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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35949	A brief exposition of the evangel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew by David Dickson ...	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.	1651 (1651)	Wing D1400; ESTC R13881	307,666	370

where he ●new the traitour with the enemies should shortly come to apprehend him and acquainteth his Disciples with his pu●pose of going apart to prepare himself by prayer for suffering Doc. 1. As the truth of the Gospel so the right way of suffering for the truth must be learned from Christ Therfore our Lord tak●th with him his disciples unto Gethsemane a Garden and place where he is to begin his last sufferings that they might see how voluntarily and holily he addressed himself unto that service 2. As we should not make oftentation of going to private prayer so neither need we scrupulously to conceal our purpose when it may edifie for Christ saith here Sit you here till I go and pray yonder Ver. 37. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and very heavy 38. Then saith he unto them My soul is exceeding sorrowful evenn unto death tarry ye here and watch with me Out of the eleven Disciples He chooseth three to be witnesses of the hardest parts of his sufferings even the same who were lately witnesses of his glorious transfiguration Doc. 1. Albeit al the redeemed be alike dear to Christ yet wil he acquaint some with more deep passages of his sufferings then others and readily such as he hath acquainted before with clearer sight of his Glory as here He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee 2. Our Lord suffered for our sins not only in his body but also in his soul dolour and heaviness in a measure unspeakable My soul saith he is exceeding sorrowfull even unto death 3. Our Lord kept back from his own humane nature the consolations of the personal union thereof with the Divine nature so far that he as Man did not despise the smallest mean of ease or relaxtion that could be but calleth for the company of his slippery disciples and hereby doth teach us in our sad perplexities to take the company of some of the Saints to whom we may reveal our mind for Tarry ye here and watch with me saith he to them Ver. 39. And he went a little further and fel on his face and prayed saying O my Father if it be possible let this cup passe from me nevertheless not as I wil but as thou wilt Albeit their company could be of some use yet but of smal use to him therfore he goeth on and prayeth Doc. 1. There is no ease to a perplexed soul under the sense of wrath till it be alone with God there it may sigh groan utter broken words keep silence or freely expresse it selfe as it pleaseth without misconstruction Therfore He goeth a little from them and fell on his face and prayed 2. The sense of the wrath of God felt by Christ and the weight of the curse due to our sins laid upon him was so horrible that his holy nature looking upon it simply as it tendeth to the destruction of the creatures could not but abhor it and so wish to be rid of it if it had been possible therfore doth holy nature say My Father if it be possible let this cup passe from me 3. The love that our Lord hath to our redemption and his special covenant made with the Father for the paying of our ransome made him to subject his holy nature and Wil to that which otherwise is abhorred therfore looking to the Fathers will thus to expiate the sinnes of the Redeemed he saith Neverthelesse not as I will in an holy naturall choise but as thou wilt let it be I voluntarily do choose it that is according to the condition past between us for redemption of the Elect Let me drink this cup and here the merit of sin th● strictnesse of Divine Justice the horrour of the wrath of God with the weight of the curse the mercy of God towards sinners and the unspeakable love both of God and Christ toward the Elect is to be seen lively set forth before us in our Lords passion Ver. 40. And he cometh unto his disciples and findeth them asleep and saith unto Peter What could ye not watch with me one hour 41. Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak Here is a short breathing time after his wrastling wherein he cometh to his Disciples whom no trouble could make him forget because for them and for the rest of his own people these sufferings were sustained and finding them asleep he gently reproveth them and exhorteth them to watch and pray by three reasons The first is joyned with a reproof It is but an hour you have to watch til you be yoked with a temptation by occasion of my sufferings approaching Therfore why do you not watch this one hour with me The second reason Except you watch and pray you may readily come under the power of temptation Therfore watch and pray lest you enter into or begin to come under the power of temptation The third reason is Albeit the spirit or your renewed part be ready and willing to resist and oppose temptations yet the flesh your natural and unrenewed part is weak and ready to be overcome Therefore watch and pray Doc. 1. When we are in greatest danger and matters most concerning us are in hand when God calleth most for our service and we have most need to watch then are we readily most secure as it fares with these disciples whom Christ called to watch with him and now findeth them asleep 2. Seeing we have no strength of our own to overcome temptations the only way to prevail is to watch and pray to God for assistance therefore Christ saith Watch and pray lest ye enter into temptation 3. Seeing the godly are in great part flesh and unrenewed and so are easily insnared by temptations the spirit and renewed part hath so much more need of the help of spiritual exercises for therfore Christ bids them watch and pray upon this reason that howsoever the spirit be willing yet the flesh is weak Ver 42. He went away again the second time and prayed saying O my Father if this cup may not passe away from me except I drink it thy wil be done 43. And he came and found them asleep again for their eys were heavy 44. And he left them and went away again and prayed the third time saying the same words Our Lord's Agony under the sense of wrath and weight of the curse due to our sins is renewed again and again while he is coming and going between his Father and his slippery Disciples pra●ing to the Father the second and third time in the same wor● for understanding whereof let us consider that it standeth with the holinesse of humane Nature so well to be naturally and necessarily sensible of pain and griefe as to be voluntarily patient under it so well to tremble and be feared for the wrath of the Creatour as to love to have his consolation and to have

