590 t_4 Commentary upon the Gojjel Chap.z6 Verfc 5 Lone ofthem dohich were with fefiu] This was Peter ,wha asked Lave to ftrikc,but Plaid no; till he had it,oat of a prepoaerous zeal to his Mailer, and becaufe he would be a man dills word. A wonderful) work of God it was Purely, that hereupon he was not heaven in an hundred pieces, by the barbarous fouldiers. Well might the Pfalmift lay, He that is our Cod is the God offalvation ; andunto God the Lordbelon thequo.;tonsdeath, Pfal. 68, ao. 1wy tunes are in thine hands, Pfài. 31.15. But this flout fwordrrtan could not be found, whenhis Mailer was, after this, apprehended Peritifmi! ar.d arraigned. `Platobathobferved, That the molt skilful) fencers it ludount are themoil cowardly fouldiers. tner, '. a.r.i itt Ve fe 5 2. `Put up again thyfirord] See the Notes on John kb., a8. iI. For all they that take the fword ] iV ithout a jufl calling, as thole fworn fword-men of the devil the Jefuites, whole hifhon (as one faith ofthem) is a moil agile (harp fword ; the blade whereof is fheathed at pleafirre, in the bowels of every Comm tnon-wealth, but the handle reacheth to Rouse and Spine : Their defign is to fubdue all to the Pope, and the Pope to themflves. Verfe 5 3. Thinkef thou that I cannot pray] q. d. Need I be 7;rdicoeetfrtu i beholden to thee for help ? Luther very boldly told his Patron Pejl, plus a me and Proteitour, the Eleetourof Saxony, That he, by his prayers prefidt} t7 to gained more him help and fafe g ard, then he received from him a seta babituraru i effe,qu rn mihi and that this caufeof Chrifl needeth not the help ofman to carry preegare mac it on, but the power ofGod, fet a work by the prayer of faith. caafe rullua And thisway, faith he, I will undertake tofecureyour Highnef &ladatts collides fes foul, body, and effete, engaged in the Caufe of the Gofpef, reeutopernfer. from whatioever danger or difaflcr, Sive credat C. V. fi- re e,t,&r. ve non credat , whether your Hi hnefle believe me herein Loch epif#. Y ß , Or not. More then twelve legions] A legion is jud g'd to be fix thou. fund foot, and &ven hundred boric. And this great army of An. gels is by prates difpatchr fromheaven in an irritant. Are we then in any imminent danger ? fend up to heaven for help by praier, andGod will fend from heaven and help us. We need not help our felves by feeking private revenge as Peter here,or ufing flouter fhifts,as David, P%34.I. for in the fame Pfalm, Men ateexhort- ed toenfie p ac , and paffe by private wrongs ;becaufe the "bagels ofthe Lordencamproundabout therms thatfear bim,,andeieliwer them. Vcrfc
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