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they are most serious, they would recommend me and n Labours to Almighty God, whose Bleffing both for my fo and them I humbly implore, for the Sake of Jefus Christ.

To be added to the Note on Matt. 18.18

It can be little doubted, says Dr. Lightfoot, that Christ speaketh accor ing to the common and most familiar Sense of the Language. And shews by many Instances, that Binding and Loofing, in the Language a Style most familiarly known to the Jewish Nation, signifie to prohit and to permit, or to teach what is prohibited or permitted, what lawfu what unlawful. See his Works, Vol. 1. p.238.

Pag. 378. Line $2. instead of, We do not, &c. read, John Baptist inde did no Miracle, but his Birth was miraculous, and so was his Father being dumb, &c.

fatisfactory Knowledge. Things that are obfcure and intricate we pur sue with Eagerness, whilst divine Truths are usually difregarded, onl because they are easie and common: or if there be some of an highe Nature, they shall possibly be rejected, because they are above, or feem ingly contrary to Reason, whilst we admit several Things withou Scruple, which are not reconcileable with Revelation; n: tho' reveale Truths be certainly Divine, and the other either no Truths at all, or a best only human. This Sort of Conduct is very preposterous; for afte all, true Wisdom and fatisfactory Knowledge is only to be had from Revelation; and as to other Truths which are to be collected from Senfe and Reason, our Ignorance of them will always be so much greater than our Knowledge, as there are a Thousand things we are ignorant of, to one Thing we throughly know. Reflections upor Learning, &c. p. 291.

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Pf. 132. 11. The Lord hath fworn in truth unto David, he will not turn from it, Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy Throne. Act. 13. 23. Of this man's feed hathi God, according to his promite, rifed up unto Ifrael a Saviour Jefus. Jer. 23. 5. Behold, the days

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faith the Lord, that I will raife unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and profper, and shall execute judgment and ju5 stice in the earth. Matt. 22. 42. What think ye of Christ? Whofe Son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

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ham begat Ifaac, and d Ifaac begat Jacob, and e Jaco begat Judas and his brethren. 3. And f Judas beg * Phares and Zara of Thamar, and Phares begat Efron and Efrom begat Aram. 4. And Aram begat Aminadab, an Aminadab begat Naaffon, and Naaffon begat Salmon. 5. An Salmon begat Booz of Rachab, and Booz begat Obed of Rutl and Obed begat Jesse. 6. And h Jesse begat David th king, and David the King begat Solomon of her that ha been the wife of Urias. 7. And * Solomon begat Roboam, an Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Afa. 8. And Afa be gat Jofaphat, and Jofaphat begat Joram, and Joram bega (1) Ozias. 9. And Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham bega Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezekias. 10. And Ezekias be gat Manaffes, and Manaffes begat Amon, and Amon bega Jofia:

d* Gen. 25. 26. After that came his brother out, and his hand took hold of Esan's heel, and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she 5 Now David was the Son of tha

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e* Gen. 29. 35. And she [Leah] conceived again, and bare a fon, and she said, Now will I praise the Lord; therefore the called his name Judah, and left bearing.

f* Gen. 38. 27. It came to pass in the time of her [Tamar's] travail, that behold Twins were in her Womb.

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Horn with Oil, and go, I will sen thee to Feffe the Bethlehemite for I have provided me a King a mong his Sons. I Sam. 17. 12 Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judak whose name was Foffe

i* 2 Sam. 12. 24. David com forted Bath-fheba his Wife, and rowent in unto her, and lay with her: and the bare a Son, and he called his name Solomon; and the Lord loved him.

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1 Chron. 3. 10, &c. And 15 Solomon's fon was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Afa his fon, Jehoshaphat his fon.

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Ruth 4. 18. Now these are the Generations of Phares: Phares begat Hezron. I Chron. 2. 5, 9, &c. The Sons of Pharez; Hezron and Hamul. The Sons of2cfeth his Son reigned in his stead. Hezron that were born unto him, 1 Chron. 3. 13. Ahaz his fon, Jerameel, and Ram, and Chelubai. Hezekiah his fon, Manasseth his 1 Sam. 16.1. Fill thine fon.

