z i o A Commentary upon the Copt Chap.t 7. that he was crucified, but that force other was crucified for him. Secondly, he tookup the opinionof the Arians, to deny his Divi- nity. Arius at Conflantinople, fitting upon the clofe-(tool, purged out his guts. Afahametifineis now there in that place,as it were the excrementsofArias. Verfe 6, I'havemanifeied thy Name] The Jews Peek to de= tract from the gloryof our Saviours miracles, by giving out, that he did them by I know not what fuperftitious or Magicalufeof the name7ehovah.But that nameofGod that he ishere faid tomanifeft, Bern. is that nomen Majeflativum, that holy and reverend name of God, fet down Exod. 34. 6, 7. A name that would fill our hearts with heaven, and anfwer all our doubts, had we but skill to fpell out all the letters in it. Verfe 7. Now they have mown, &c.] That theGofpe! is a plot ofGods own contriving, and no device of man ; as that Evan- gelium regni was, fet out by the Familyof Love : and thofe Fana- tiokes mentioned byIreueou, that were fobefotted withan opini- on ofthemfelves, that they accounted their own writings to be Gofpels. In the year 1220. certain Monks at 'Paris fet out a Go- Bee-hive of fpel full of all filthineffe andblafphemy, naming it Evangelium Rome. Q. ;o. eternum. And in the book called ConformitatesS. Franc.fci, made in the year 1389. it is written, that the fame book is better then the Gofpel, and S.Francis fet in Lucifers chairabove Angels. Caranz, fum. The Councel of Confiance comes in with a non obflante againít coned. fiff13. Chrifts inftitution, witholding the Cup from the Laity. And when the Popefets forth anyButs, commonly he concludes thus ; .Non obflartibus confiitutionibus & ordinationibus e4poflolicis, cæterifq; contraries quibus unque. And the Popes interpretationof Scripture, be it what it will, feem it never fo contrary to the Scri- pture, is, Ipliffimum `Dei verbum, the very word of God, faith Hofius. orgm"zov, Pri- Verfe 8. For Ihavegiven unto them] A fweet and preciousgift. ,arisen quid- It was the Jews primary priviledge, that unto themwere corn- er res map. mitted theoracles ofGod. There is a (chiefly) fet upon it,Rom.3.2. ni moments. See myTrue Treafure. Verfe 9. I prayfor them.] Chrift hath left us this prayer here recorded, as a pattern of that interceffion heunceífantly maketh I King. a, for us at the right handofhis heavenlyFather. 7oab was heard for eflbfolom : ilia!! not Chrift for us ? Solomon denied his mothers requeft : God will not denyChrifts, The Prodigal! came with- out
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