364 A Commentary upon the Glel Chap.i2. alive. I radedorewretch, whobeing at point of death, clap., a i ogerc'fjloye. _piece of gold inhis ownmouth, and faid, Some wifer then fome,l mean to have this with me howloever. Verfe z4. How they mightdefirey hirriA All envy is bloudy: "Men withbin out ofthe world, whom they cannot abide : and would rather the Sun fhould be extinguished, then their candle rbfcu c3. `David durft never truft Sault proteftatiors, becaufe he knew him to be an envion; perfon. ii(,ero put Thrafeae to 2 o. death for no other caufe, but for that it was not expe- dient for Nero, that f) worthy a man as he flaould live by hire. . Verfe i 5. great multitudes followedhi,n., ] Maugre themalice ofearth and hell. They lofe their labour that feek toquc!l Chrift, and fubvert his Kingdom, Yet have I fee my ICi:o upon mine holy hill ofSion, Pfal.2.6. The Kingdom ofheaven fuf fereth violence, Mr, ka 5=zit. zit ,2. Or (as Melanakon rendereth that text) Yi errampit, pro cédit, enititur: vifcilicet iiriivali,ut f l enititurper nubes : ergo.irriti hofliumconatus: it burfts thorowall. Verfe 16. That they fauldnot Make him known] This, his am- .biticus kinfrtlen, who fought to get credit and glory amongmen by his wotthyworks, upbraid him with, 7ah. 7.4. If thou doe thcfe things, thew thy felfto the world, fay they ; and fo pro. claim that they believed not in hiin, foh. 7.5. with 7ah. 5. Qg; yoh. t 2.43. Verfìr 17. That it aniçht be fdfilled] Theold Teltamerit,ss the new fore-told ; the newTefattient is the old fulfiIled,F.zekiel.faw a wheel within a wheel. This is, faith Bonaventure, the oneTefla- ment in the &her. Verfe IS. Beholdmy f rvant ] My f rvant the Aieffl,rt, as :the Chaldee Paraphr.tft renders and expounds ir. The Septuagint famewhat o'bfo- ure the textby adding to it, Behold rrryfervant 7a. cob, andmine elect Ifrael. They are faid to have trarllated against their wits: no wen ier then they deal not fo faithfully. Sure it is, that they have perverted fundry clear Prophecies concerr-, 1ng Chrift, as rh s for inftance ; which therefore cur Èvangelift and the reft of the Apoftles ailcdge mot out of their tranihtiou, but out of the Hebrew verity. The Latins drink of the puddles, theGreeks of the rivers, but the Hebrews of the fotn'ains, faid *has. Iieuc!tin. Whore I havechofen, In), beloved, 8;c ] 6cce eht7um, dilet7unv: Ths
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