Chap.12. aCcorefing to St M A T.T H 1111v. 363 Verfe 8. Thefonne ofman iQ Lordofthe Sabbath ] q.d. Say they were not innocent, yet have you no caufe to condemn them foc Sabbath-breach ; fitlyI am Lord oftheSabbath, and may do with mineown,as me feems belt. True it is that Chrit hates finne by nature, not by precept only ; and therefore cannot difpenfc with the breach ofhis own laws , thofc that be morali in themfclves, fuch as are all the ten, but the fourth. The fourth Command- ment is morali, not by nature, but by precept, faith one, and fo the Lordofthe Sabbath may difpenfe with the literal! breach of the Sabbath. Vchic g,. He Went into their Syna.ogne ] Thefewere Chappels of cafe to the Temple, efancient ufe, A . t f .21. and divine autho- rity, Pfal.74,8. This here is called the Pharifes Synagogue, be- cauf they did Dominariinconcionibt , Rom.2,t9,2o. and are for their skill calledPrinces, i Cor. 2.8. Verfe to. whichhad hand withered] So have all covetous caitiffs, whomay well be faid , amidfl all their hoards, to have . co currant coyn , no quick-lilver. They fit abrood upon what they havegot, as Ericlio in the Comedian : and when, by laying out their money, they might layholdsneternalllie, they will not be drawn to it. But as e.4lphonfiu KingofSpain, wheo he flood to be King of the Romans, was prevented of his hopes, be- caufe he, being a great Mathematician, was drawing lines Daniels. Héitof. faith theChronicler) whenhe thould havedrawnout his pu:fe: Bngt,f, iy{, So here. Verfe t t. What max allthorebe,gte.] If a flaeep flipt into a Howe muff berelicvcd,howmuch more Chrifts reafonable Cheep, all whichbear golden fleeces, and every thing aboutithorn is good either adefaim, or adufum ? Verfe t z.. h it lawful! to domil ?] Nay it is needfull, Pith not to do well is todo ill, and not to fave a life, or a foul, is to deflroy its Ryon lacienh M°ß3.4 Nut to de ju{l icc is iujuydce, and not to five wmercy is twee/r,fedpati n-' better then cruelty, a'defuit. Auto. Verfe I3. efrndheflretcheditfirth] So would our hold.faffs d. Claud. !lurch out their hands to the poor would they but come to Chrift, and hear his voice, es thisman did. But till then, they will as eddy part with their bloi.d as with their good : All their frife is, who (lìire the toad ) frail fall`afleep with moil earth in his paws: As when they die, nothing grieves them more, theta that theymuff leave that which they have fo dearly loved, whiles alive..
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