298 A Commentary uponthe ,o(Jel Chap.7. Verfe 28. end it came topaffe, when7eft had ended theft FT. ings. ] All this then was but one Sermon, though twice preach ed at feverall times, asfome colt&out of Luke. A longSermon it was, andyet the people timid it out. So did not thole Caper. mites, Joh,6, and therefore fell away fromChrill : So did not doh, t3. Palm, and therefore met thedevil at the door. Itis a lamentable thing, that a winters-tale (hall be heard with more patience and pleafure then a powerful' Sermon : that ifa Preacher exceed his glaffe fometimes, peoplefit at as little eafe, as if they were in a zekaa fit ofan ague : and others prophanely turn their backs upon the Canom,3z. Propitiatory, and depart without the blefiing. In the Councel of Agadion it was decreed that none fhould prefume to go out be- fore theMinifier had blefíed the Congregation. And in the fourth Councel of Carthaje, Let him that goes out of the Auditory, when the Minitier is fpeaking to the Congregation, be excom- municated, Ite mi fa of , `- otsAsa's werethe old fortes ofdifmif- Gnn. And although Zachary was long ere-he came forth, yet the people flaied his coming. But the Wordache Lord is to the wicked ahurthen, Jer.2743, cords andbonds, /Tee 2,3. Yokes and bonds,2er.5 ,5. Hence they are fo fuon fated, and their attenti- ons tired out and jaded, as it were. Thepeople 'wereaflonifhedat his doctrine, ] They were firangely iE7rx t 1 ° tranfported and rapt with an eetafie ofadmiration and amazement. a"`m"' They were at fach a paff., that they could neither fay nor do, but gttafi att°,qt, nec !Thleirur, (food amazedwith their eyes let in their heads, as the word itn- necqutct'aa a- porteth. And furely the word never worketh fokindeiy,as when fir f:1 apertie it isreceived with admiration: yet may we not reit in that, as o:ul s at+gaan- too many do ; but get it mingled with faith in our hesrtc, that tt .rqusz.e works by love, holdinyfall thefaithfullword,, as 'Paul bids Timothy, rrra"et. Lyter, that part ofit efpecially that in hearinghe is pleated tofweeten unt tous by the tafle ofhis fpeciall gooines. Vetfe z9. For he taught them as one having authority. ] Never man fpake ashe fpake, laid thofe Catch-poles that came to take him, but were taken by him. For matter, his do;lrine was not 3311.7. 18, his own, but his Fathers that f nt hicn. For manner, this Prince.- of Preach?rs had the tongue of?he learned : yet. without ,eitentati Iees° 4 onoflearning ,he ¿'elivcred himflf fo plainlyo that the fmplïO' might conceive him, and fo powerfully that his enemies could ath,1x.14, not but confeffe, that he ryas true, andtaught the rz-ay of God trrrly; , And for end, l:e f;rioußy fought his Fathers glory, in the falva- tion
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