38o A Commentary upon the Go el Cha Verte 5,6,7,8. Some fill upon foray places, &c. J OurSavi- our, his own be4 interpreter, explains all this to his Difciples, verf.i8,19. The intent of thefe feverall parables feems tohave been, to confirm that which he had faid in the former chapter, verf.5o. that they that do the will ofhis heavenly Father,fhtllbe owned and crownedby him, as his deareft relations and alliances. As allo to teach the people not to reft in hearing, Pith three parts offour hear andperilh. Which lofre.is yet fweetly repaired by the -fruitfullnefle of the good hearers, tome whereof bring forth an hundred fold, forne fixty, fome thirty, the fertiltyof one grain ma- king amends, for the barrennefle of many ; fo that the lower re. pentsnot ofhis pains ; I is well worth while, if but one foul be gained toGod by a whole lites-labour. Verfe9. 'who bath ears to hear, &c ] fed. Some have ears to hear, tome not. Salledivideth his hearers into Miritos All men ,havenot faith, faith St Paul. Mens ears muft be boared as Davids, their hearts opened, as Lydian, ere the word can enter. Pray we that Chrift would fay Epphata unto us, and that when he opens our ears, and by them our hearts, that he would-make the bore big enough : fith with what meafure we meat, it (hall be meafured to us, and unto us that hear, (hall morebe given, Match. 4.24. The, greater diligence we ufe in hearing, the more appa- rent fhall be ourprofiting. Verlè r o. e/Indhis D ifciples came and /àidunto bins ] They carne to him for fatisfaetion. Note this againft thofecaptious and capricious hearers, that malicioufly relate toothers, that which to them teemsnot fowell or wifely faid by the Preacher, and come not to the Preacher himfelf, who can belt unfold his ownminde ,{ all cannot be faid in anhour) and make his own apologie. Some fit behind the pillar, as Eli dealt by 1/44274b, to watch and catch what they may carp and cavil at. They content themfèlves to have exercifed their criticifines upon the Preacher, and that's all they make of a Sermon, though never fo favoury and feafonable. hefe are Herodi,iu hearers, Verle r I. Becaufe it is given to you] Plutarch thinks that life is given to men meerly for the getting of knowledge. And the Greeks call man (1)-,;T'' for theinbred defire of light and know- ledge, that is naturally in all Bat defire we never lomuch, none can attain to found and raving knowledge, but thoté only to whom it isgiven from above : into whole hearts Chrift lets in a pay of heavenly ,tvl,®vr-ç a.cró' árrro i;cu.
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