.424 B Commentary uponthe Code% Chap.15. ed. v. ea, when Imouldhave healedEphraim them (to re oflc the) Hof7 t, their iniquitywas difaovered, as the leprofie in their fore- heads.And from fuch uncouncellable and incorrigible hearers,if a Minifter de- part, he dothbut his duty : the defcrtion is on their part, and not on his, The mani(Ration ofthe sfiirit isgiven to every mom to profit u7ithall, t Cara a.7. Verle I t. Not that whichgoeth into the man, &c.] NiVhether with clean or foul hands, taken meat maksnot the man guilty of Gods wrath. What? Not if abufed to furfeting aid drunken - pb, ne{fe? faith Eellarmine, who is angrywithChriff for this doctrine (as making against theirs directly) and therefore f eks to dif- prove him. We anfwer for and with Chria : that he fpeaks here ofthe moderateufe ofmeats,which is indifferent. As for the abufe ofit to furquedry and exceffe, this is an evil that cotnethout of the heart,anddefileth the man,as being a flat breach ofthe lawof God, Whoevery wherecondemns it. But that which cometh out of the mouth] That is, out of the heart that muck-hill, thorow the mouth, as thorow a dung-port, that dcfileth a man work then any jakes can do. Hence fin is called flthinef"e, abomination, the vomit of a dog, thedzvils ex- creinents, &c. The very vi(ble heavens are defiled by it, and mull thereforebe purged by fir.-, as thofe veTds were that held the fin offering. Asfor the foul, fin lets fuch engrained ftains up- ©n it, asnothing can fetch out, but the bloul of Chrift that fpot- hire lamb. Verle 12. Knowefl thou that the Pharifees, &c,] q, d. why doff: thou then thus call the people to thee, and ex:It,oe them? It was acommendable charity in the D,fciples, to clef-ire the better infor- mationof thofe that had cannel-1y acculed them, v.2, and to tender theirfilvation. Be not overcome ofevil, lutovercome evil with good. Speciofiui aliquant(, injurie benficsvincuntur,quam mutui odcj perti. V'.1l.max t.4. oaciit penfantair, faith a Heathen. cap a Vale 13. Every plant whichmyheavenly Fatherbath not planted] viz. By elec`iion,and watered by vocation. Thefe Pharifes were reprobates, deigned to deteCtton here, and to deftru ion here- after. Therefore as it is no wonder, fo it is no matter, though `theyHumble at the Word, being di[ibedient Pith hereunto they were appointed, I Pet. 2.8. Let them fumbleand fall, and be bro- ken, and fnared,and taken,lfa. 84 ç, Chi irk is to reprobates a rock ofofence : but fuch a rock as that, ?udg.6.2 t .out of whichgoethfire and cenfineth theta. Verfe
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