418 A Commentary upon the Go(bel Çhap, t g, Michael about a deadmans body, but it was that h might g there- by fet up himfelf in living mens fouls : So he (till feeks topofl'ef e himfelf: of our bodies; that thereby he inay thebetter winde and workhimfelfintoour hearts. Ver(e 23. Rut he anfweredher not] Taret ore, fed logaritur ei f iritts, ut fortiusclamet, faith an interpreter. Chrift anfwer-, eth her not with his mouth, but fpeaketh unto her by that tweet and fecret voice of his fpirit, to cry louder. No man prayes heartily but he hach fo much comfort at leaft, that he will come l'Q,Q9 r again to God, who fecrecly fupports his fuppliancs, and by phgüp 4'.7, that peace unconceivable guards their hearts and mindes that they pray and faint not. Sendheraway, fir ,/be Cries] Menmay be tired out with un- ceffant fuites, as theunjuat Judge was, and as thefe Difciples were weary tohear the poor womans outcries, repeating the fame re- gueftover and over : Giveher therefore, fay they, either an aimes oran anfwer ; that-fhe may be filenced and we eated. But it is otherwife withGod, the oftener we come to him the better wel- come : thelouder we.cry, the fooner we are heard: and theoften repetition of the felt-fame petition, till we put the Lord out of countenance, put him (as you would fay) to the blush, and even wwd,7,8 Lave a blot in his face, as the Greek word Lignifies, Loki8.5. this is the belt melody we can mike him. He looks out ofthe cafements ofheaven on purpo(e to hear it. Verle 24 Bat unto the loft Jheep, &c. ] He was properly the Apoftle of the Circumcifion, Roan. t 5.8. Heb.3.1. till the wall of partition was broken down by his refurrefh n. Then the wail rent, and it was open tide. Then he became light to lighten the Gentiles, as well as he was the glory ofhis people dfrael. Verfe25. Then came.Jhe '4nd toor/h-pped him ] She will not be Laid nay,or Let dowra,either with filenceor fad an(wers ; but,like a- Ndztienztn neither Gorgonia, the threatens heavLn, and is (as her brother fpeaksof her) modeltly impudent and invincible. She will be- lieve, as a man may fay with reverence, whether Chrift willor no. And to bring her to this it was, that he fo longheld her off, for, De id4 ria dilata crefcunt : at cifó data, vilefcunt. Mm- nah, that light mear, was bur lighEly Let by, becaufe lightlycome by. But they that earn it before they eat it, and that know how they come by that they have, will fct an high price upon ir, and know
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