An8xpofitiM, U?ith N()tts tempt it; or to the other ifadminiilred, it would not prove fuccef– full ~ We fee unbeliefdid ponere obtcem, let and hinder our Saviours op~ation; Marlz. 6. 5. he could ao no might] W8rk.._, !cc. . Sh~ll{4vt the fick...l ~,;~..,, fave; He fpeaketh of a corpo– rall infirmity, and therefOre it is meant of acorporal falvation : that is, £lull refiore to health~ fo[ll-ving is ufed for healing: Mat. 9· zt. Marft6. )6. Were faved,or m~tde whole. / A14d the Lord /hall raife him up] s)'tfH', •ris ufed for a refur– retlion out ofdeath, and a refiauration eo health out of ficknefs; not only here, but elfewhere: Mark_.r. 31. He came and too~ htr by thehand, ~ ll)'Hfev ivT~v,lift he'r up , or raifed her np: So Mat.8. 15. n)'~f~11 ~ J'mx.GvH, She was r~ti[fd, and miniflrcd ta them. The rea{on of the word is, becaufe fick perfons lie upon their beds , and when they are recovered we fay , he is up again, upon his legs again. The Lord[ha!/ r.life him; th1s is added to lhew by whofe power it is done: Faichs worrh and efficacie liech in its object, fo that ,cis not Faithproperly~but qod t:fl!Led upon in faith, that faveth the fick. · .And if he have committed fins] w ·hy cloth the Apollle fpeak Hyp•thecaUy? who is there that can fay my he•rt uclean? Prov.zo. 9· I fuppofe the Apofile would imply tbofe fp~ciall fins, by which the difeafe was concra<.9:ed and fent ofGod : now herein he might fpeak by way offuppofition , ficknelfts being not always the fruit offins, but fometimes layed on, as a means to di[coYer Gods glory, JtJhn 9• 2. They jhall be fsrgiven him J Bpt how can another mans pr.tytr or [11ithobtain the remiffion of my fins?I anfwer,very well in Gods way , and as they procure means ofconvirfion anJ repentance for 111e; not as ifbecaufe they pray and believe, though I do what I will, I thall be forgiven; but they pray, and therefore God will give me an humble heart, and in the way of the Go(pel, the comfort of a pardon; for certainly we are to ask Spiritual matters for others, as well as Temporal; and ifwe ask, there mufi be fome hope at leaft that God will grant. Out of this verfe obferve, . · ob(er?JMo . ; J. Tluet mellrJS,whether m_Qr;e/ ?r ritn_al' Are. ~ fnr~her elf~ · t fh111l then the1 ftre accompaneed wzth Fatth; anomtmg wdl not do it, pr.trer will not do ic, but the prayer afFaith /ha//ft,ve the fick.J in the Primitive times , when miracles were in their.full force and wigour, the effeCl: is always afcribe4 tQ 'it.h~ Jl!flt.9. ~~;Thy Fh~:z
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