496 L4 Commentary upon the G00-el Chap.2O, They fay unto him, We are able] In your own conceit at leaf}, not elfe. For there two Difciples as they knew not what they asked, fo they knew not what they anfwercd. And yet Maido_ mat bath the face to defend them in it, as if they here tcflified their alacrity rather then betrayed their precipitancy : Sed exitus afia probavit : they (hewed their valour at Chrifis apprehention. Verle 23,. re Jhalldrink indeedof mycup] lilted (rilumgood fliavius e. , & limpidius. The Saints lipof the top of Gods cup : as for the dregs, the wicked (hall wring them out, and drink them up. e.rAd be baptized, &c.] Or ducked, waf led (not drowned) as St Paul was in the (hipwrack; or as the baptized child, which fhakes off the water, or isdryed after baptifine, Afflictions faith one, are called baptifine becaufe they let Gods mark upon us (as baptifine doth) that we belong to. God : This for outward af- fliftions. And for defertion, it is called Chrifls cup, becaufe we axe lure to pledge him in that too, and be conformed unto him, as was lob, David, Heman, Pfal.88 &c. Grace is no target againfl afliiftion : but the bell flail have terreurs within, and troubles without, as fore as the coat is on their back, or the heart in their belly. Is not mine to give] i.e. It is nopart duly prefent office : Or, I have no fuch commitlìon frommy father to givepreceden- cies to all that affec't them.Chriit hereby leeks to raife up the low groveling fpirits ofhis Apoflles to things (uperna,turall, fupernall. Verle 24. They Were moved] They were angry at that ambi. Lion in their fellows, that themtelves were deeply guilty of. Só Diogines trampled Platoes pride, but with greater pride. So Craps earnefily inveighed againff covetoufne(le inothers, when there wasnot a more covetous caitiff,: then he upon the earth. Sa Gregory the great (lomaked the titleof univerfall Sifhóp to the Patriarch of C'onf{antinople, which yet himfelf affeEëed, and his fuccefiour Bonifacearrogated and ufurped. Verfe as. Ie/iu called them to him and faid] We muff (by tat °.aticim Ec- Chrifls example) advance, cherifh concord all wecan, amongfl c!e/î concerta- miniflers efpecially, by calling out thofe make- bates, emulation aioxum `eufàm and ambition. Pareas. was wont to fay, that the cauleofall dixit [(deli y 4,11corun , Church-diflcnfions was, Minders reaching after rule and prehe- a y. suv minence, as did Diotrephes. And, that it this evil humour could ,,113.11i4 l' rei, , poffìbly be purged ou',there wouldbe .a fwectfymmetrie,an happy harmony ofall hearts. And
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