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(1) Joram was the remote, not the immediate Parent of Ozias; for among the Jews, the Children of Children were accounted not only the Children of their immediate Parents, but likewise of those who were removed feveral generations from them. Those who defire to be satisfied why Azariah, Joash, and Amaziah, are left out, may confult Dr. Whitby and other Commentators on this Verse. The Learned may confult Surenhufius on the texts cited out of the Old-Testament in the New, who accounts for the Difficulties in the genealogy of our Bleffed Lord.

Jofias. 11.And Josias (1) begat (2) Jechonias and his Brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon. 12. And after they were brought to Babylon, m Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel. 13. And Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor. 14. And Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud. 15. And Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob. 16. And (3) Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. 17. So all the generations from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations: and from David until the carrying away into Babylon, are fourteen Generations: and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ, are fourteen generations. 18. (4) Now the Birth of Jesus Christ was on this wife: When as his Mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with Child of the holy Ghost. 19. Then Joseph her husband being a (5) juft

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(1) + Some read, Fofias begat Jakim, and Jakim begat Fechonias. (2) Dr. Whitby proves that Jeconias in the 11th Verse, is not the same Person with Jeconias ver. 12, but is indeed Jehoiachim, the Son of Jofias, and his first born. This interpretation, says he, makes up the 14 generations exactly in the second and third series; whereas they who make Jeconias, ver. 11 and 12, to be the same Person, leave only 13 in the second series, if Jeronias be added to the third; or in the third, if he be reckoned to the second: When therefore the Apostle faith by way of Inference, So all the Generations froin David, until the carrying away into Babylon, are 14 generations ver. 17, he leads us to this interpretation; be. cause this would not be true, were Jeconias ver. 11, and Jeconias ver. 12. one and the fame Perfon.

(3) What is here faid, is very consistent with what St. Luke, Chap. 3. 23. records, where Joseph is faid to be the Son of Heli. For Jacob was Joseph's own Father, and Heli was his Father in Law, Heli being the Father of the Virgin Mary, to whom Joseph was espoused.

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(5) just Man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 20. But while he thought on these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy Wife: for that which is * conceived [Gr.begotten in her, is of the holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a fon, and thou shalt call his name Jefus: for he shall f save his People from their sins. 22 (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, 23Behold, a Virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a fon, and they shall call his name [Or, his Name shall be called (6) Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, "God with us.) - 24. Then Joseph being raifed from fleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his Wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her a first-born

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P† Deut. 24. 1. When a Man is none other Name under Heahath taken a Wife and married her, ven given among Men, whereby and it come to pass, that the find we must be saved. Acts 13.38. Be it no favour in his Eyes, because he known unto you, Men and Brehath found fome Uncleanness in her: 5 thren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of Sins.

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then let him write her a Bill of divorcement, and give it her in her hand, and fend her out of his House. Deut.22. 23, 24. If a Damsel that is a Virgin be betrothed unto an hus-10hold, a Virgin shall conceive and band, and a Man find her in the City and lye with her: Then ye shall bring them both our unto the gate of the City, and ye shall Stone them with Stones that they die,

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1 Tim. 3. 16. - Great is the mystery of Godliness: God was Ismanifest in the Flesh, - Rom. 9. 5. Of whom, as concerning the Flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blefled for ever.

Luk. 1. 31. Behold, thou shalt conceive in thy Womb, and 4. Exod. 13. 2. Sanctifie unbring forth a Son, and shalt call hiszoto me all the first-born, whatsoever name Jefus. openeth the Womb among the Children of Ifrael, both of Man and beast it is mine.

f† Acts 4. 12. Neither is there Salvation in any other: for there

(5) The Word here translated just, ful, compassionate, or good natured Man.

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(6) By an ufual Idiom, or manner of speaking among the Jews, a Person is faid to be called by such or fuch a Name, not that he was commonly known by that Name, but because such Titles did belong to him. When therefore the Jews object, that our Lord's Name was Jefus, not Emmanuel nor Wonderful, Counsellour, &c. [Ifa. 9.6.] we answer, that these Titles did eminently belong to our Lord, and that therefore these Prophecies have received their Accomplishment according to their own Idiom, and way of speaking. For to be called Emmanuel is the fame as to be Emmanuel.

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