------------ ACommentary upon the Go(el. Chap.i, Chriffi meminifeel bemus, guar» re.{]irare. Thefoul fhould beas the Ark of God, the memory like the pot of Manna, preferving ho- ly truths touching him that is theWay,the Truth,and the life. Verle 18. Now thebirth o flefm Chrjf J AYovio -u ad vvno-ev tranfit. And being to relate a ftrange thing, and till then never heard of, he elegantly airs up the hearers minde with this preface. When& his mother MaryWas ejjotefed ] An ancient and com- mendable cuftom. Adam took, his wife the firaday of their crea- tion, (filewas efpoufed to him) but knew hernot, till after the fall : Lots daughters were efpoufed, yet had not known man, Gen.i9,8,14. See Deut.2a.aa. Yea, the very Heathens had their es euls, ludg.14.I,&c. Placuit,defpondi; nuptJs hicdiil ee eft dies, faith he in Terence. We agreed, were contracted, and the wedding-day appointed. To lofeph,before they came together, Efpoufed they were by a fpeciall providence. a. That À'faryalight not be held an harlot. 2. That beingbig, and needing neceffiry help, file might be pro- vided for. 3. That the myaeryofChrift might be made known by degrees. Alirari tiret, "r She wasfound with childe of theholy Ghof.] This wonder- ntarì non licet, 'fill conception of our Saviouris a myftery, not much tobepryed into, and is thereforecalled anoverfhadowing, Luk.1,35 Where allo,lca any fhould miaake this ( Of) in the text, for the materiali caufe : as if the holy (bolt had begotten him of his own fu'.3aance ( as fathers do their children,) the wholeorder and manner of this conception, fo far as concerneth us to know, is declared by the Angel. Verle 19. Then 7ofèph her hufband being a juft man] And yet withail a merciful' tender manof the Virgins credir.Hcnce that conflict and fear within himlelf,lefthe ihould not doe right. eucrt-iyget - eilndnot milling to make her a publike example That is, to rkeu. wrong her, as the fame word is ufed and expounded by the Au- Ne1e,Famiæc ireeu thour to the Hebrews of the Sonof God, as hereof the mother of rt p ' God. Heb. 6. 6. withHeb. Io. z er in, 9. ir<èuee rirui Was minded to put hor away privily] Which yet he could expocre.Ater, hardly have done, without blame to hi.nielf,and blcmiih to her. in toe, So farce out we are ( the belt of us) when'deacruceof divine dire- aion. Hoyt fhatnefuily was that good 7ofiah miscarried by his pallions to his colt, when he went up againft Pharaoh Necho,, without once adviling with Jeremiah, Zepbany, Huldah, or any
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