's Wrath for the fins of men, being yetto be 31 INOW 15 the judgment of this world 4: NOW ſhall, indured, tho' Chriſt at this time was in the moſt perfe& Obedience * the Prince of this world be caſt out e. a to his Father's Will, offering up a moſt acceptable, and well-pleafing | d The terms [_ Judgment ] aud (World) are taken fo variouſy ; l Sacrifice unto God ; yet he ſuſtaining our perſons, had a conflid to | the New Teſtament, and particularly in this very Goſpel ſy 7 in Chi indure even with his Father's Wrath upon that account, tho' not up- have given Interpreters a great liberty to vary in th [0 a they & y on his own perſonal account ; for ſo he was at this time doing that paſſage. Ir ſeemerh reaſonable to _, char a ro mag my, which was moſt acceptable, and well pleaſing in his ſight. As to the | pound in this Vetſe what the Voice from Heaven uttered : thr yu ſecond queſtion, nothin could be more agreeable than this to Chriſt, | Father had already glorified his Name, and would yet Carthe -y both with reſpe&to his human Nature, which had the ſame Natural | it ; how ? Now (faith he) 2 che judgment of this World ; Tha __ (tho'not ſinful) Infirmities which other men have; and with reſpþe& | ſome) the condemnation of the wicked men in it : and certain (ky to his deſign and end, to help and relieve his people under their | that the term (1rd) doth ſometimes ſo ſignifie, Chap. 1 "- troubles of Spirit; and as the Apoſtle ſaith, to deliver them, whe 17.6, 9. 1 Gor. 6. 2, and 11.32. But this ſenſe * ate ok through fear of death, are all their life time ſubyeft to bondage. So as | gree with Chap. 3- 19- where Chriſt tells us, that this his fir = this trouble of Spirit, agreed to him both as man, and as Mediator ; | ing was not te Condemn the World. Others do therefore þ wn but their muſt be a vaſt difference obſerved betwixt this trouble of | 7udgmen: better underſtand, the diſpenſation of Divine Proyi ay Spirit in Chriſt, and that which isin us. Our troubles are upon re- | which a great change or Caraſf - b . = roVIdence b fleRions for our own fin, and the Wrath of God due to us therefore ; | by the Reformation of it. Th 'r "en of —_ gras. His trouble was for the Wrath of God due to us for our ſins. Our | ::0n of all things, AQs 3. 22. yay id beſtto reed, troubles are, becauſe we have perſonally grieved God; His was, be- | the Diliverance and Vindication of Mankind fi h a cauſe thoſe given to him (not he himſelf) had offended God. We | Devil, who had a long time held Mankind _ wr Yea are afraid of our Eternal Condemnation ; he was only afraid by a | The Devil had got a dominion over Mankind by the Fr pr Natural fear of Death, which naturally riſeth higher, according.to and had exceedingly tyrannized over them, keeping th « the kind of Death we die- Our troubles have mixtures of deſpair | part of the World in ſlavery b Ido! as SO2PIng the for greae diſtruſt, ſinful horrors ; there was no ſuch thing in his nile; who were no open Ldolaters gon ns Se ht 'N _ Our troubles in their Natural tendencies, arekilling and deſtroying ; | our Saviour, the time is come; when this ſhall be altered os _ only by accident, and the wiſe ordering of Divine Providence, prove | ſhall be bound up, I will deliver a great part of the World f = advantageous, by leading us to him, as the only remedy for troubled | yoke of Idolatry ; another part of Ah th JRatmghry the Souls. His trouble was in the very nature of it, not only pure and |nion of Sin. 4 The Devil, who is not by a ; Ft —_ clean, butalſo ſanative and healing. But that he was truly troubled, | he World, bur boafterh himſl If to be 7 any cognt the Frine and that in his whele Soul, and that ſuch a trouble did very well | it like a Prince fall OE Ns OS. 46-000 ied agree, as to the human Nature he had aſſumed, ſo to his Office, as ence, Eph. 2. "g nada che God of fi World tra web our Mediator and Saviovr, and the foundation of a great deal of peace, | 2 Cor. 4. 4. taking the World as his houſz d OY OY quiet, and ſatisfaCtion to us, is out of queſtion. The chaſtiſement of | man, March. 12. 