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ND it came to pafs when Jefus had made an end of commanding his twelve difciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Chrift, he fent two of his difciples, 3. And faid unto him, Art thou he that'fhould come, or do we look for another? 4 Jefus anfwered and faid unto them, Go and fhew John again thofe things which ye do hear and fee: 5. The Blind receive their fight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleanfed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6.

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*Luk 7. 18. And the Difciples of John fhewed him of all these things.

Ifa. 35. 4. Behold, your God hall come with Vengeance, even God with a Recompence, he will come and fave you. Joh. 6. 14. This is of a Truth, that Prophet that bould come into the World."

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elfe believe me for the very Works fake.

dt Ifa. 29. 18. In that day, fhall the Deaf hear the Words of 5 the Book, and the Eyes of the Blind fhall fee out of Obfcurity, and out of Darkness. * Ifa. 35. 5, 6. Then the Eyes of the Blind fhall be opened, and the Ears of the Deaf 10 fhall be unftopped. Then fhall the Lame Man leap as an Hart, and the Tongue of the Dumb fing.

Joh. 5. 36. I have a greater Witnefs than that of John: for the Works which the Father hath given me to finifh, the fame Works that I do, bear witnefs of me, that the Father hath fent me. Joh. 1o. 15 37, 38. If I do not the Works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the Works: that ye may know and believe that the Father 20 is in me, and I in him. Joh. 14. 11. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me, or

с . Pfal. 22. 26. The Meek fhall eat and be fatisfied: they fhall praife the Lord that feek him; your Heart fhall live for ever. *Ifa. 61. 1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good Tidings unto the Meek, he hath fent me to bind up the broken-hearted, Ifa. 66. 2. To this Man will I look,

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his Office. He that receiveth a Prophet, not because he is his Kinsman, or his Friend, nor because he is of the fame Side or Party, but meerly because he

is a Prophet, that is, on the Account of his Office, and the Relation he bears

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to God, he shall receive a Prophet's Reward; that is, the Reward a Prophet an intereft in his Prayers; or, which I rather think, he hall partake of that peculiar Reward, which God will hereafter bestow On a Prophet; for that there are different Degrees of Glory in the World to come, is plainly the Doctrine of the New-Teftament.

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offended i me. 7. And as they departed, Jefus began to fay un to the multitudes concerning john, What went ye out into the Wildernefs to fee? A reed fhaken with the wind. 8. But what went ye out for to fee? A man clo thed in foft raiment? behold, they that wear foft clo thing are in kings houses. 9. But what went ye out fo to fee? Ad prophet? yea, I fay unto you, and more than a prophet. 10. For this is he of whom it was written, Behold, I fend my meffenger before thy face which fhall prepare thy way before thee. 11. Verily fay unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not rifen a greater than John the Baptift

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look, even to him that is poor, and
of a contrite Spirit, and trembleth
at my Word. † Luk. 4. 18. The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, be-
cause he hath anointed me to preach 5
the Gospel to the Poor. Jam. 1.1
5. Hearken, my beloved Brethren,
hath not God chofen the Poor of
this World, rich in Faith, and
Heirs of the Kingdom, which he 10
hath promifed to them that love
him?

at Cor. 1. 23. We preach
Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
ftumbling-block, and unto the Greeks 15
foolishness. Gal. 5. 11. And I,
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Brethren, if I yet preach Circum-
cifion, why do I yet fuffer Perfecu-
tion? then is the Offence of the
Crofs ceafed. Pet. 2. 7, 8. Un-20
to you therefore who believe, he is
precious; but unto them which
be Difobedient, the Stone which
the Builders difallowed, the fame is
made the Head of the Corner, and
a Stone of Stumbling, and a Rock of
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Luk. 7. 24. And when the Meffengers of John were departed, he began to fpeak unto the People, concerning John, What went ye out into the Wildernefs for to fee? A Reed fhaken with the Wind?

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Joh. 5. 35. He was a burning and a thining Light: and ye were 35

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willing for a feafon to rejoice in that Light.

Eph. 4. 14. That we henceforth be no more Children, toffed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of Doctrine, by the fleight of Men, and cunning craf tinefs, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.

d Mat. 14. 5. They counted him as a Prophet. Mat. 21. 26. All hold John as a Prophet. Luk. 1.

76. Thou Child fhalt be called the Prophet of the higheft. † Luk. 20. 6. If we fay of Men, all the People will Stone us; for they be perfuaded, that John was a Prophet.

Luk. 7. 26. Much more than a Prophet.

Mal. 3. 1. Behold, I will fend my Meffenger, and he fhall prepare the way before me. + Mar. 1. 2. As it is written in the Prophets, behold, 1 fend my Meffenger before thy face, which fhall prepare thy way before thee. † Luk. 7. 27. This is he of whom it is written, behold, I fend my Meffenger before thy face, which fhall prepare thy way before thee.

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Luk. 1. 15. He fhall be great in the fight of the Lord, and fhall drink neither Wine nor ftrong

drink

notwithstanding, he that is leaft in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he.

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12. And from the days of

John the Baptift, until now, the kingdom of heaven * fuffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. [Or,

is gotten by force, and they that thrust men].
theprophets, and the law prophefied
14. And if ye will receive it, (1) this is
was for to come.
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13. For all until John. Elias which

15. He that hath (2) ears to hear, let But whereunto fhall I liken this generation?

drink; and he fhall be filled with the Holy Ghoft even from his McWomb.

**Luk. 16. 16. The Law and the Prophets were until John: fince 5 that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every Man preffeth

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Luk. 1. 16, 17. Many of the Children of Ifrael fhall he turn to 10 the Lord their God. And he fhall go before him in the Spirit and Power of Elias, to turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children, and the Disobedient to the Wisdom of the 15 Juft, to make ready a People prepared for the Lord. Luk. 7. 29. All the People that heard him, and the Publicans juftified God, being baptized with the Baptifm of John.

