Chap.x.SeCl.7 Looking uvto1efru. Booic IV.Parr.3 571 in fecret, (i.) nothing in _the leaft manner tending to [edition; my doctrine I brought w1th me from the bofome of my ~ather, it is the everla(hng Gofpel, and not of yefterday; and 1t containc5 nothing in it om:dition, faction, rebellion, treafon; aske thefe mine enemies, thefe who have apprehended, and bound me, and brought me hither; they k.!tow what Ifaid,let them fpeak if they can, wherein I have tranfgrdfed the law. , 2. For the ftroke given Chrifl by that bafe femmt; · one of the officers which flood by, ftroa~e 'fefus_ with the palme of his ha~d, faying, anfwereft thou the hzgh Pmft fo .? that holy face whtch Jo1:!.18,u. was defigned to be the object of heaven, in the beholding qf which much of the celeftial glory doth confifr; that face which the Angels itare upon,with wonder, like infants at a bright Sunhearne, was now fmitten by a bafe varlet in the prefence of a Judge; and howfoever tbe alfembly was full, y_et not one a· mong!l: them all reproved the faCt, or fpake a word for Chrift; nay,in this the injury was heightned, becaufe the blow was faid to be given by <..Malchm an Idumean jlave ; itwa5 he whofe h . l eare was cut off by Peter, and cured by Chrift, and thus here. f,1 rzfb Jom.~z. quires him for his miracle.- among!l: all the fufferings of Chri!l: 'fo ' one would think this were bat little, and yet when I look into Scriptures, I finde it much; thus 'feremy, heliveth J:is cheekJ to "him that fmiteth him, he is filled full n·itb reproach. Thus Micah L . {peaking of Chrifr, they jha!tfmite the 'fudge of![rae! wlth a rod am,J.JO upQn the cheek_ ; there was in it a world of fhame; the Apofile Mica.5 r~ I ayes it down as a figne of fuffering and reproach, if a man fmite you 6n the face; nothing more difgrl!cefstl (faith Chryfofhme) than ~ C?r,u.w. to be [mitten on the cheek_; the diverfe reading of the word fpeaks ~brrj. bom.Bz.. it gut fu rther, he flrok.p him with a rod, or he ftroks him }vit h th/n .~ob. • ! f h. h d ' l d f': • Cfl. Ul ; ($' 'IJ/f• pa me" ':' a~ : ~J'~"~< pi..,,rr,w.~., t 1e wor pi'1i!trr1.uJ., 1ay lome, gam & crepi· refers to IllS l1:~·1ktng wtth a. rod,. o.r du~, or fbooe, or pantoffie; da~ fig~ificat, or as others, 1t refers to !11> finkwg With the palme of his hand. Lez. em. ~au. of the two, the palme of his hand is judged more difgracefu!' than either rod, or fhooc; and therefore in the text we tranflat~ it, with the p.. dme of the hand he.ftruck.. at 'fefM, (i.) with open *I~ h d hh . h d *jf h d >a'-<tQlor pu~. an , wtt . ts an ret~ e out. . no, f!g.w1; patThe anttents commentme on tbts cuffe ; let the hedvens be m.t. Idem. afraid (faith one) and let rhe earth tremble at Chrifts patie111 :r, <;:brijbfl.bom St · Dddd 2 ~tndznJoiM r~.
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