438 A Commentary upon the Go/pci Chap,' P . Difciples.going to Emaus, and that upon the Virgin Mary, Job. 2.5 .the lard her hand upon her mouth and replied not.And that up-. on the Corinthians for conniving at the incefl:uous perfor, and that upon the Laodiceana,ltev :i4 for Eufebius telleth us, that in his In vitaGer(on. time it continued totea flourifhing Church. It is laidof gergn, that he took not content in any thing fo much, as in a plain and faithfail reproof from his friend. It is a commendation to full r thewordy ofexhortation,Heb. t ;. VerÇ i 3. Whomdo menfay that I, &c.] This Queítion Chrift 1141ní asked,nat`as tickled withambition to hear hisown commendation ira.,vQ-.xe (whichyet-is held andLaid tobe theonlyfweer hearing) but as ta- Nopbon. kite occafion tomake way for their Chriftian confeflion, and like- wife for their further information. TheRime ofmanate] So he was called. i. Becaufe a true man. 2. Becaufe he paffed for no more then an ordinary man. How can this man give u, &IPA Eo rat ? a oh.6. Be- caufe as man bornofa woman, he wasof f a' loirs nd All of trem- ble l: yea, he was the man that had fern affliction by the rod of Gods wrath. Verfe i4. Somefay that thou art John, &c.] His body they law was not fohrs, but they held than ( and the Jews at this day hold) the Pythagorean tranfanimation, or palling of fouls out of one body into another. So, becaufr they received not the love of the truth, God gave them up to the efficacy of er- s ThefF,t a, roar, even the better fort of them : f tr there were that held Chrift neither the Baptiti, nor Elias, but a drunkard, a demoni- ack, &c. Who now can think toefcape variety of cenfures ? And why tliould any ólumble at the diverfity of opinions touching Chrift andhis kingdom? Verfe t N. But Whomfayye that lam ?] q. d. It bdhoveth you to fay fornething, that is, better to thepurpofe, theft the vulgar faith and ceníareth. God will take that of forne that he will not °fathers. Chrift would not havehis to Band duubtfull, and to adhere to nothing certainly: to be in religion as idle beggars are in their way, ready togo which way foecer the, tlatíff:llèth : but to firive toa plerophory, a fulleffrrance of knowledce, a certain- ty, as Lukehath it, shap.t.4. and tobe fitly perftvaded, vent is A canjedurall confidence, agenerall faith, the Colliers faith, as they call it, fufficethnot, To believeas the Church believes, &c. Andyet Thomas ,Aquinas, that great Selet:olman had no better a faith
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