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Reafons why
this
verfe
belongs
toChrif
ions as
we.'l
as ilpoßles
wellfare of the
whole Army
depends
on you, nay,
the
wellfare-
of the
whole
Kingdome depends
on you
;
thiswill
put
courage
into
any
man
of
the
world,
when
he
knoweth the
great
thing
which
depend
on
him.
Now,
faith
Chria,
what
if
you
be
pr-
fecuted,
goe
on
in
your wayes
;
for ye are
the
fait
of
the earth,
ye
are
the
light of the world, therefore goe
on.
Te
are
the
fait
of
the
earth.
I
confeife
that almoa
all
Interpreters
doe
carry
thefe words,
as
to the Difciples, to the
Apof}les, thofe
that were fent to
preach unto others ,
ye
are
the
fait
of the
earth, but
all
doe not
goe
that
way.
One learned
Interpreter
faith,
I
doe not fee
fufficient caufe
to
ref}raine
thefe
things
.meerely
to the
Apof}les
;
and
he gives two
reafons for
it,
why
it
doth
belong
to
Chrif}ians
as
well
as
to the
Apof}les.
Firft
,
Saith
he
,
all
the
former words belong generally
to
all Chrif}ians,
as
poore
in
fpirit, they that
mourne,
the meeke,
they
which
do hunger
and
thiril after
righteoufnefle, the
mer-
ciful',
the
pure
in
heart, the
peace
-
makers,
and
they
which
are
perfecuted
and
reviled.
All
thefe belong not
onely
to
the
Apoffles
, but
to
all Chrif}ians
;
and
why
not this
as
well
as
the
former
?
Secondly, The
fecond reafon
is
this
,
That that
follows
in
the 16 verfe,
belongs
to
Chriflians
,
as
appears from the 2
Chap.
of
Phil.
i
5
verfe.
That
ye may
be
blamelefe
and harm
-
le
f
fe,
tjae
f
ns
of
God Without
rebuke in the
midit
of
a
crooked
and
perverfe nation
;
among whom
ye
fhine as
lights in the
world.
Ton
are
thofe
that
are
the
lights,
that
are
fhixtng
in
the
world.
Thirdly,
And
a
third
reafon
is
in
the
latter
parr
of
this i
3
verfe.
But
If
the
falt
have
loft
hisfavour,
wherewith (hall
it
be
fatted
,
it
is
thenceforth
good
for
nothing,
but
to be
call
out,
and
to be
troden
under
-feot
of
men. Chrif}
apparently
(peaks
to the
multitude. In the 14
Chap. of
Loki:,
z 5.
34 verfes,
compare
them together.
e/Ind
there
went
great
multitudes
with
him,,
.Ind he
turned and
faid
unto
them:
Salt
is
good, but
if
the
fall
have
loft
his
favour ,
wherewith
(hall it
be
feafoned.
Therefore
faith
thislearned
Interpreter,
both former
and
latter
belongs
Chrifiians
;
ye
are then the
fait
of the
earth,
Firft,