434 A Commentary Upon theGo¡el Chap.' 6. Herein was the majeftyof the miracle, that there was nopropor. Lion between the men, and the meat. Verfe 39, And he fens away the multitude] Not Without bitfiîng,and agreat deal ofgood counfell. Labour notfar the meat that pe/riJheth, &c. Amend your lives, for the Kingdom ofheaven is come home toyou : Now that you have eaten and arefull, be- ware that you forget not the Lord your God, etc. Benot as chil- Deut.F., o,t t dren, withwhom eaten bread is (ion t rgetten. This was whole- fornecounfel, and far better then their goodchear; for this would flickby them. Deal we fo byourguefts. And came into the coaîh of Magdala.] This is held to be Mary Magdalens country, better known by her then fhe was by it, as the Ifland of Co was by Hippocrates, and Hippo by Pu.ffíx. CHAP. XVI. Verfe r: The Pharifees alfo With the Sadduces came. -e7i `Bov C Amefirth, faith S. M.rke, to wit out of the coafts of Mag- dala, fo foon as ever our Saviour arrived there, to quar- rell him, and keep him from doing good. Soactive are the devils inftruments to hinder the KingdomofGod, and the good of fouls. Truth never wants an adverfàry; fhe goes feldom without a fcratcht face, as the Proverbe is. The rharifees and Sadduces, though at deadly ddfference betwixt themfelves,yet can eafily com- bine againft Chrift. So at this day, the Priefts difparage the je. fuits,the Jefuits the Priefts, the Priefts again the Monks,the Monks the Friers, but they canall confpire againft Proteftants,whom they jointly perieeute. Doggs though trey fight never fo fierce, and mutually entertear one another ; yet, ifa hare run by, theygive over, and runafter her. Martial makesmention of a hare on the Sicilian Chore, that having hardly efcaped the hounds that hunted her, was devouredby a feadoggy whereupon hebrings her in thus complaining; Martial, Epi- fume amnia terre' avìumEa mariff, rapina of gram lecrftlan ceeli,fi cantsaftra tenet. Tempying,defired him] Or queftioned him toand fro , fifred- e?rne`oTh , him b interro atories pretending to be his friends and to leek Yicim inter- Y g P g , V ci/ aat, fktisfacrion only. All this favours.ltrongly of putid hypocrifie, gets.:
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