A Commentary upon Gel 572 Chap.a6. fhould have looked upon, as theonly earthly Angels, the dearly beloved of Chrifts foul, fer. r 2.7 .The houfe ofhis glory, 4;4.60.+. An ornament ofGod, Ezek, 7.20. A royall diadem in thehand of yehooah, Ifa,62.3. Verfe45 Inafmucbas ye did it not to one, &c. ] OmillTiors then arc damnable fins. Ammonites and Moabites were baftardi- zed and banifbed thebeauty of Iolineffe, the Tabernacle of God, to the tenthgeneration, becaufe they met not Gods Iliad with bread andwater in the wildcrneffe. Not to do Suffice is inju- ltice : not to fhew mercy is cruelty. Where then will op- preffours appear, that grinde the faces of the poor, that quaff their tears, and make mufrck of their fhreeks ? Go to now ye rich men, weep and howl, &c. Iam. 5, I, 2, 3, If not relie- vingofthe poor damns men, What (hall robbing do, but double damn ? Verfe46. Andtbefeflallgo away ,&c.] The fentence began. with the godly , the execution with the wicked : both that the godly may fee their defire upon their enemies, Pfal. 58. a o. and 79, r o. And alto, that in the others mifery , they may behold, by the difference, their own felicity : and thereby be moved to lift up many anhumble, joyfuli and thankful! heart to God. Deut.13 3,4* ICHAr. XXVI. Verle s . And it canse topaffe vahen,&c.] ^His isour Evangelifts tranfìtion from theMinifteryofChrifts j Doctrine, to the Myftery of his paillon. Hehad hitherto taught falvation, and now is declaredhow he wrought it. He had donc the office ofa Dodour, nowofa Redeemer : of a Prophet, nowofa Prieft. Verfe2. Is thefeaft ofthepafeovor ] At which feaft, Chrift our Paffeover was facrificed for us, a Cor.5.7. andwe werepurchafed by his blond, asIfrael was typically out ofthe world, by theblood ofthepafchall lamb ;our hearts being fprinklcd therewith by the hyffop bunch offaith, from anevil confcience, and our bodies wa- iled with pure water, H4.ro.22. Verfe 3. Then afembledtogether, &c.] Here was met a whole ftouncel of Caitiffs to crucifie Chrift. Generall Councels may erre
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