35o A Commestary upon tileGo¡el Chap.u. not the qalathians doe the likeby S. Taid ? Oace they could have pulledout their eies for him : afterwards, they would have pule GAI.4, : s. led out leis eies, if they could have come at him. Where is then the ihxK"4`r".01' blefedneffeye(yaks of, faithhe? el.d. Once you held and profeffed Beatitnitiu prslicatto. your (elves a people much bleffed in me : howcomes it, that I am Iza. now fo fallenout of your hearts? But people are over.foon fated with theheavenly manna, and their afthdions to godly Miniflers are as Ioabs dagger, affoon in, and afiton out. Trincipes fave- 4pra. i559. bane Luth ro, fedjam iterum videtis ingratitudinem mundi erga Mi. nifiros, Paid Melantthon. Verfe 8. Aman clothedin fofts ? ] Which rnofi men gaze at, Htcare, ,:i.tei . goe after, fawn upon. Hunc hostiines decorar-e, Teem vefcmentade. corant. Herein they refemblcthofà dogs that kept Vulcans Tem- ple : ofwhich Hofpivian tells us, that if any came to the Temple with brave clothes, they would fawn upon them : but if in rag- ged, they would tear them in pieces. Such a vanity as this was crept- into the Church, Iam.2.2. Fselgent feré monilibtss, fordent 01/1144 m tgnam curare, magma"; virtutie moribus. Cato could fay, tire incuriam. The Baptilf was not a man of that make. His Peacb'mexitte,r.. heart and his habit were equally plain, fimple, Buchanan f 1- Paa dom cared for a better oufide, then a rug-gown girt clot;, a- bout him. Verfe 9. And more then a Prophet.] B ^caufe he pointed out Hcb.1i,cccvot. Chría tith the finger, whom theyonly falated afarre off: (hry- e .iY. fcloguscalleth him, Legie'Graiefibislam. Another refembleth him to the Angel, that had one foot in the fea, and another of the land, The Law he reffmbleth to the Sea, which isiou;h and moveable. The Gofpel to the Land, which is firm and fiable, dec. V syyiTa7 Verfe ao. 'Behold Ifendm), eneffcnger.] Gr. mine Angel. So . px. Phine.zs is called an Angel, Itadg.2.1. The Prieft an Angel,Eccic:. 5,6. Minifters ofthe Gofpel Angels, i Cor. I t. à o. Minitters and Angels have exchanged names andoffices t. forare they not ail rtb.ele y. ./Winoferingliei:s?Did not Angels fril preach the Gofpel,Lak2o the miniftratton whereof is. now committkd to us? fo that if there be a m fl-nger, an interpreter, oneamong a thoufaad to ht uL. then will God be gracious fob.,, s ;, fPletV unto men his rrg_:......- .Ef(`.: unto hire, eeec. Ve:f,: r a, There how; not rif :?a greater] Becaufehewas Chrifls immediate f.,reeuriI er.Now the nearer to Chriff, the moreexcel.
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