462 Commentary upen the Go(e1 Chap. a. 8. dom,ofthe Meg ah is called lidulcuth hafloarnalim, the Kingdom of heaven : and rightly fo : fer, i . The King is heavenly. z. He Camerom bath heaven for his throne , whence he puts forth his power. 3. His Subjells are heavenly minded , and trade for heavenly ccrnmodities. q.. Their cosntrey is heaven, though their cotn- morationbea while upon earth,where they are pilgrims and Bran gers. 5. The government ofthis Kingdom is whollyheavenly and fpirituall. Verfe 2. e.And 7erus called a little childe] 71Licephorua faith this was Ignatius, who was afterwards Bithopof Antioch; but I am not bound tobelieve him. It is well known that he is full of . fidions. Chrif calling for a little childe, who neither thinks great things ofhimfelf, nor feeksgreat thingsfor himfelf, rightly. and really confutes their prepotterous ambition and aff Cation of A i ftor primacy, and ives them fuch a dumb anfwer'as Tar rain did his Atitior. Potit. gi rpi fon, when, walking in the garden he !buck off the heads of the Poppies in the fight ofthe meffenger : andas Teriander the Corin- thian did Tkrafybttltu the tS rant of Athens, when pulling of the upper ears,. he made all the {landing corn equal!, intima tin., thereby what a tyrant mutt doe, that would live fafe quiet. Vet fe 3. exceptje be converted] i.e. Except ye turn overa new leaf, and call away thefe fond conceits and crotchets, thefe golden dreams ofan earthlyKingdom, and your high preferments therein, which, like bullets of lead fattened to theeye-lids ofyour mindes,. make you that you cannot look upwards. Aronpr.ecipitur Andbecome as little children] In fìmplicity , humility , inno- 4po¡telis,ut ka- cency, ignofcency, e'c. not io childitl,neffe, peevithneffe, prag- beart otatem maticalneff, talkativeneff-, open heartedne ffe, 6-e. How abfurd parvutcrum red was that Anabaptift Aur, faber, who underftandingthis text Ni- as irnecenttam, codemicall as one faith, ftirred up people whereever he carne tie;.Fi;even. Ys . P p to carry themfelveschildilhly, if ever they would have heaven. Upon wholeperfwaiion you might have Peen ridiculous imitati- ons ofboyes and girls ; women efpecially, skippingup anddown, 9cubtet; Annat. clapping their hands together, fittingnaked on the ground, tick- ing,, toying, apifhly imitating one while Chrift, another while Antichritt, &c. pretending this text for their authority. So did u1;fofraw the Francifenn, who is famous among!t his fellow-fri cello!A. . ers, for that, at the commandcfhis fuperiour S t Francis, he wal- lo'vedon the ground, as a littleone, and thewdall, inobedience to
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