590 VIRS.I). An Expofition, with Notn which they fay , give it a v1lue and a merit. ob[erva·t. 5• 5• That fins arcJJften the caufe of Ji.c/zncJJ!s; we may thank o:lr felves for our difeafes; The Rabbins fay, that when Ad11m tailed the forbidden fruit, his head aked; certainly there was the rife and root of mans mifery. 1 Cor. 1 I. 30. For this caufemany arc fick._ " . andweak., &c. the body is often the inftrument offins, and theret– fore the object ofdifeafes;theplague & fore of the heart caufeth that of the body : 'tis very notable that Chrill ih all his cures pointethat the root of the difeafe_, Mat.9.1.•Be ofgoodcbeer,thy fins arejtJrgi– ven thee; It would have been an ineffetl:uall cure without apardon; while lln remaineth, you carry the matttr of the difeafe about you, So John 5. 14. Sin no more,left aworfe thing come unto thee; obe– dience is ~he bell Phyfick; while fin remaineth, the difiemper may be ftopped,but not cured, it will break out in aworfe fore and fcab: The Prophet Ifaiah faith of Chrifi , Ifa -53. 4· he hath born our griefs, and carry edDHr fo.,.rows; che meaning is, the punithment of our fins : {o Se~int Peter applitth ir, 1 Pet : 2. 24. He 6are our fins on hu oWn body on·the tru, wh1ch is the exprefs r~ading ofthe Sep· tuagint; but nowMat thew applyech it eo Chr1fis a1re officknet:. fes, Mat. 8. 1 7· That it might be fulfilled which was jpokfn by Ifaias the Pr9phet, be took._our inftrmitits, and bare our fick.!tef{es: how lliall we ·reconcile thofe places ? I anfwer thus , in taking a– way fick..nefl,which is the effrf1, Chriil: would reprefent taking away jin,whkh is theCaufo;Chriil:s ·aC\: in t~kingaway f!~knefs was a type oftakingaway fin;now Matthew applyeth that to the fign which did more propetly agree to the truth ir felf :or thing !ignified; for you may obferve,for the clearing ofthis and other Scriptures, chat as the Patriarchs in their Atl:ioos , and in what they did,were types of Chrifi; (o Chnfts own ACl:ions were in a manner types of what he himfelf would do more: principally : As calling out of Devils fignified the fpiriruall difpo!feffing of Satan,. and therefore there h~ppened fo many poifeffions in Chrills time;fo the curing of blind~ ne{s, the giving of fpiritual fight, and ral<ing away of fickoelfes, the pardoning of fins. Well then ., if fin be the caufe of ficknefs,.ifwe would preferve or recover healtb,lct us avoyd fin: Exod. I 5. 36. if thtJuWilt hftr/zmunto me I wilL brir;g none of thefe di(e"-fes upon . thee, &c. othorwife you may, as that woman, fpend your whole cfiate upon the Phylicians, and yet the caufe continue; .you lhall fee Deut. z8. 2 i ,zz, fin i·s t~reamed with the confnmption, feaver, · - · and
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