592 A Commentaryupon theGqe1 C Thewallthe Vifciplestrfo,l;him andfed] Tloen, when there was no fuchneed or danger to enforce them, Chrift having capi- tulated with the enemy for their fafety. They had leave to go free before: what ftaid they for then ? Or why flee they now ? This was the fruitand punifhment oftheir former fleeping, verfi 43. Had they watcht and praid then, they had not now thus en- tred into temptation. Verfe 57. where theScribesandthe Elders Were] A full Coun- sel thenmay erre. See the Notes on Chap. a.4. and onChap.i6.3. Verfe 58. But: Peter fsllowed ] Firlt, the fled with the ref}, and then, remembring his promif, followed afarre ofl- : but better he had kept him away : for he fat with the fervants, fo venturingupon theoccafion offin, which he should have ftudi- oufly lhunned ; and mealyout ofcuriofity, tofee the end and due ofChrifts captivity. We many times tempt Satan to tempt us, by our imprudence. Evil company is contagious, and fin more catching then the plague. Ifraelgoing down to e..Egypt brought a golden Calffrom thence : 7eroboambrought two. A man may pelf thorow Ethiopiaunchanged, but he cannot reticle there, an not tobedifcolourcd. Verfe 59. Sought falfeWitneffe ] Here Chrif}is convented and examined in the fpitituall Court,with agreat deal of injuflice and fubornation. They ñrft fought falle witneffe, as if they hadobcy'd our Saviour, whobad themask thofe that heard him, what hehad faid unto thernjoh 18.21. Verfe6o. Yea, thoughmanyfalfewitneffes came] So adultery was objected to Athanafiue, herefìe and treafon toCranmer. Alto I lay to thy charge, Paid Bonnerto Philpot, Martyr,that thoukiliedff thy father,and waft accurfed ofthy mother on her death-bed, erc. Ott , and Man, Q Elizabeth wrote thefe lines in the windaw at Woodstock; jof í 65o. Muchalledg'dagainfl me, Nothing provedcande. rreedorneofTpeech ufed by the Waldenfs again{} the finsof thole See Alex cEJ;r timer,caufed, V tpluresnefarie eu affingerentur opiniones, á quibus . pref.to his A. omninv cerant alieni, faith Gerard, That many falle opinions bate:ficnt of were fathered upon them , fuch as they never favoured. So Pop gs. deal the Papifts by us-at this day ; They tell the fedtìced peo- 3.acotra pie, that we worfhip no God,, count gain godlineffe, keep Gefarab, no promifes, eat young children, make nothing ofadultery, mtarther, cc. Good people, thefe men denyChrif} to be God,. and
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