The Fathers great Love 11.4.0110.1..11 Joh.6 33 Verf,4i t Cor, 2. I 4. Joh. 6. 42 vey life and falvation to the foules of men , this was his meat anddrink; fo that this is it that in all hisfpeakings he chiefly holds out ; fohere he having declared that he was that bread that came down frcm Heaven , that only true and fpi: i;ual Mannawhich cometb down fromHeaven,that nouriíh- eth the foules of men, andbetides which there is none ether: Hereupon (heholding forth this fo boldly and fo clearly) the Jewel, theScribes and Pharifees, thole Religious and Lear- ned men of the times not knowing the myllery of this bread, became extreantly offended, and defpifed and derided him, laying, Hew can this man give us bir.flefh to eat ? Truly Be- Ioved,that which is held out tous by this, is, That the jew is in every man by nature, and is difontented at the fpea- king out ofthefpiritual things ofJefus Ghrif. When it is holdenout that there is no other Wifdome, Strength, Righ- teoufneß, and Habigbut that which is onely in and from the Son ofGod, and that this is the only meat and drink of the foule : And that there is not any one ofthe fonnes of men, that batheither trifdo n, or bolineffe, or power,. or any good thing of his owne: this is a hard laying to flefb and blood ; for the natural man receivesnot the things of the fpi- rit of God, neit%-er indeed can he, for they are fpiritually dif- cerned. The Words now read, are the anfwer of our Saviour to themurmuring obje&ion ofthe carnal' minded man or Jew fay ing, bow can this man be bread unto us, or Manna, or meat and drink ? L not this the Son of Jofeph.? and the reafon is, becaufe they law onely the Vail, but not the Godhead, the eternity or et erliving WORD that was under that Vail, viz. hisflefh or his external appearance. Now he therefore gives an anfwer to this their murmuring,and.íhews the reafon and ground why it couldnot be otherwife with them, that their carnal minds could do no other but murmur at thefe fpiri- tual makings out of the minde of God ; Becaufe no man could knowhim, love him, and believe in him, but thofe that weregiven him of the Father ; thofe that were drawn by thefpirit and love of the Fatheronely, wouldunderhand, love, and beleeve, and know him ; but otherwife all others they
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