See the Note on Luk. 16. 16.

с * Mal. 45, 6. Behold, I will fend you Elijah the Prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the Lord. And he fhall turn the Heart of the Fathers to the Children, and the Heart of the Children to their Fathers, left I come and fmite the Earth with a Curfe.

d Mal. 4. 5. The Words under Ver. 13. Mar. 9. 11. Why fay the Scribes that Elias muft first come, Mat. 17. 13. Then the Difciples understood that he fpake unto them of John the Baptift. † Luk... 17. The Words under Ver. 13.

** Luk. 7. 31. And the Lord faid, whereunto then fhall I liken 20 the Men ofthis generation?

(1) At first Sight here appears to be a great Difficulty. For our Lord affirms that John the Baptift was Elias which was for to come; but when the Jews asked John, Chap. 1. 21. Art thou Elias? He faith, I am not. For the removing of this Difficulty, it is to be obferved, that the Jews expected that Elias fhould rife from the Dead, and appear in his own Perfon. Now St. John might well fay in this Senfe, that he was not Elias; but in another Senfe he was Elias, that is, he was that Perfon who was Prophefied of in Malachy: for he came in the Spirit and Power of Elias, and did prepare the Way for the coming of the Meffiah, baptizing great Numbers of the Jews into the Baptifm of Repentance, and the Belief of the Meffiah. See the Note on Luk. 1. 17. Those who would fee more on this Subject, may confult the Learned Dr. Whitby's Annotations on this Verfe.

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(2) Mat. 13. 9. The fame Words repeated, but ofteneft in the fingu lar, Mar. 7. 16. Luk, 8. 8. Rev. 2.7, 11, 17, 29.. And Rev. 3.6, 13, 22. To have Ears to hear, is to have a Mind free from corrupt and finful Prejudices, difpofed to hear and embrace the Truth, and defirous to underland and practife it. It is a proverbial Saying.

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neration? It is like unto children fitting in the marke and calling unto their fellows, 17. And faying, We ha piped unto you, and ye have not danced: we have mou ed unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18. For Jo came neither eating nor drinking, and they fay, He ha a devil. 19. The Son of man came eating and drinki and they fay, Behold, a man gluttonous, and a Wi bibber, a friend of publicans and finners: but wifd is juftified of her children. 20. ¶ Then 20. Then began he upbraid the cities wherein moft of his mighty wo were done, because they repented not. 21. Wo unto th Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethfaida: for if the migh works which were done in you, had been done in T and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in cloth and afhes. 22. But I fay unto you, it shall d more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of ju ment, than for you. 23. And thou, Capernaum, whi art exalted unto heaven, fhalt be brought down to he for if the mighty Works which have been done in th had been done in Sodom, it would have remained un this day. 24. But I fay unto you, that it fhall be m tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgme than for thee. 25. (1) At that time Jefus anfwer

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(1) The Perfons from whom the great Truths of the Gofpel were were the Wife and Prudent, that is, the proud Pharifees, and Teach among the Jews, who accounted themfelves Wife, and thought they not want Inftruction, and confequently defpifed Chrift and his Doctrin as not agreeable to their corrupt Inclinations, and miftaken Opinions.

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and faid, I thank thee, O Father, a Lord of heaven and earth, because thou haft hid these things from the wife and prudent, and haft revealed them unto babes. 26. Even 10, Father, for fo it feemed good in thy fight. 27: All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and 10 man knoweth the Son but the Father: neither knoweth any man the Father, fave the Son, and he to

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Mouth of Babes and Sucklings haft See Pfal. 8. 2. Out of the thou ordained Strength

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Ifa. 29. 14. The Wisdom of their wife Men fhall perish, and the Underftadding of their prudent to

Men fhall be hid. t 1 Cor. 1. 27. God hath chofen the foolish Things of the World, to confound the Wife; and God hath chofen the weak Things of the World, to con- 15 found the things which are mightyti Cor. 2. 8. Which none of the Princes of this World knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of 20 Glory. Jam. 2. 5. Hearken, my beloved Brethren, hath not God chofen the Poor in this World, rich in Faith, and Heirs of the Kingdom which he hath promifed to them 25

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e I Cor. 1. 21. After that, in the Wisdom of God, the World by Wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foclifhness of Preaching to fave them that believe.

Mat. 28. 18. All Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth. Joh. 13. 3. Jefus knowing that the Father had given all things into his Hands. 1 Cor. 15. 27. He hath put all things under his Feet. But when he faith all things are put under him, it is manifeft that he is excepted which did put all things under him. Eph. 1. 22. Hath put all things under his Feet, and gave him to be the Head over all things to the Church. See on Mat. 28. 18.

Mat. 16. 17. Bleffed art thou Simon Barjona: for Flesh and Blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is 30

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↑ Joh. 1. 18. No Man hath feen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the Bofom of the Father, he hath declared him. Joh. 6. 46. Not that any Man hath feen the Father, fave he which is of God, he hath feen the Father. Joh. 10. 15. As the Father knoweth me, even fo know I the Father

Severity to thofe, who being wilfully Blind, had rejected him, he had revealed them unto Babes, that is, Perfons of humble and teachable Tempers. It is undoubtedly an Act of God's meer Mercy that he gives Grace to any 3 but fo great is his Love and Goodness to fallen Man, that he denies this Grace to none but those who reject the Offer of it, and refufe to be made better by it. Thus that Text, Rom. 6. 17. is to be understood. It was not matter of Thankfulness, that they had been the Servants of Sin, but it was matter of Praise, that they who had once been Servants of Sin, did from the Heart obey that Form of Doctrine delivered to them by the Apoftle.

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