Chap,23. according to S' M A T T H E vv. Ilefea oppofeth mercy and kindencffe, Chap,4. Zacharyoppo- fèth truth and fidelity , Chap,S. as more tobe looked after, and la- boured for. Verfe 24. tyhich grain at a pat, &c. ] A proverbiali fpcech warranting the late full ufeof fuck txprefïions, for illuîtration of a truth. TheGreeks have a like proverb ; to gargle down an i- A écxv7x 1a, wage, flatueor c loffe; that is, tomake no bones ofa foul fault, rzní;ear. when mattersofletfe moment arc much fcrupled. Sam/ kept a great ftir about eating the flefh with the blood, when he made nothing of thedding innocent bloud. Daeg was deteined before aS,m,,4.3;. the ißá,, by fome voluntary vowbelike. But better he hadbeen = Sam-;e 7 further off, for any good he did there. The Priclts made confer Fnrnicari of enceofputting the priceofbloud into the treafury, Matth.2y,6. Fo?ni aripec. who yet madeno confcience ofimbruing their hands in the in repurabana: nocent bloudof the LambofGod. The Be ardi and Beginna, a _4et muiicri o ¡. certain kindeofheretikes, Anna i 3 2 2. held thismad opinion,that cmturn figere a man might here attain to perfection, and that having attained to na3rtale aciaus it, he might dowhatfoever his nature led him to : That fornicati- arbiarab,Funcc. . on was no fin but to kiffe a woman was a mortal) wicked- Ghronat.ex Malsi,i.s8. neffe, &c. Verfe 25, re make clean the eat-fade] True Ephraimites or rather Canaanite$, fo they are called, Ho%i 2.7,8. that is, meer naturali men, Ezek. 16.4 the balances of deceit were in their hands, they loved to oppreffe, yet fo long as thereby they grew rick, they flattered themfelves and faid, In allmylabarr$ they $hall findenone iniquity in We; that were fnne. Hypocrites if they can but make fair tothe woridward it is enough. But as the fith Se- pia isbewraied by theblack colour, which flte cafteth out to co- ver her : fo the hypocrite is convinced by thevery thew of god- lineffe, under which he hoped to have lurked. God fo difcovcrs his deceitfull courfes, as that his wickednes is fhew'd before the whole Congregation, Pro.26.26. Verfe s6. Cleanfefirft that Which ¿¿Within] God loveth truth in the Inwards, Pfal.51.6. O Jerufalem wath thy heart, yer.4. 24. (not thyhands only, as Pilate did r) this breeds conitancy and evenneffe in all our outwardbehaviours, Iam.4,8. Grace and naturebothbegin at the heart, atthe center, and from thencegoes. to thecircumference. Art andhypocrifie,begin with the face and outward lineaments. Verfe 27. 2'eare like iota Whited Sepalckres] The Jews had their
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