Ch. i r. Blgfpheming the St. Matthew. Holy Ghof . Ch. 12i Lord of heaven and earth, becaufe led fearful Souls.For my fervice and Law is gra- thou haft hid thefe things from the cious,and ealie, fitted to the relief of the guilty wife and prudent, and haft revealed anddiftreifed, and all that T lay n youby my word and works is light in comparifonof the them unto babes. 26. Even fo Fa- heavy burdens that youundergo. ther, for fo it feemed good in thy fight. 2s, 26. Then Jefus raid to God his Father, I thank thee, O Father, who being Lord of Heaven and Earth, haft the abfolute right to diC pofe ofall, that thou haft cholen the defpifed unlearned fort ofmen to makeknown effedhu. ally the Gofpel of falvation to, rather than the men of reputation for learning and wifdom in the world, andhaft left proud felt.conceired menin their ignorance, whilft thouhaft taught the humble and meek. This pleafeth me, as being the choice and good pleafure of thy wifdom. 27.. All things are delivered unto me ofmy Father : and no man know- eth the Sen but the Father: neither knoweth any man the Father fave the Son, and he to whomfoever the Son will reveal him. 27. All things are deliveredby the Father to me, upon my right of Redemption, in order to the ends of my faving office ; fo that I am (under theDivine nature) even in nay humanity made the univerfal Owner, Ruler, and 8enefa- ofer. And as none can comprehend the my- fiery of my Perlon, Office, and Works, fave the Father thatfentme, fo none can favingly knowGod the Father, but the Son, and ; he to whom the Sonwill make him known, by the Gofpel and the illumination of the Spirit. 28. Come unto the all ye that la- bour, and are heavy laden, and will give you reft. 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn ofme, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye fhall find reft unto your fouls. 3o. For my yoke iscarte, and my burden is light. 28, 29, 3o. Come to me all ye that are un- der the llaveryof Sin and Satan, and under Godadifpleafure by your guilt, and under the burdenfome ceremonious and curling Law, and the Phatifees tutorage, and under the toil of a poor a91ie4ed condition in the world; andI will give you deliverance and reft. Take en youthe yoke of my Government and Cove- nant, and learn of meas your teacher by my Doéhrine and Example : for I am meek and lowly, and my DoEhines are not faked to the Pomp and Grandeur of this world, nor to the intereft and mind of the proud and covetous, but to men ofa low and humble quality ; and in this you !hall find reft to your tired, troub- CHAP. XII. r. e T that time Jefus went on the 1 l fabbathday through thecorn, and his difciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and toeat. Note, Both the labour and the early eating teem here meant, but fpecially the firft. 2. But when the Pharifees faw it, they faid unto him, Behold thy difciples dothat which is not lawful to do upon the fabbath-day. - 2. Art thou a good Teacher who fuffereft thy Difciples'to break God'sLaw ? Note, That the Pharifeescontroverfre againft Chrift was, that he was notreligious, and ftrilh enough in keeping God's Law : fo that pre- tended ftri&nefs is nu proof that men are in the right. 3. But he laid unto them, Have ye not read what David did when he was an hungred, and they that were with him. q. How he entred into the houfe of God, and did eat the thew-bread, which was not lawful for him to eat,neither for themwhich were with him, but only for the priefts ? 5. Or have ye not read in the law,how that on the fabbath days the.priefs in the temple profane the fabbath, and are blamelefs ? 3, 4, 5. Your ftri&nels and your accufation of my Diíèiples, are butfrom your ignoranceof xhe Scripture. Have ye not read that hunger juftifiedDavid and hiscompany for eating the confecrated Bread, which elfe none but the Prieftsmight lawfully eat. And that thePriefts in the Teròple labour on the Sabbath, and breakthe outward reft ofthe day,which would be profanation, did not theTemple fervice ju ftifie it. . 6. But I fay unto you, that in this place is one greater than the temple. 6. But ifthe Temple Cavitecan juftfie labour, 1 am greater than theTemple, and my fervice and authority can juftifie it. 7. But ifye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not facrifice, ye would not have con- demned the guiltlefs. 7,. If
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