Chap.2. acording to St M A T r t-t E vv. Zt capitall queftion ; givingfuch figues of the Mefíias, as didevident- ly agree tojefus Chrift. Yet were they for their obf}inacy fo infa- tuated, that when God (hewed them the man to whom their own fignes agree, they cannot allow of him. Unleffe the Lord give a minde as Well as means ; fight,as well as light, and irradiate theor- ganas well as theobjet, we grope,asblinde men in thedarke ; we erre inheart, as not knowingGods waits : yet cannot wander tò Ia'S9ro. wide, as to miffe of hell ; tooriginall blìndeneffe, we adde actuall fal.91, ftubbornnefle,the devil holding his black hand(as it were)aforeour eyes,thac wemay not fee and be Paved, AOS 16.19. Verfe 6. *sAnd thou Bethlehem, in the Landof Iudah, artnot the leafs.] Thouart the leaft, faith Micah, viz. incomparifon of Mic. s.z. greater Cities, yet not the leafs, faith ',Matthew ; becaufe out of thee (hall come a Governour,dr. In Scripture, the placeofholy mens birth is remembred and regiftred : Godloves the very ground his fervants tread on. The Lo>dfh,ll count, when he numbreth up P1111.87.,7, thepeeple,that ti is man was born there : howmuch more the man (hilt jefus ? Any inter&& or relation tohim, ennobleth wharf-0- ever place or perfon ; and may jufl lycomfort us againft whatfoever troubles. The Prophet Micah, whole words are here cited, oppo- feth the birch of this babe of Bethlehem, to all the troops and trou- Mic bles of 'Oriel. Foront ofthee [hallcome a Governour] No fooner is this childe born,this Son given to us,but thegovernment is laidupon his fhosel- ders ; as the key of the hou'eof Davidwas uponEliakims, Ifa. 22,22. fendye therefore aLamb to this Ruler ofthe Land, /(4.16. i. dohim all hearty homage and fealty. That Jhall rule mypeople] Or feed them ; for theart of feed- ,,,y.;-. ing and ruling are lifters. David w4s taken from following the ews,to feed Gods people; fo was Mofes, in whole absence, how A zttoaee foon was lfrael,as filly iheep,gone out of theway ? Chrift is the °' d na. Archßie1herd, that feeds his people daily, daintily, plentifully, pe a pleafantly, among the lilies, Cant. 2 16. yea, in his garden ofi- Cant.h.iç, ces, ingreen paftures of his word, and by the It Ill waters ofhis aa- Pfal.z3.s,;. craments, where pre go in and out, and Pete pafture, Joh. i o.8, such as breeds iife,and lift in moreabundence,ver. i o. We lie down in peace, Icr,23 4. and need not fear the fpirituall Affyrian, Micah5.5. Whiles we. keep us within the hedge, and run to the fodderingplaces; lubmitting to theMini(ters, thofe under- fhep_ herds, Cast.i.7,8. who are charged to feed Chnfts fheep, his C 3 Cheep
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