Chap.z 6. - accortdiaog to St M A T TR E Vv. 57 3 erre then inneceffary and fundamentall points: as theConned of Arsminaemand Seleucia (held in two Cities, becaufe noone was ableto contain them for multitude, yet) decreed for Arrhes a- gainft the deity cf (brill. The truth of God may be locked up within the hearts of fuch a company, as in competition of fuffcages, cannot make a greater part, in a generali Coun- cel% Verfe 4. Take lefts, byÇbtilay, andk6ll him, ] Craft and cru- elty go commonly coupled in the Churches adverfaries. Nei- ther of them Wants their mate, as the Scripture fpeaks ofthofe birds of prey and defoiation, Ifa. 34. i6. Thefe Priefts and Elders were fo bitterly bent again(} Chrift , that nothing would fatisfie them but his blond. All plants and other crea- tures have their growth and encreafe to a period, and then, their declination and decay, except only the Crocodile , who grows bigger and bigger, even till death. So have all pafl- ons and perturbations in mans minde their intentions and remillìons, except only malicious revenge. This dies not, many times, but with the man (if that) as nothing can quench the combuftible (-lime in Samofaria , nor the burn- Plin.t.z;s.ae4. ing flame of the hill Camara, but only earth. Saint Peter &/O5. toils us, That our Saviour being reviled, did not only corn- [ vet.z,t;. mit his caufe to God, but Himfett to God : as expeC ing the encreafe, of his enemies oppofition, till they had put him to death. Verfe 5. Not on thefaft.day,left, &c.] But God wouldhave it on that feat-day, and na other, AEï. 4. 27. And here thefe wickedones fulfill the divinedecree : but no thank to thern:more then toHaman for Mordecai's advancement, whereunto Haman held the ftirrop only. Divinnm confatium dansa devitatar im,pfetaar, faith a Father. Verfe 6. NowWhen defile 1W.0 in Bethany ] This Hiftory ofa thing aá eti before Chrift came to Ierufatem, comes in here fume- what out ofplace; to (hew the ground and occaf on of Ind his treafon, whichwas discontent at the Mkoffuch a prize, and our Saviours (harping him up, for (hewing his diflike. In the houf> of Simon the leper] A leper he had been, but was now healed , and haply by Chrift : wham there- fore he entertaineth in way of thankfulneffe, as :Matthew aifo did. P p Vale
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