526 Commentary upon the Go(pel Chap.aa: Verfe 42. what think_ye of Christ ? ] ChriFtut utramj pa- ginarn impleret. All our fearch fhould be, with thole wife-men, tor the babe of Bethlehem, who is wrapped up, as it were, in the fwathing -bands of bath the Teftaments. Whole (on is he ? ] They were Curious in genealogies. A flume therefore it was for them, tobe ignorant of Chrifts deícent and pedgree. They rayunto him, the ro'n of David] H°rein they laid well, but not all : for they conceived no otherwife of Chrift, then as of a sneer man. Our Saviour therefore takes a text, out ofTfal, c t o. and thereby convincech them of his Divinity. We Inuit be well verfd in the myfiery of Chrift, and neglect nothing needfull co be known by us. Verle43. Hou' then doth David in fpirit ] The fpirit poffe - fed David after a fort, and by his mouth uttered what hewould publifh to theChurch, concerning the Godhead of Chrift. Holy men fpakeof old as they were afted by the holy Ghoft, as they were forcibly moved, or born away, and as it were, carried out of themfelves by the holy Ghoft. Verfe 44. The Lord (did unto my Lord] God the Father to God the Sonne, thele two differ no otherwife, then that the one is the Father, andnot the Sonne, the other is the Son and not the Father. Sit thou on my right hand] As my fellow and coaqual, Zach. i 3.y. Philip.2.6. And as Christ is at the right hand of his Father, fo is the Church at the right hand of Chrift , Ffalm45.9. which is a place both of gre.ateft dignity and fafety. Verfe 45. Lord, how be his Sonne ? ] This is that great myffery of Godlineffe, which Angels intently look into, as the 3 Pat.'. 1;$ h;rubims did of' old into the Mercy-feat. That Chrift ;Mould be Davids Lord and Davids fon, God and .man in one perfon, this is that wonderof wonders : well.might his namebe wonder, full, lf.p6. Verfe46. And no man was able to anfwer] Though they were tubule fophiffers, and mighty in the Scriptures, yet they had nothing to oppofe. Magna cf veritas, 0- vale/Tit. Great is the truth, and (hall prevail. Neither ánrfï any man, &c.] How eafily can God button up the mouths ofour buficft adversaries, yea and plead for us in their consciences, q:6;a1rat.. a ret,a,xd,.
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