Chap. t 8. according to St J oH N. I25 viour fpeaketh religiouíly to a profane perfon : So doth yacob Gen.33 -5. to Efau. Each Countrey-man is knowne by his language. God will turn to all his people a pure lip , Zephan. 3. 9. They are none of his, that can íhift their fades to the fitting of every winde , tune their fiddles to other mens bale , and, as the Planet Mercury, be good in conjunc`Iion with good, and bad withbad. Verfe 38. what's truth ?] In a fcornfull profane manner. As indeed profane fpirits cannot heare favoury words , but they turn them off with a fcorn. What's truth ? Faftidi entis atque irridentis vox non interrogantù , faith Beza. Some think it is, vox admirantis : As if `Pilate wondered at Chrift , that when his life was in queftion he fhould . talke of truth , q. d. Your life is in danger , and talke you of truth ? Polititians thinke Religion nicenei%. How ever it was, or with what minde foever, our he goes, and ftaies not an anfwer : As Saul bade the Priefe bring to him the Arke, but , ere that could be done, drawes forth his Army Sam. I4. Verfe 39. But ye have a cuflome ] An ungaine, ungodly cuftome it was, Proverb 17. 15. What ever were the ground . of it. Some thinke it was in memory of yonathan , refcu- to ista confise= ed from his father by the people, Others that the Feafi tudinetfiut Y P crq/j"um fuit might be celebrated with the greater joy and gladneífe. O- vitium. Caly. thers , more probably , in remembrance of their deliverance rodw. Rtntiq. from the e/Egyptian bondage. But why fhould any Banibbaa Hel 12.139. fcape by it ? e.4 bloody man fhall flee to the pit, .. and no man may ' roy, x8.97. flay him. Verle 40. Now Barabbaswas a robber] And a murtherer too, ÁI.3.14 yet preferred before Chrift, who was alto crucified in the midit of two theeves, as the worft ofthe three. Thus he was peccatorum maximur, bothby imputation for he-bore our linnes, whichwere all made to meet upon him, Ifa.53.6. and by reputation,.. for he was numbredwith the tranfgre¡fours, ver. 12. and made his . grave with the wicked, verf9. . CHtiBI.
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