6 Aſſoon then as he had ſaid unto them, I am he
they went backward and fell to the ground g.
z For a further evidence to the World,chac Chriſt was the Son of che Everlaſting Father ; it pleaſed God in al! the p=riods of his life, to ſhew forth by him ſome Atts of the D:wine Power; What had Chriſt ſaid or done, here to proſtrate his armed Adverfaries ? He had only asked them who they lookt for ? and he+-.:-7 that it was
a mot your ſelves, that Feſws Chriſt ts in you exgept ye 92 repro- ite; Vol. II.
for him, told them he was the man: they are ftruc« -Ira
and inſtead of apprehendiog him, ſtart from him, a. . Hhhh 2
3 * Judas then having received a band of me, and * Me, -5. officers from the chief prieſts and Phariſees,cometh thi- 47.
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S. JOHN
torhs gronnd. If there were fo mach Myeſty in, and ſuch an eff-&t | of the Jr of Chrift, in one of the loweſt a@s of his humiliation ; what will the Voice ofa glorified Chriſt be to ſinners, when heſhall 1ermn las a fudge ro coaderan tae World ? And what will the fc& ofthir be npon his enemies? How eaſily might our Saviour love cicapel, now that his enemies were fallen to the ground ? but refſufreth them to riſe vp again, to rake him, and to carry him away, fo fh:w that he iid down his life freely.
7 Then asked he them again, Whom ſeek ye ? And the noteson Chap. 11. 51.) |
eds £200 X EN . . then aid, jones bog ig © 08 SRO RES (hn > Now Caiaphas was he that gave counſe] S Jeſrs an why Bs | have told you that I am Fe, Jews, that it was expedient that one man ſhould 4 thereiore ye ſeek me, let theſe go their way h: |the people 9 | b Oar $rviour queſtion, and their antwer, are the ſame as before, 7 Ot his giving that counſel, and the wickedneſs of ; They fi] down, hur they roſc up again, and go on in intheir wicked proved an Oracle beyond his intention) we difrontes i c of (0)
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_ . IPs e Notes on Chap. . meaning of the MW; conv;tions and terrors, bur they get our of them, if God doth not ROE ) the Ar" _ izh Prieft Was
concur hy bis Spirit, and ſfanRific chem as means ro make a through ching? in their hearts : Tho thoſe words, Le: theſe go away. might be int-rnerd of the a: med men that came with. the Gtticers, of crc fremed no {uch need to carry away an unarmed man 5 |
ſame year pl. 2 That his Son-in-law Caiaphes was the High Prieſt which we had alſo before, Chap. 11. 51. bone we -hoeM lirgely, about the diſorder of the Jews in that mot corr when that place was beſtowed without regard to the famj]
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of his Diſciples, being peri0ns againft whom they had no war, | high prieſt s, and went in with Jeſus into th
1 -- < F 4 ' ra b "4 Aa © 7 Qur Lord hath a care of bis Diſciples that they might not ſuffer | (4p high prieſt. Place with him, r When Chriſt was apprehended, the other Evangeliſts tell us, 4}
b GS _ - hin } ; - as . 9 That the ſay ns might be fulfilled N nich he is Diſciples forſvo% him and flcd ; but it ſhould ſeem that Peter, who t
*Ct, ate £ Of them which thou gavell me, have I loſt all along the Golpel Hiſtory, hath appeared more torward, and
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| $998. bold, 22d daring than any of the reſt, came back ; bur who that ; Bur were thoſe words of our Saviour, Of tim who then G1 gi. Ather Difciple Was that went in with him, and 11 favour of whom wu me, 1 have {15k me, 10 be underſtood as to a Tempor y toftar, TeTay v3 acmitred, we arenot fold : It 15 but a conjefure of thoſe or of an <t::rnal! d=(trufQtion ? Some of the Ancients were of 6p14/0a, ! 0 think it was John, for John was a Galilean as well as Peter, and that they were tc be underſtood of a /offng with reference ro a Spiri- | 011d have been as much ro be queſtioned upon that account as tua! 2nd Eernal State; bur that they were 2pplicable alſo to a loſiug as | "cre was, They Judg more probably who think it was the Maſter to this ic ; 7 think that they are applicable to boch, and thar in 161i, © the Houſe where Chriſt had eat the Pafſiver, and celebrated his Text, thy ce primarily to be underſtood of a loſing asro a Tempu- , Supper 3 or ſome perſon of note in Jeruſalem, who by reaſon of his 141 Deach anc D Aruftion Ir was Chrift's purpofe, tat e/ever of his| reputation, might have free acceſs to the chief Magiſtrate, than one twelve Annit'.s fhanld ontlive him, receive the promite of the Fa-jof the Apoſtles, who were bur mean perſons in the account of ther,-in the pouring out of the Spirit, and be his inſtruments rocar- | the Zewr; +5 this Diſciple who ever he was, was one that had ſome ry the Gefoct over a greac Part of the World: this they could nor| familiarity and acquaintance with Caiaphas, which it is no Way pro have Cone, had they been pn: ro death at this tins, he therefore re- vable that either 94x or any of the Apoſtles had, folved no: to leote them in this fenle, but to uphold and preſerve their
he iid to racſe Officers, you have the perſon whom you ſeck for ; for | , . . L thee tv Diſciples you have nothing 3g1nſt them, letthenr go away ; high prieſt, and ſpake unto her that kept the door, and b; © is Power upon their hearts he eff=cted ir, fo that they had a and brought 1n Peter e.
liker:- 25 forfuke him and to flie, and ro ſhift for themſelves. : This fuather confirmeth the conjeQure of choſe, who think that
10 * Then Simon Peter having a ſword, drew it, | 9:5er Diſciple was none of the Apoſtles, bur a favourer of Chriſt, ha lived in 7eruſalem, and was of ſome repute either for eſtate or place ;
tho hol SSN »” l K and imote the iygh P1 jeſt's ſet vant, and cut oft his right ſo as he had not only an acquaintance with the High Pricf, but alſo 14 ear k, The tervants name was Malchus. with his family ; and could gain admittance into his Palace, nor þ Ir is thought that this ation of Peters was before the apprehenſi. only for himſelf, but alſo for his friend. es 2 6f our Savionr, tho after the diſcovery of it, ( as our Evang<elift 17 Then faith the damoſel that kept the door, unto
re; -7t5 it ) beceuſe upon the apprehenſion of our Saviour, both Me. , MR . Cho, boi and Mark 4 50. agree, that the Diſciples fled Peter, Art not thou alſo ove of this mans diſciples ih
and ir c2n hardly be thought, that if Perer had feen his Maſter appre- He ſaith, I am not.