344 A Carr:naez tary upon the Carpel Chap.1o. fuel', as receive his fervants, And may they not be glad of f cü h guefts ? Verfe 4g. He that receivctks a Prophet in the Name, 84c.] Though, haply, he be no Prophet.This takes away the excuf of fucb as fy,They would do gcod,ifthey knew towhom,asworthy. Shallreceive aProphets rewardJ Bothacfively that which the Prophet (hail give him, by teaching him the faith of the Gofpcl, cAf ingpearls before his ,8:c. And paflively, that reward that God . gives the Prophet, the famewail he givehis hoff. Gains loft no- thingby filch guefis as lob»; nor theShunamite or Sarepta i by the Prophets. Offuch, Chriff feems to fay, as Paesldid of Onef :msrs, Philem.18.t 9. If he owe tbee ought, put that in wineaccoumt : I will repay it : And he, I can tell $Sam.9,3. vant had but five-pence inetheir p fe,fto give the Prophet: The Prophet, after much good cheer, gives him the Kingdom. Such is Gods dealing with us. Seek out therefore fume of his receivers, force c_Ylephi6ofbeth to whom we may (hew kindenefff. He that receiveth a rghteosu roan] Though net a 4linifter, if for that he is righteous, and for the truths fake that dwelleth in him, z Ioh.2. The Kenites in Sails time that were born many ages after Iethro's death, receive life fron , his duff,and favour from this hofpitality. Nay, the rfgyptians, for harbouring ( and , at &Srif, dealing kindely with) the Ifraelites, though without any refpeec to their righteoufnefft, were preferved by lofeph in that fare famine, and kindely dealt with ever after by Gods fpeci- all command. Verf 42. 'Unto oie ofthef little ones] So theSaints are called, eitherbecaufe but a little flock, or little in their own eyes, or lit- tle fet by in the world, or dearly refpeded ofGod, as little ones are by their lovingparents. .A cup ofcold water ] As having not faell toheat it, faith Hic- Silv. adecc?ef rom, nor better tobeftow then erfda<n: alt, a cup of water, yet carb0 _t.4e defirous force way. to;fed up his love to poet aria. Salvsan faith, That Chrifl is, men:licorum maxir, s , the greatef} beggar in the world, as one that ihareth in all his Saints ncce(fities. Re- lieve him therefore in them : fo fha11 you lay up in flore for your íeives a good foundation againil the time to come ; yea, you (bail lay hold on eternall life, i Tim.6. r . Of Midas it is fabled, that whatever he touched, he turned into gold. Sure it is that
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