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of xo Gaza's, one diſtinzuiſhed from the other, "ar/ert bur rather there were two ways nnto one 7, ant tat It was not the City, bur the way unto «hich is called detert 3 by which diffcrence here mentioned, rhe
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ſtion( God fo ordering it ) brings 1 the ditcoute comer, Swiour, f This the kunuch ight well make a Queliton, ber ' 'aiah Iimielf fuffered mvch under Maus/
eath, vas the cauite way he was fo highiy exalted, _
24 And the eunuch anſwered Philip, andiaid, I pra ) ens ; | 10
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ellth our wandrings, and ordereth our ſteps. n weighty matter. +þ Shewing that the Prophet in thac mg 1s, * And he aroieard went : and behold a © z manof Propeccy, [a, $3. could not mean 1uch things of hunle!;, a; Ferer.y, or of any other. ;- I hings in that Prophecy are 3 unto our blzii:d Saviour ; but to none ele,
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rrea d had * come to Jeruſalem 2 for to wor- | / 7 and had Þ con Je E *" |k certain water : And the eunuch aid, Seeberes ware; » *r., CB what doth hinder me / to be baptizet! ? "2
; The E:hiopinus were the moſt deſpicable unto the Jews ; and Homer Calis them, + 0:74 arSrey ; bur God would now ſhew, that there is no diErencc of Nations with him ; bur in every Nation, he that worketh righteouſneis, ſhall be accepted, Chap. 10. 35. &In vieat cfteem 1n Courts, eſpecially to attend on Queens, to avoid all il ſuſpicion; here that prophecy was fulfilled, 7/a. 56. 4, 5 Though both in the Hrbrew, and (anciently) in the Gree# tongue, an Eunygh ſignified more largely, vis. any attendant in the Chamber. 1A nzme comnon to the Queens of that Countrey ; as all the Kings of
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which made him expreſs tuch delice afrer it ; which elle he hd no; done.
37 And Philip faid, If thou believeſt 72 with all thin;
Ezyp:t were called Pharach's, and the Emperors of Germany are Called hearr, thon mayeſt, And he anſwered 360 ſaid, nv, Colors. wm heing a Profelyte, he had been to worſhip God 1n that believe that Jeſus Chriſt is the Son of God. la |
tol:mn F<ſtival of rhe Patlover.
28 Was returning, and fiiting in his chariot, zread though we can diſcern no other, yet God can, arftl will not bs mart. 0%. ed ; Philip in Gods name? requires a faith with all the heart, ang nx 11+
L-ſaias the prophet.
He had ſome knowledge of the true God, whom he came to j ſuch as $:407 Mage had, who is ſaid to believe, and be baptizig, v1 &
worſhip, 2nd he endeavours after more ; and to him that thus
bath, ſhell be given : and they that thus ſeck, ſhall find ; God will | rightly underſtood : The Eunuch was inſtructed concerning (jo our of the Law, and was one of them that waited for his Salvacign.
which here he acknowledgeth to be onely found in Chriſt, whoy 1 owns to be the Meſſiah, who made his Soul an off:ring tor (in, :;,
rather waik a Miracle, than that any that ſincerely deſire, and
=o? "okr endeavour to know him, or his will, ſhould be dilap- Pointed.
29 o Then the ſpirit ſaid unto Philip, p Go near, and q jovn thy [elf to this charior.
o The Spirit, either by the Miniſtery of an Angel, as ver. 26. or by infp:ration 1n1mediately by himielf. p So near that you may ſpeak with him that fits in it. 9 Stick cloſe unto it, and leave it nor,
zo And Philip r ran thither to him, and heard him s read the Prophet Efaias, and faid ;, Underſtandelſt thou whatthou readelt ?
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and was wounded for our tranſgreſſions, 1/2. 53. for all theſe t!;ys;
Philip had told him were meant of our Saviour, which he 41 tx. lieve vere fo to be underſtood.
33 And he commanded the chariot to ſtand ſtill : in; they went down botho intothe water, both Philip a;4 the eunuch ; and he baptized him.
o In hot Countries this was uſual, to baptize by dipping the boy
| in the water ; and to this the Apoſtle alludes, when he tells theG rinthians, 1 Cor. 6.11. that they are waſh:zd, but God will ye "MA PE : cy icrifice; ſprinkling being aſking z loud voice ; *tis like, to inftru& tome of his atten. | EY» and _ ſacr, fic Ks; _% =— effeQual a be 2
and as ſignificant alſo, repreſenting the ſprinkling of the blocd ofth:
Gantt, 7 Wichout underſtanding, our reading is butas the tinkling Paſchal Lamb, of which we read, Exod. 12. 3. which preſignife , " »A Ueb. #2 . F HV y14124
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bh. for s , T, ' WY 31 And IC aid t, How 7 I,except ſome man ſhould way the fins of the world ; and our hearts muſt by it be ſprinkled gvide me ? and he delired Phibp that he would come Up, | from an evil conſcience, Hed. io. 22. Ir is not the more or the |:
and fit with him.