7 7. e. There was no Guile in his Mouth, it js an Hebraifm. ty be found 1s the ſame as to be, and not to be ſ1und, the ſame as wt th be, Gen, 2. 20, Tia. 39. 2. See Rem. 7. 10. h This fignific; Chriſt's abſolute PerteGtion, in that he did not offend ſo much xx with his Mouth, 7am. 3. 2. The Senſe is, Chriſt was free from a!l manner of Sin, and yer he ſuffercd patiently; and therefore ell may ye be content to ſuffer too, though wrongfully ; ſeeing thouzh ye-may be innocent in your Sufferings, yet you come fo far ſhort of Chriſt's Perfe&1on,
23 * Who when he was reviled / reviſed not a51in 7, when he ſuftered z he threatned nor » but |} con: :-.;; mitted h/m/eff p to him that judgeth righteouſly, 156.4.
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tors caſt out againſt him. m Therefore when he told the Jews they /* *? were of their Father the Devil, John 8. 44. that was not a rovi- © ling them, but a juſt Accuſation of them, or Reproof of their 1 viliſh Behaviour. n When he was affetted not only with verha;, but real Injurics, buffeted, ſpit upon, crowned with Thorns, couch. ed. 0 He was lo far from avenging himſelf, or recompenciag «vi! for evil, that he did not fo much as threaten what he wou!ld aicer- ward do to them. þ Or, his cauſe, as in the Margin ; neither ': in the Greeh, but cither may be well ſupplied, and to the ſame purpote. The Senſe is, Chriſt did not retaliate, nor a& any thing out of pri- vate Revenge, but ſo referr'd himſelf, and the judgment of 115 Cauſe to his Father's good Pleaſure, as rather to defire Parcon tur his Perſecutors, than Vengeance on them, Lube 23. 34. The 4Apo- ſtle adds this of God's judging rizhteoully, for the comfort of Ser- vants to whom he ſpeaks, as Eph. 6. 8, 9. Col. 3. 25. and 4. 1. and for the terror of Maſters, that the former might learn Paticnce, and the latter Moderation. |
24 * Who his own ſelf q bare our fins 7 in his own , body / || on the tree 7. f that we being dead unto bn g,1., ſhould live z unto righteouſneſs, by whole 1tripes ye | or, were healed x. | 2 6 q Not by offering any other Sacrifice ( as the Levitical Prictis 2 did ) but Ly that of himſelf. » Or, took up, or lifted up, in atlu- 7: fion to the Sacrifices of the Old Teitament, the ſame Word being uſed of them, Heb. 7. 27. Jam. 2. 21. As the Sins of the Offcrer were typically laid upon the Sacrifice, which, being ſubſtituted 1n his place, was likewiſe ſlain in his ſtead ; fo Chriſt ſtanding in our room, took upon him the guilt of our Sins, and bare their Puniſh- ment, Ia. 53. 4 dc. The Lord laid on him our Inquities, and he willingly took them up; and by bearing their Curſe, took away our Guilt. Or, it may have reſpe& to the Croſs, on win! Chriſt being lifted up, (7obn 3. 14, 15- and 12. 32.) took up our 0M with him, and expiated their Guilt by undergoing that De ath which was due te us for them, / This doth not exclude his Soul, but 15 rather to be underſtood by a $; ncchdoche, of his whoite Punan Nature, and we have the Sufferings of his Soul mentioned, Ft 53: 10, 12. John 12, 27.) but mention is mode of his Rody, 2ecauie the Sufferings of that were moſt vitible. * On the Crof. # Aller ther end of Cliriſt's Death, the Mortiioat ion of 519, ate ©
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Chap. I1!: ing freed from the Dominion of it, Rom. 6. 2, 6. and being retorm- ed to a Life of Holineſs. x |I'iz. Of the Wound made 1n your
Souls by Sin. This ſeems to relate to the Biows that Servants
might receive of Cruel Maſters, againſt which the Apoſtle comtorts
them, and to the patient bearing of which he exhorts them, becaule
Chriſt by bearing Stripes (a ſervile Puniſhment) under which may
be comprehendcd all the Sufferings of his Death, had healed them
of much worſe Wounds, and ſpiritual Diſeaſes, the Guilt of their
Conlciences, and the Defilement of their Souls.
| 25 For ye were y as ſheep going aſtray 2, but are . 4+ now * returned to the Shepherd «, and Biſhop 5 of
; vour Souls.
y While ye continued in your Judaiſm, and had not yet received
the Gofpel.” xz From Chriſt the great Shepherd, and the Church
of Belicvers his Flock, and the way of Rizhteouſnels in which he
leads them. Ye were alienated trom the Life of God, bewildred
and loft in the way of Sin, Jſz. $3.6... 4-In your Convertion to the Faith, 5 Chriſt the good Shepherd, 75h. 1c. that takes Care Of
Souls, as a Shepherd doth of his Sheep. © Superint-ndent, Inſpettor,
or, as the Hebrews pliraſe it, Viſitor, 7, e. He that with Care looks
to, inipetts, and vifits the Flock. This he adds tor the Comfort (as
of all Believers, ſo) particularly of Servants, that even they, as mean
as they were, and as much expoſed to Injuries, yet were under the
Carc and Tuition of Chrift,
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Vives muſt be (ubje® to Husbant's ; and adorn mt the outward but the hidden Man, after the Fxem:ple of holy Wemen of Old, efpectally Sa- rh, LS, Haslands mult dive!l with ther Wives wit h Under- Santi, > He eatnts t1 mitual Live, Forbearance, and Peace- ablenc;s, with a Pron.iſe of Ged's Bleſſings Not to fear when they ſuffer inncently, but be always re rdy to give a Reaſon of their Hope, 1 3--— 17, This urged, by the Example of Chrift's Sufferings and their iſe; and the contrary Exumple of the Puniſhment of the D:jo- bedience oj the jirlt World *n the times of Noah; his Deliver.znce by the Ark , whereof Baptiſm *is an Antitype, which direds us to the Reſurretim and Glory of Chiilt, 18 ———-22,
* Fph. 5. Ikew:!:7 ye wives, be in Tubjection to your own a
2. _— husbands, har it any obey not the word 56,
os 3:18. f they allo may wichour the word © be won d by the : 1 Gor, 7, Converſation of the coves s = ws
p a This he add+ oth to nitti;ate the Diczculty of the Duty, SubjeFon,
in that they were their own Huchands to whom they were to be ſub-
ject, and likewiic to bound and circumlcrioe their Obedience, that
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. Beauty and adorning of Womens Souls cont:{1-