i'36 A Commentary upon the Gofel Chap.' g: but when he fanf{ifiethbyhis Spirit. Poffumtu etiam hint afJeve-- rare ex latere Chrifli flux* noftra facramenta , faith Cal- ?yin , We may fafely fay that our Sacraments iffued out ofChrifts. fide. Plus valet oat'. ; Verfe 35. And he that fäw it, &c. ] Nothing fofire asfight. latats refiisunns One eye-witneffe is more then tenear-witneffes. It is probable >Juam auv:tide" that the Apoffles that were fo converfant with our Saviour , had their Da books wherein they recorded his dailyOracles ando- peftea Hiória Y- Y Y , wargefica eft ther occurrences, andout ofwhich they compiled the Gofpels. cótexta. Sculc. His recordis true] The Gofpel is called the Teftimony, Ifa.8. zo. MnaLcp.decic, becaufe it bearethwitneffe to it felt. TheLaw is called light (Lex, Lux)becaufe by it, felfit isfeen to beofGod, as the Sun is feen by its own Verfe 36.:. Not a bone, ofhimwas brokn. ] So he appeared to . be the true Pafchall Lamb , that was rotted whole in thefire ofhis Fathers wrath, to deliverus from the wrath to come.. The foul? diers could not breakhis legs, becaufe God had otherwife ordered it. Yolands Dei, neceftas rei. Verfe 37. Theyjball lookupon him ] This isnot a threat,.but a rAnvi;ynoui. promife, Zech. r a.t o..fulfilled Ad. 2. 37. when Peters hearersfelt thenails , wherewith they had crucified Chrift , flicking fait in their own hearts, andpiercing them with horrour. Verfe 48. Difciple off efits, but fecretlyforfear.] A Difci- plehe was , though a daffard. Infirmities, if difclaim'd, difcard u . not. Vzziah ceafed not tobe.a King when hebegan to be a z;ech.3 leper. 7ehojhuah thehigh-Prieft, though ill- cloathed,. yet ftood before the Angel ; . Chrift did not abhorrehis prefence , nor ivied his fervice. The Church calleth her Pelf black,. Cant. i5. but Chrift cals herfair, Pic. In Peace-offerings they might offer lea- vened bread,. to thew that God will bear with his peoples infir. mities. Verfe 39. Andthere came alfo Nicodemus. ] Another night- bird; achieftain in the Ecclefiaftical State , as yofeph of Arima rhea (orRamath, Samuel., country) was inthe Civil. The faith thefe twonowbreaks out,though.it had longlain hid,as the Sutì undera cloud, as feed undera clod : now theymanifeft their love r toChrift, &cruellyhandled ; as the : true mother didhers toher child, when it was tobe cut in two. - Verfe 40. with the ices, as the manner of the 7ews ] Tote., flùfie their hopeofarefurration. . kn an A i.muttonofwhom ;. they
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