of the Church. Bur, Chriſt ſaid not to Peter only, but to all the r<ft of the eleven, Matrh. 28. 19. Mark 16 15, 16. Go ye, preach the Go{pel ro all nations ; and it was to the reſt as well as to Perer, that he (hid, Chsp 20. 22, 23. Whoſe ſins you remit, thiy are remitted, SO as it is apparent, whether Feeding, only lignifies inſtruEting, or feed- ing by Dottrine, or (as moſt judge) comprehends government and ſignifies that univerſal charge which Miniſters have over the Church ; the ſame power which Peter had, was alſo committed to the other D:iciples.
16 He ſaith to him again the ſecond time, Simon ſor of Jonas, loveſt thou me ? Hefſaith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knoweſt that I love thee. my ſheep. IN
17 He ſaid unto him the third time, Simon ſoz of Jonas, loveſt thou me ? Peter was grieved, becauſe he ſajd unto him the third time, loveſt thou me? And he ſaid unto him, Lord, Thou knoweſt all things; thou knoweſt that { love thee. Jeſus ſaith unto him, Feed my
ſheep 7.
; Divines here raiſe a queſtion, why our Saviour propounds this
was becauſe Peter had thrice denied him. Some fay it was to ſhew his great love to his Church, which he could not commit to Perer, but after three inquiries if he truly loved him, who was the Lord of it, Others refer it to the three ways by which good Paſtors ought to feed the Church ; Prayer, Preaching, and an holy Life. Others think, that it hath reference to the three Flocks, that Peter was to feed ; the Jews in Judea, the Gentiles, the diſperſed amongſt the Gentiles.
tohim, Follow mek,
k This 19 verſe, givesus the general ſcope of werſe 18. wiz. That
- 5t was 2 prediQtion of that particular death by which Perer ſhould die, which was (if we may believe what the Ancients have generally reported, and we can have no other proof ) by Crucifying ; in which kind of death, the hands of the perſon Crucified, are ſtretched out and nailed to the Croſs. But which way hedied, we cannot cer- tainly affirm ; the Evangeliſt afſureth us, that our Saviour ſpake cheſe words with reference to that kind of death by which Peter as a Martyr wasto glorifie God ; nor is it any objeCtion againſt his Mar-
He ſaith unto him, Feed | # Our Lord only checketh the curiofiry of Perer, ang
queſtion thrice to Peter ? The moſt of the Ancients agree, that it |
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' What ſhall he ſuffer ?
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that that diſciple ſhould not die: yet Jeſus fig
him, He ſhall not die: but, If I will that he farry till
come, what zs that to thee 0? o But the Diſciples knowing the particular kindneſ; oy; Caviow
had for Joby, upon theſe words not duly attended to, concyg John ſhould abide upon the Earth to thefſecond coming of Chip
24 This is the diſciple which teſtifieth of theſe things and * wrote theſe things: and we know that his teſtimony 1s true p;
? John who wrote this Goſpel, was that Diſciple whom Jeſus by. ed, who leaned on our Saviour's breaſt at ſupper, and enquiredukg ſhould betray Chriſt ; of whom Perer ſpake, wer. 21. and who teh. fieth theſe things, both concerning Peter, and Concerning himſelf and the Church : the ancient Church knew his teſtimony was true
25 * And there are alſo many other things which Jeſs did, the which if they ſhould be written ery one, | ſuppoſe that even the world it ſelf could not contain the books that ſhould be written q. Amen.
9 But none muſt imagine, that all Chriſt's Sermons, or Miracle are recorded in thisBook, or in any of the ather- Goſpels ; the War would have been too much Killed with Books, if all ſpoke or done by our Saviour had been written. There is ſo muck written, $i pleaſed God we ſhould know, or was neceſſary for us to know, fo the true ends of fuch Revelation : To beget and increaſe faith in w/ and to promore and direC& holineſs.
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