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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 • SECTION 1245

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 2 — Section 1245

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fir or comfort fromthe promites ot God, either in che Law or Go- ſpel, the Old, or New Teſtament ;. viz. ſuch as ſeek and ſerve Gos : bur- to the diſobediear and unbelieying, there i3 not a comfortable word in all the Rook of God. Some .read without the Pronoun ſervants and handmaids ; to ſhew- that God doth not deſpiſe men cf the loweſt rank and condition in the World, but that the promiſe of the Spirit is made unto them alfo.

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Fs enely to obſerve the Preceprs of Noah, and enjoy'd a liberty | fgns in the earth beneath ; blood and fire, and Va POUT of ” oy and ſell, Live, and Converſe amongſt the Fews : hence they | ſnoak.

V's e © b = yOu Proſelytes of the gate; the other wete called Prof lytes _&Yconeſe ; tor theſe were Circnmciled, and took upon them

x As St. Peter had declared the promiles noo Fuck as would be drawn by the cords of Love : fo her?, 0: the oiher fide, he uſeth

Mohler i»: - f wi IO FrVation of the whole Law of Moſes, and had all the Privi- 5 VIOBBING 10 ths people of God.

threatnings, and declares the terro:s oi thi Lord, if fo that chey

will not Fe perfiraded Theſe wonders were fych 23 did prieceds 2b:

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g Ezek. 11. 19.

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the Deſtrnftinn of Fcrefal-m, or ſhall ſorerun the DeſtruRtion of the | >8, Mumb. 5. 2. and 13 divers other places, W213 that Gonifies +

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20 Ihe ſun ſhall be turned into darkneſs y, and the men info blood, before thet great and notable &z day of

the Lord come.

This avrees with the other words in the fore-cited Prophecy,

How thzie amazing figns fhall. be tulfiil-d, whether

literally, and by v har means; Or whether onely, that the conlter-

nation and head vpon men fſh:ll be fo grext, as expeQting rhe

change of the whol- trame of nzrme; is not ſo material for us tO | rqyalue him. y As being Anointed , z £71parvn, Manifeſt | God.

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and r/lyſtriov day; and it may be taken in a comfortable tents, and will be a comfortable day indeed, ro all that preparedly wair for it ; for *Uis the day of the Lorg, "ts Conift's day, in which he wil! be magnitied over his eacmics, and 72 his friends, children, and

| {crvants. * Rom. 1c. 21 And it (hall come to paſs, that * whoſoever ſhall call EI on the Name of the Lord a, ſhall be faved.

a That he may prepare thus a people for the Lord ; rae Apoſtle ſhews by what means they and we may cicape. Pray in faith unco

him : The Name is that whereby any one 15 known ;

Prov. 10. 10. rinncth mito it, and i ſafe.

22 Yere: of Ifracl, hear theſe words; Jeſus of Nazareth bþ 2 man apyroved cot God among you, by miracles, wonders 12d figns / whick God did by him in the midſt of you, a

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b For fo Pilate had c:licd our Saviour through contempt, 1n his

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for this was that great truth St. Peter Preacned upon, that Chriſt } Es - = | 4 ob Pilate had 1-4 okay and called Tejus of Nazareth, was | 7: 10 and elſewhere 1s recorded of him, which they firmly believe, indecd the So of God, and the true Meiliah. ) & The critical diff-rence is not fo material; It was ordinary to add many .words indeed all forts of wondertul works Chriſt did, and fo many, an4 ſo great, as no variety e Thole- that are not convinced, are felt-

to ſh:w rhe greatnels of the matter {poken ot; of words can expreſs. cond-mned,

Chap. 4. 28.

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F That the Apoſtle might cake away the cfience of the Croſs of Chriſt, he declares unto them , that he did not ſufter by chance, bur by the wiſe and holy Providence of God, who had ordered, and by his Prophets forerold, what he ſhould ſuffer before he did enter into glory, Luke $4. 26. Yet this did no way excufe thoſe who were inſtrumen- tal in his death ; for notwithſtanding Gods determinate Counſel con- cerning it, he tells the Fews wicked hands Crucified him. The de. tzrmination of God, as it does not neceſlitate to, ſo it does not ex- cuſe any from fin. (g) By the Romans who were truly. aye, with- out any Law of God : What the Jews nrged or occaſioned the Rowen

to do, 1« charged juſtly upon them as their AQ.

Ver. 32, 24 * Whom God hath raiſed up h, having looſed 7 the Clap. 3. 15. patns of death &, becauſe it was not poſſible that he ſhould

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9 & y - -, ſignifying either a cord or pain, the metaphor of - looſing agrees with "a * {-it. & Tho our Lord endured no more pain, after he had ſaid, 7t is

m 4 Jaifilled. and had yeilded up the Ghoſt : yer whileſt he was in the It!, . X

* fucit an one as David ſpeaks of.

25 For David ſpeaketh m concerning him; I foreſaw the

Lord always before my face, for he is on my-right hand # tat I ſhould no*- be moved.

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