319 A Commentary upon the Go(frel Chap.9. Verfe i x. But when 7e(tu heard thae, befaid] Hencewe learn, múvv "`"' that although it be a fervile bufineffe, as Plato calleth it, and an i ¢~ endleffepiece of work tomake anfwerand apology to all flanders. mrvxòv Ycate, P ~ yet where Gods glory is intere{Td, and the falvation ofother mens fouls hazarded, we mull endeavour the clearing of our names, and therighting of our injuries atad indignities call upon us. But let this be done with meeknefleofwifdom, with weight of reafon, not ltteat of paflion , and rather in Gods words then in our own, as here. Vcrfe 13. They that be whole.] There arc none fuck, but in conceit only. The civil Jufttciary ails nothing, complains of no- thing, is ar ad a Rech : but no filch found heart cancome to heaven : as (in another fenfe) nonebut found can come there : on- ly fenfible (inners arecapable ofcure andcomfort,fuch as fee theta- felves Chriflleffe creatures. Neednot the Phyftian. ] And the Phyfitian nerds them as lit- tle : he came not, caresnot for them, they have as much help from him as they feel. Prefumption is as a chain to their neck, end they believe their interetl in Chri[l, when it is no fuck thing : They make a bridge of their own fhadow, and fu fall into the brook ; they perifh by catching at their own catch, hanging on their own fancy, which they falllÿ call and count faith. Verfe Y4: Butgoye, and learn what, &c. ] I i the hiflory of /elm, Chriff found the myflery ofhis death, buriall and refurre- ion. Ref} not in the [hell of the Scriptures, but break it, and get out the kernel, as the fenfe is called, ludo. 7. 15. flick not in refhibro, "the the bark, but pierce into the heartofClods Word. Lawyers fey, bkin2 slea/llut' of that Apicesjarsneintint jam , The letter of the Law, is not the Law, but the meaning of it. John never refted, till the fealed book was opened. Pray for the fpirit of 'revelation, plow with Gods heifer, and-we (hall underftand his riddles, provided that we wait in the ufe ofall good means, till God irradiate both or- gan andobjeii. I rillhave merry.] Both that which God (hews tous,and t'tat which we Phew to others, fpirituall and corporal!. Steep thy thoughts (faith one)irt the mercies ofGod, and they will dy thine, as the dy -fat doth the cloth, Col.3.12. I came not to call the righteetu.] Thole that arc good in their own eyes, and claim heaven as the portion that belongs unto. *cm.
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