29. ſhall be caſt - topo ng Keeping I a5 _ our peace in this particular lay upon him ; and they were ſome of | tho' he will ſtill be going abour like 7 L\ gy Bras thoſe ſtripes of his, by which we arc healed: And faith he, #har | he may devour, and moleſting th beſt or © yon, ſeeking whom rot 7 ſay ? - 15 the _ of a Spirit troubled. '» Fa- | yet he ſhall not prevail over Ig God nn ny "hay e's ther ſave me from this hoxr. This hour of my Paſſion; it is the ſame | feet ; he that had th "ER with that-in our Saviour's laſt Prayer, Let Yb cup paſs "hes me; ger deſtroyed, and bg og wy __ nm batt wo nope +” muſt be underſtood with the fame Qualifications there expreſſed, If | be delivered, Heb. 2. 14+ the OI ng - car yo _ is be thy wit, if it be poſſible, &'c, By his bleſſed example he hath | and God with the temptation ſhall Gs bleſſed iſſue. Ardthe D : _ us, ay os Fo _ - OD: whether to flie, what to = Kingdom kept up by Idolatry, ſhall a. ont meer be te o? For my love (ſaith David of his Enemies, Pſal. 109. 4.) th din th . ; . Ss Art _ but I give oy ſelf unto prayer: Rs up = - * to —_ er" eanhpe Bo Colpel, and run every frm age —Y 3 od hath bidden us, Pſal. 50. 15. Ca# upon him in the d ouble ; * j : : "14 6 and Saint Zames aith, Is any man afiched ? gay Fad —odymuare, d = _ L , if I be lifted up from the earth 7 will'C ; that CR hc GeneF it as an exec, chat we fhonkd follow bis fo 29 2E MEN UNO Meg... « Os thin Reps. But how doth our our Saviour pray, to be ſaved from tha: 33 This he ſaid, ſignifying what death he ſhould himf o_ pe” = -. ps cauſe ” came into the World. Here was | dl. "ory in Chriſt, a Confift, between the Fleſh and Spirir; not like ours, | f However this term of 1iftin ft 1 7 hem 3 : prit; 5 $, F Fel up Chrift is taken in ſome other them —_—y _ | wh. m_ = the -"_ but betwixe his Scriptures it is by the Evangeliſt himſelf - this rext expounded con great was fully ed pm " 5 ry oO * and his Spirit that | cerning his death, ſo as there is no room for any other Interpretation their TA AIC EEE tie )-8 cone ter ebe four: —— Text: The word thatis uſed is hardly :9 be foundin Cften ſelf, corre&eth the Language of ki « Nat l feſh hapgt fo organ} mg (excepr where in Scripture ir relaterh co Chriſt) ſigni) be gor joyceth in the Will of God. I was nor (ſaith he) forced, ceth, re. | ing 70 die, or to put ro Death, bur it is very proper both to exprelstic mon i ode atten Rn Do ep IEA my people F purpole to ate tor nto the Air ; and to let us know that his Death wasa lifting } y people, + | up of his Name: As it was the loweſt degree of his Humuliation, "0 eh y 28 Father, glorifie thy Name y. Then came there” was neareſt to his Exaltation. ſe was his higeſt AR of Obedience _ a voice from heaven, ſaying, I have both glorified je, | 2,2 al 0 His rn, ,that for which his Ferher high) Exalted "_ and will glorifie it again z A »| him, giving him @ Name which is above every Name, Philip-2.9 19 37 7 That is, make thy —_ lords a nk -_ = ang” ng made his Name famous over allthe World, by " them, mous over - the Earth ; a general petition, but ſuch a —_ al the Goſpel roma nat, _ very wn 2 8, Our part . . » - » . © otro are grep TIA TL ntl þ! is then glorified, when his Will is done. B —_ Her G . + or God | lifred up upon the Croſs berwixt Heaven and Earth, yet this ſhall not Saviou not my will, but thy will be done. My Fleſh indeed (aith, Son ne from waxes EIT INT in God by we; _ fi bay _ this hour ; but Father do thy own Will, let that be do " mac mr CO Tag 7 uorys by chis I that ratien _ me, which will moſt tend to make thy Name Promega S =" - of my C of £ For by the Preaching of my Croſs, and P — ©. 38 Prayer never goes without an anſwer / Cs 2 ai ble of my Goſpel to all Nations, and by the efficacious corent'y g,y fulfill Heaven, &c, The Lord cauſed a voice foomn Heaven i Srvod ogy Ap Era ar) or 9s —_— —_ ne wor Our x hb lorified it, = 44 all, and every man, yet) mulcicudes ot me bee Enid i, I have by the cue my gory i hp, ey ater ms, fo 26 they ll tbe an eee 1 mo, bogs Ve Ce Gate Thr teh ng, by Why Mieacks, | ed and rin oy egin Bin the Dread, and being bf 57 os Mn thou ſhalt further glorifie me by thy D =, b wil glorifie it again; I and other Miniſters of the Goſpel, held forth as the Objeft of my uhille the Dead, by the Bro don of he Ls O7 thy Rekacreion from } ples Paich, .to:be by them: laid boldipon in orver to their Eternt oe ef the Earth. g of the Goſpel, and carrying it to the end | Life and Salvation. 4 He uſed the term of lifring up (fairh che E- Counſe vangeliſt) to ſignifle the particular Death he ſhould die, BY ke $20, |