Chap.2 r: ncording to St. J o H N. 47 ifChriftians fhould fo do , what kindof books would they be ? - Verfe 13. Takethbread andgiveththem. ] As his manner was before his death, and with his ufuall form of Grace before meat, Luk.t4.3ç. by thewhich thofe two, that had his company to Emaus., knew him. Thofe that.receive nct the creatures with than giving.,' Tinr¢.¢. are worfethenHeathens. The Greekword for a dinner comes of another word that Ggnifierhprayers , which they ufually premifed to their repafls.Hefiodgives this precept,Eat not ofa difh thathath /tempa,, a r not firft been offered in facrifice. An elegant and piousprecept, ápwràprecibta faith Melant2hcn, drawnnodoubt from the holyPatriarchs. The glsasP>,v7nitte- people wouldnot tafleoftheir good chear,till Samuel hadblelíed Gant. Mnd`úr.s xv. ve it. And Mofes bade themEat and drink m,'. before the Lord, Mine re ä Oxen and fatlings are prepared, faith that King, Matt.22.1. It is xrip6imrdps. in theoriginall, are facrifaced. So was Nebuchadnezzars good noP7aEZvo-- chear, which therefore Daniel wouldnot tafte of. r Sam9.13, Verfe 14. This is now the thirdtime,&c.] eArdamdied, and we79rí rx. hear no more ofhim : not fo the fecond Adam. If a maxdie Jhall he live again ? Job. 14.14. Not till the generali refürrec`iion fure- lty. Many devices there are in the minds offome, that there (hall be a firft refurre lionof theMartyrs only, aad that they hhall raign ohnft. de nat. ,nn earth a Thoufand years. Alftedfaith, this thoufand years (hall çon(tanc. begin in the year 1694. Eut thefe, faith a Divine , are but themi- flakes of force high exprefïions in Scripture ; which defcribe the cottonupoti judgements poured out uponGodsenemies , in making a way to che'. vials. the Jewsconverfion, by the patern oftheTall judgement. Verfe 15. Lovell thou me more then thefe ? ] As thou haft not spared to profeffe and promife ( for when the refi Paid nothing,Pe- ter fai¢ he would laydown his life for him) and as thou now pre- tendeflf, by cafting thy felf into the fea, tocome firft to me. Thou knowefl" that Ilove thee.] Being askedof the meafüre, he onlyanfwereth of thetruth , q. d. for the quantityi can fay little, but for the truthi dareaffirm. The upright areperfeft in Gods account. And 'Peter had now turnedhiscrowing intocrying. Feedmy lambs.] Thefe were his firft care. TheSyriackaddetti, j li, mihi, feed them for me. And Drufikm reckons this amongft the Eaflern Apophthegmes , zuicquidagar, propter Deum agar. Whatfoevet thou doeft, do it forGods fake. ¶ropier to Domine, propter te, wasagodly mans motto , it fhould be every Miniflers efpecially. Yak 16. FeedmMeep] That is , Supremo; in Bcclffid De- L 2 mtnt0M
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