344 A Cimmeutary upon the Gû ogYel 'Chap as a note of infamy , his mother beholding it ( though his f eiv f'fla' -ther was an adverfary) encouraged her fon , crying with a s_ulrer. :anal Iotrd voice, Blcf1 d be Chri@, and welcome be thefe his prints and marks. Is not worthy of me.] via, Becaufe he holdcth not mo worthy ofmore love, then his beet friends. Eli, for Leking to pleafe his formes, v`Ifofe.r, his wife, had like to have lult a friend of God, who bad much adoe to forbear killing him, -.E cod. 4. 24. Verfe 38. Andhe that taIethnot rephie crop] Omni, Cbrif1ia. nets crrrciantte; faith Luther. Every Chriltian is fareofhis croffe but firft it mug be ( his) crofïe, fuch as God bath laid upon him, t King, 18 ,2' _ not fuch as he bath created to himself (as Baals Priefts, who cut themfelves with knives and launcers, the Circumcelliones ofold, and the Monks at thisday, with their voluntary pennanccs, c c,) Next, he mutt take it, and not flay till it be laid upon him; or then bear it, as an af% doth hisburden, becaufe he can neither will nor chufe : But he mug be attive in fuffering, and take Gods part againft himfclf. Nay he molt (as he may) be chearfull under his craft:, and thankful' for it, as a favour, an honour, AR.-S,4s, & 20.24. Thevery beafts take blows from their keepers. Turks, when cruelly latht by their officers, give them thanks,and go their waies. Porters go tinging under their burdens, c 'c. Levipufitpati, Hrrat, enti quicquidcorrigereeft nefte. ; Andßllometb after 'no] Or cometh not behinde me a and this not aioofoft; as Peter, Mat. 26. 58. but chafe at heels, as Caleb ßmptivit pot Numb.14.24, walking inChri:t, Col. z.6. as Chritt,T 7oh.z,6.put- me. Tren,. Ling him on in his venues, as Conf$antinesfons did theirfather,and preaching forthhis praifes, T Pet.2.9. He is a Saviour to none,but thofe to whom he is a famplar ; n:ithcr have any his redemption, but they that takehis diredtion. Verfe 39 , He thatfaneleth hisli f_lh.alllofe it] This is a grange mexeglb°v âN' exprefíion, a riddle to the world, a feemingcontradidion ; fuch eP`°»°D, as naturali reafon cats never reconcile. But if the paradoxes of the Stoicks might be proved, much more may thofe of the Gofpel. He that findeth his life, that is, redeemeth it with the forfeiture of his faith, with the thipwrack of his confci- .ence makesa lofers bargain, makes more balte then good fpeed; whiles in running from death as farre as he can , he runnes to it as fàff as he can. Chrilt will kill him with death, Ìlevel,2.23,.
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