I Chap.1.Secr.4 Looking ur.Jto 1efU4. Boox IV· ' 413 beleeved the word that {efm had Jfcken umo him, and he went his way; and in the way one meets htm and rells him, thy Jon livet~; ver. 51· which recovery he underfl:ands tQ be at the fame ttme that Chnft had fpoken rhofe falutary and healing words, and himfelf beleeved ver. H · and hs w~ole boufe. 2. *Now was it that a centurion came unto Chrijl befeechint. Ma~ rh, ~· ~' 6. him and rarin!T my rervant lyeth Ill homejick of the paflirgrievouf- • 11 • 1 mh!lbkc • J' 6 ' J' . · J' Y no · mr eyear, t; ttrmented. Many fuitors come to Chnfl:, one for a fon, ano. lfh,ll not contherfor a daughter, a third for himfelfe, but I fee none come for rend, becaure his fervant but this one Centurion; and if we obferve Chrifl:s in rhis yeare anfwers to his f:1ite, we fee how well pleafed is Chrifi with his only~ lhal~ a T fi f. · h h' I '/! d h I h. ment iOn h1S reqneH . twd e u; alt unto tm, wt csme an ea e ,zm. . 1 ' . · r mtra.c cs .. vVbe .1 the Ruler entreated htm for ~ts ton, come ~o.,•n ~re he dyr, 1-et'. 7 , Chrifl: fi-irr'd not a foot, but now thts Centunon complames only ofbisfervanrs fickneffe, and Cbrif\: offers [;imfelfe, 1 will comr, f!nd ht·tde him; he that carne in the fbape of a fervant, would rather go down to tlie (ick fervant then to the Ruler$ [on: he t5 no reJP.c[fer ofperf ons,' but he that f eareth him,. and workph righteouf Mts 10.3 4,3 f "c)Je u accepted of him: it may be this poore (ick fervant had more grace, or very probable it is he had more need, and therefore Chrift (ro choofe) will go down to viGt this poore fick fervanr-. Nay faic.; the Centurion, I 11m not worthy L ord, that thou {hrmldfl ver, 2-, come under my roofe, q. d. alas Lord, I am a Gentile, an Alien, a man of blood; but tlrvu arr holy, thou art omnipotent; and therefore only fay the word, flrJd my _fer vant fhall b.: whole; muke this 0 my foul it is but a word of Cbrift, and my fins iliall be rernined, my foul he~led, my.body raifed, and foul and body gloritied for ever. The Centurion knew this by the command he had ov~r his own ferva nrs, I f. ;y to thu man go anJ•he goes, and ,. toamther comeand he comes, and to at hird do rhu and be d,th it : ve ' 9 • in way of application; Oh that I were fuch a fervant to my heavenly Mafl:er Alas, every of his com:nan1~ (ayes, Do thir;and I do it not, every of his inhtbittons faies . dQ it not, .tnd I do it;· he faies, go from tfle >vurld, and I runt~ it, be faies come to me, and1 run from him. Wo is me. !his i~ not fervice, but enmity; Oh that I could come up to the ta1th and obedience ofthis exemplar, that I could ferve my Chrill: as thefe fouldiers did their Mafl:er! Jefu.~ m~rveile! atthe Cenrrirtons faith ; we never finde Chrif\: ver, 10, w.ondenng at gold, or filver, or coflly and curious works of huGgg 3 mane
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