Of the P(ff}ler - - t. THe termes of remitting and retaining may be takert many wayes; • ~~~7::~~ · To the end then, that wee may the more cleerdy conceive th t underfiood. which fl1all be faid, it will be expedient,rhat fidl of all we unde~- fland, in what fenfe efpecially; and according to whac refemblance thofe termes are to be taken. • ' The original T~is may wee bell: doe o~t of our Sal!iour Chrifls owneCommiJSion: fromChrifts For, th1s ofthe Apoflles IS nothmg elfe but a branch out of His which He ~•mmiffi•"· H. r.lfi ( · ) h d h h ' ,_ · lmH: e as man a ere upon eart • For as man . He Himfelfe was · fent, .and w~s ~nointed with theSpirit,. and proteed~d byCommiflion. luke +I~· . H1s [omm!fi'ton we finde Lnke4- wh1ch He Himfelfe read in the Syna. ;E.ray 6!·I~ gogue at Na.\:areth at His firfl: entring on it : Which is original!J recorded Efay 61. Wherein, among others, this power is one,to preach;_~,., (that is) rJ{_em!JSion, as it is turned here; or deliverance, as it is turned there: but the word is one in both places; and that refpeCl:ively toraptiws : and (as it followeth in that place ofEJay) to them that are bound, the opening of the prifon. Sinne,anlm· ·Which very terme(of CaptilJes or fuch as are inprijon) doeh open unto prlfotmmt. us, with what ref~rence or refpeCl:, this terme ofremitting, or lettinggo, is to be conceived. And as it was in His, fo mull ic be underfiood here in this,fince this is but derived from that ofChrifts. · The minde oftheHoryGhojhhen, as inother places by diverfeothet refemblances, fo·in this here, is to compare the }inners cafe to the ellace q£a perfon imprijimed. And indeed, who (o well weigheth the place; it cahnot wdl be taken otherwife. For, not onely here, but·elbvherc (\'>Vhere this Pptver is expreffed) it feemeth ever, tobe wirh reference (as it Mat.!6.19· vvere) topartfes committed. The very terme of the !(eyes (wherein ic was promifed, and wherein it is moll: ufually delivered;) the term~s ofopeMat.x8.IS. ni1~and jhutting, feeme to have relation (as it were) to the prifon-gate. The termes 'of binding and loafing, (~s it were) to the fetters or hands. And thefe .hete of lettinJ;'fortb, or flill detaining(all and everyofchem) fl!emeto havean eviderlt rel~tion, to a prifoners eftate; as ifjimze were a prifon, and the cafe offinners, like theirs that are fhut ttp. Verily, as fin ne at the fidlin commicting,feeme~h fll>eete; that me? lob •o. r.. c:tnnot bee got to JPit it out (faich lob) but hold it cl.o~e undertheir tongues, till they have [wallowed it downe; but after 1t 1s.c?mmmed; Ier·•· ·,g. the finner findech chen chat it is Malum& amarum dereltquif]e Vomwun (faith the Pro~>bet-) tha~ it turneth eo a bitter and cholerike matter,. 0 [ ' / r ' wh!Cu
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