506 A Commentary upon the co[iel C unto it for fome while, hebecomes tame and traecable, though he werenever fo fierce and Ell before. No wonder therefore though the Difcipleswondered at fo fudden analteration. Verfe 2E. If ye havefaith and doubt not ] Or difpute not the matter as probable only and fomewhat uncertain, but not alto. 1' arrnáft gether undoubted. He that doubteth debateth ir, as it were,witah b:w (ticrpa t him elf, puts the cafe to and fro, fometimes beingofone minde, jeeum di(cepta- fometimes of another. Now let not Each a man think that he (hall re. Budzeus, receive any thing of the Lord, Iam. i.y. Ifye Will not beleev.',fre_ 1:4.7..9. ly yefindnot be e(labbíi hed. Verfe 22. What, ever ye fbarl askinprayer, beleeving] Faith is the foundation of prayer, and prayer is the fervencie of faith. Call thy burden upon theLord, or thy reque.4, thy gift upon the Lord, Pfal.55.a2. that is, whatfoever thou defireft that God fhouldgive thee inprayer, caft it upon him by faith, and it (hall be effected. Fidei mendica mantis. Faith and prayer are the foules two hands, whereby the begs and receives ofGod all good things both for this and a better life. Hence of old when the Saints praid they fpred out the palmes of their hands , as to . receive a bleffing from God , a ICsngs 8. 22. Exodus9. 29. Pfalm 143,6. Verfe 23. AndWhen he Was come into the Temple] Not-into the Inneor vicîualing-houle, thoughhe had been fohungry by the way. Heforgat that; the zeal of Gods haute had eaten him up : it was his meat and drink to do the willofhis heavenly father : this he preferred before his neceflàry food. And truly a man would wonder what a deal of work hedid up in thefe three-daies- fpace, before his apprehenfìon. All thofe Sermons and difcourf- es let down by Matthew from this place to chap. 26. by Mark. from chap. n. a. to chap. a4. by Lulzefrom chap.2o. to chap. 22. and by Iohn, from the a 2. to a8. chap. were delivered by him in thefe three lait daies of his liberty. He difpatched them with fpeed, as if he had been loth to have been taken with his task undone. To teach us to get upour work, and to Work out our Pala ation , Not work at it only ; Lazy fpirits afpire not to immortality. The twelve tribes ferved God inflantly day and night, and foundall they coulddo little enough, A41.26.7. Came unto him as he Was teaching] Otio;um vel taciturn fa- trailfent, faith an Interpreter. It he would have been quiet orfilent, they would never have queftioned him. Awolf flies not upon
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