4 7 A Commentaryupon theGOIJel Chap. 17, lent and Prdidenc there. He is Rubbexu.Dollar irrefragabili,e Padre Cerephino,&c. And if Popith Votaries faobferve there Go. vernours, that if they .command them avoyage toCbina or Perm; they fer forward, to argue or debate upon their Supe_ ~lours Mandates. they hold prefumption, to difobey them, facri-. ledge : how,much more fhould we give this honour, audience and obedience,to Chrift the Wifdom and. WordofGod ? - Verfe 6..Theyfell on theirface ],As amazed and amated with that Rupendious voice that came from the excellent glory, as St Peter phrafeth it, 2-Ptt.I,17. So Mofes and Elias hid their faces, when God fpake unto them, as not able tobear his bright., nelle :rottennt ,e entred.into their bones.. The very Angels ca. ver their faces before him with two of their wings, as witha dou- ble fcarfe, or as one claps his hands uponhis lace when it lights neth,and flafheth fùddenly upon him.- What a mercy is it then to us, that we are taught by men like our felves ? that we have this treafure in earthen veffas, this pearlof price in a leathern purfe ? Here lay the three Dilciples; and,had not Chrift mercifully couch ed them,and raikd them,there they -,ad lain fordead.'. Vcrfe7. ,7efu came and Ioached them.J»ChFift therefore kills his,that hemay quicken them; exits-them down, that he may re- vive and raife them in the opportunity of rime. Hof.6. I,2. I Pet. 5.6, not lathe devil, that deltroyer, that hack not his names far nought, Apollyon & 4baddon. Verle 8. Save fefue alone] To teach them, that Mofes and Elias, the Law and Prophets, wail bonnet to Chrift ; that there is bin one Mediatcur, even the ManChri& Jefus; that there is fut - cien t in him to fa tisfie the foul,to çomfor t the confcience. Verle 9. Tell the vrlion to noman j Tacittmr, we fay, is agood Hiftorian_ Taciturnity,we are fure,is in fome cafes agreat verrue, an high..commendation. conga the God of Couple!, had his Temple in Rome,under coverture,faith Servira, nt oflenderet con_ fili:am debereefeteîlum.. There is a time tobefilent,. faithSoler, men. Q`Eliz beths Mottowas,.Video,Taceo,. I fee and farm- thing. A fit Motto for a maid, Inearth the fr,ft; in Hear,cn the fecoxd: Maid. as one' Poet calleth h. r. Minlflers fhould know When, and to whom, and in what order to let forthGods truths; to time a word wich a learned tongue, as Efay hach it, to leta word upon its wheels asSolomon, tocircumftantiareit to as the people can hear,can bear as our Saviour did.. This is furely an high pint. stirw nylpSJ ycclef,; .. s:air.bd Elitab,
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