E 526 Serm. 2 Co1.2.9 . Vfque ad ftu- yore,n percalft. Budaus. Minime ob- jurgans. fed rem fidenter & modefle qua revs. Btugen- fis. John g. 4. How muff we make Religion our bufine.fs ? Luke 2.49. will ye not that I mull be about my Fathers bufinefs. ?= a Hefe are the words of our Lord Jefus whole lips f dropped as an hony-comb ; the occafion was this ; Chriti having the fpirit of wifdom and. fanetity powred on him without mea fure be- ing but twelve years old, goes to the Temple, and fell a difputing with the Doftors, verf. 46. where íhould Learning bloffom but upon that Tree which did bear feve"rall forts of fruit ? Who could better interpret fccrets, than be who.lay in his Fathers bo- fom ? all that heard him were aflonifhed at his ssnder f anding., veri. 47. In the greek it is i. rcue7o, they were out of' themfelves with admiration : well might they admire, that he who never had been at th, Univerfity fhould be able to filence,the greac. Rabbies ; ?ohn 7. 15 How knoweth this man letters having never learned ? while they were wondring, his Mother ( who was ')ow crime to f.ek him,) propounds this Qeftion, Son why haft thou time dealt with ua ? verf. 48. that is why haft thou put us to all this ja hour iD Peeking thee ? in the words of the Text Chriftmakes a rational a_:d religious reply, W>ft ye not that 'mug be about my Fathers bufinefs t in the greek if is Tts sus "morós µú, in the things of my Father. As ifChi.i "t had laid, T mull_ be doit g the work which rnyjacher in Heaven bath fec me about, for this r,cei.'ed T my miffion and unction, that ? might do the will of him that fent me ; what am I in the wot. -'s for but Ao pr.csnotL E.!1; r1,,, propagate his truth, and be as a load -Star to draw fouls to Heaven? Wi fi ye not that I muff be about my Fathers bnfinefs. From
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