Chap.z 6. accordi,og to SC M A T T H E vv. 577 ted in the Law was ftanding : and this fitting at the Paffeover was no where commanded, yet by the godly Jews, was gene- rally ufed. Let this heap of wheat ( the Lords fupper, as (hale interpret it) be fee about with Wiles, that is with Chriftians, C,inr r.s. white, and of holy life : that's the main matter to be look- ed to. Verse ai. And u they dideat, he (aid] With a great deal of detestation of fohorrid a fart; to fee the frontlefle traytour bear himfelffo bold among(1 them, having now hatcht fo prodigious a villany. One ofyou fhall betrayme ] But {hall any therefore condemn the whole twelve, as if there were never a better ? This were to offendagaing the generationof the righteous, Pfa1.73.15. This were to match in immanity that cruell Princc of Valachia, whole Turk bill fot. cuftom was, together with the offendour to execute the whole 363. family, yea fometimes the whole kindred. And yet this justice isdone Cods people many times by the Church Malignant. Verse 22. And they were exceeding f3rrowfull ] Not joyfull ( as fume would havebeen,) to findeout other mensfaults, and to exagitate them. Not only thofe that make but that love lies, yea Revel.aa.i $. or unfeafonable truths in this kinde, are thatout of heaven among dogs and devils. Lord is it I ? ] Heputs them all to a fearch, afore the Sacra- 1 Cor. ix :s. ment. Let a man therefore examine himfelf, &c. who knows Pfal.19,1 z. the errours of his life ? faith David. Inour hearts are volumes of corruptions, in our lives infinite errata's. Socrates would fay, when he law one drunk or otherwife difordered,Nam ego tails ? So would Mr Bradford, whenhe looked into the leud lives ofany others. Verfe 23. He that :dippeth bùhand, &c.] My fellow-commo- ner, my familiar friend. This greatly aggravateth the indignity P131.41.1 e. of the matter. Hewas ex (ocietate lefit that betrayed him. So do the pretended Jefuites, Jebufites, at this day. Iulius Cafar was flain in the Senate-houfeby ;moreof his friends thenof his e- nemies, quorum non explee'erat fires inexplebiles, faith Seneca. Sen./ 3. de ira. But the wound that went nearest hisrheart, was that he received from his fon Brutus. K1 ot íw' BQé7e; this peirced himWorfe then any ponyard. 2 Elizabeth: grief and complaint was, that " in trust the had found treafora. Vede 24. TheAnne of man goeth ] That is dyeth, faffereth. P p 3 Death
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