Son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister and to give his life a ransome for many Our Lord doth clear his Doctrine by his own example shewing them how he humbled himselfe for the publick good Doct. 1. The example of our Lords humiliation of himselfe serveth to curb all ambition in his Ministers and if it prevaile not shall bear witness against them for Even the Son of Man saith he came not to be ministred unto 2. Christ in his first coming came not to take up an earthly dominion or a stately preheminence as his Disciples imagined but came in the shape and state of a servant and behaved himself so as he was ready for the good of his Disciples to wash their feet for he came not to reign in a worldly manner but to serve in the externall Ministery of the Gospell He came saith he to minister 3. Ministers should not onely quit prelacy for the good of the Church but their life also if need bet for Christ out of the Love to mens Salvation not onely emptied himselfe of Stately Dominion but also emptied himselfe of Liberty and Life And gave himselfe a ransom for many Ver. 29. And as they departed from Iericho a great multitude followed him 30. And behold two blind men sitting by the way side when they heard that Iesus passed by cryed out saying have mercy on us O Lord thou son of David Among these that countenance Christ and follow him from Jericho two are marked Doct. 1. Of all the multitude of Christs followers these are the most remarkable persons who give unto Christ most imployment and draw most vertue by faith out of him therefore above all These two blind men are specially here noted 2. It is wisdom to seek of God the greatest things whatsoever else we need for these men are not so curious for Alms of Mony albeit they were Beggers as to have the benefit of the Mediators mercy Have mercy on us say they 3. Whosoever crave any benefit by Christ must be cleare in this point that Christ is the promised Messiah for Son of David is their great argument 4. We must beleeve his power and love as God incarnate able and willing to save us for so do they saying O Lord thou Son of David Ver. 31. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace but they cryed the more saying Have mercy on us O Lord thou Son of David From the discouragement off●red unto them Learne 1. It is no new thing that such as in appearance are following Christ do hinder these who are following him in ea●●est for The multitude rebuked these poor men and will have them to hold their peace 2. But it is wisdom for such as beleeve in Christ the more they are opposed the more to seek him and to take no answer from any but from himselfe for so doth these blind men who do not forsake their petition till it be granted Ver. 32. And Iesus stood stil and called them and said What wil ye that I shal do unto you 33. They say unto him Lord that our eyes may be opened 34. So Iesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes and immediately their eyes received sight and they followed him Christ heareth them and falleth in conference with them Doct. 1. Christ taketh notice of such suppliants as the multitude doth despise He standeth still to hear these blind mens suit 2. Where there is Faith and Sincerity the Lord will draw it forth to open view for his owne glory and the good of the Believer therfore He asketh what they would have that it might be known that they did not seek money but the fruit of his divine power 3. When misery is laid forth in faith before Christ he meeteth it with compassion as here in these blind men for he is a compassionate high priest 4. It is easie for Christ to do every greatest work as here to open the eyes of the blind and to give sight to them for He touched their eyes and they immediately received sight 5. It is reason that what gift we get of Christ we imploy it for his honour for Their eyes received sight and they followed him CHAP. XXI Christ rideth to Jerusalem to vers 12. Casteth out the buyers and sellers out of the temple to ve 18. Curseth the fig tree vers 22. Defendeth his own authority against the Pharisees challenge ver 28. And in two parables setteth down their sin and Gods judgement in rejecting of them Ver. 1. ANd when they drew nigh unto Ierusalem and were come to Bethpage unto the mount of Olives then sent Iesus two disciples 2. Saying unto them Go into the villages over against you and straightway ye shall find an asse tyed and a colt with her loose them and bring them unto me 3. And if any man say ought unto you ye shall say The Lord hath need of them and straightway he will send them IN this Christ's last voyage to Jerusalem Observe 1. That Christ being resolved to lay down his life the more near he draweth to his suffering the more doth he reveal himself to be the promised Messiah in whom the promises were accomplished Therfore he wil now go riding into Ierusalem 2. Again lest the nature of his kingdom should be mistaken he wil give evidence in his poverty that his kingdome is not of this world Therfore he will borrow an asse to ride on 3. He hath right to whatsoever he liketh to make use of as he sheweth in commanding the disciples To loose the asse and her colt and to bring them to him 4. His knowledge doth reach to the observation of the meanest things and doth take notice of Asses and their colts and their bindings and loosings 5. Whatsoever impediment can occur to any of his servants in their course of obedience unto him he doth foresee it and doth provide for the removing therof as here If any say ought unto you c. 6. He knoweth the master of the Asse will be within and what he wil say and foretelleth how he shall dispose of his will and move him without any more to let them go for the hearts of kings and country-men are in his hand and thus he letteth his disciples see a glimpse of his God head saying Straightway he send them 7. Albeit he be Lord of all yet will he make use of what his friends have with their own consent so that they may be reasonable servants with good will bestowing what he calleth for Therfore saith he Straightway he will send them 8. He is not ashamed to professe himselfe Lord and Master and yet to be so far emptied as to have need of the service of an Asse Say saith he the Lord hath need of them Ver. 4. All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet saying 5. Tell ye the daughter of Sion Behold thy king cometh unto thee meek and sitting upon an