'Chap.' 3. according to SC,M A T T II E V T. 3 3 in grace, is according to their heed in hearing. Verfe 17. Defsred tofee thofe things thatyefee, &c. ] They raw them and fainted them only a farra off, and in the dark glafle of the ceremonies. Bait we all with open face, &cc. z Ccv. 3, 18. The , tabs fea about the altar was brazen, and what eyes could pierce thorow it. Now our fea about the threneisglaflie, like to cry flail, clear- ly conveying the light and light ofcod toour eyes. All Gods or- dinances are now fo clear, that youmay foe Chhas face in them. yea, as the glaff fet full againft the Sun, receives not only the beams, as other dark bodies do, but the imageof the Sun: fu the underftanding withopen facebeholdingChrifl, is transformed in- to the image and fimilitude of Chrifl. erfe i 8. Hearye therefire eh* Parable, &c. ] The Difciples had asked him concerning the multitude, verff Io. Why /freaked those to them in Parables ? They pretended that the multitude un- derftood him not, and thereforehe fhould do well to (hew them the meaning. They were aihamed, belitre, tobewray their own ignorance : but our Saviour calls to them alfa to hear the Para- ble explainec{.We areall willing tomake thebelt ofour own cafe, tohideoar crooked legs with lung garments,&c.Natura need not be taught to tell her own t ale. Verfe 19. The Wordof the Kingdom] So called, becaufe it points to, and paints out theway to the kingdom : and is there- forealfo called, The word of life , the power of god to falvation I-leaven is potentially in it, as the harveft is in the iced, as a- bove I noted. Andunderfiandeth it net] Ceyajidereth it not , as the Syriack herehathit, ufingthe fame word that David loth, Tfal41.1. >s ltAru lefed is the malt that Wifely confideretb the peor and needy. 7a., Cor,fìderation fits on the Word when it bath been heard ism. r.2.1. ( which elfe lies loofe, and is driven away as chaff before the winde) maketh it to become an ingraffed Word, as the fcience gra li.d into the flock, or as a tree rooted by the rivers fide, that removes not. Then cometh the wicked one] The trou'bler of Ifr':el, the mafter `ó r vnels. ofmifrule; he'sone at Church, whofiever is the other. A Doer, a devil, may fet his foot as far within the San/nary, as a David. JGb hg. The ions of God cannot prefent themfilves before the Lord, but Satan comes alto amongft them, to do ill offices. Ngn'aFra 1ndcatcheth away that vhicb n'ae/nn in Lù heart J That is, up 1;T ;,>apdcc Cca on
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