LO THESE ARE PARTS OF HIS WAYS: BUT HOW LITTLE A PORTION IS HEARD OF HIM?

SECT. LI. ADDENDA-PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL. PART IV.

JEREMIAH Xxiii. 7, 8, Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 8, but, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.'

xxxi. 27-37, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28, And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. 29, In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30, But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 31, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32, not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 33, but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34, And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. 35, Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36, if those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. 37, Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.'

EZEKIEL XI. 15-20, Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. 16, Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. 17, Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 18, And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. 19, And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: 20, That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.'

xx. 40, For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GoD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.'

xxxvii. 11-4, Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12, Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13, And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of

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your graves, 14, and shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.'

HOSEA i. 10, .1, Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11, Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.'

ii. 23, And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.'

xiv., O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2, Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 3, Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 4, I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5, I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6, His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7, They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8, Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9, Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.'

AMOS ix. 14, .5. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15, And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.'

MICAH vii. 15-20, According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. 16, The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. 17, They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. 18, Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19, He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20, Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.'

JOEL ii. 21-32, Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. 22, Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23, Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 24, And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25, And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. 26, And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. 27, And [VOL. II.

GO, ENQUIRE OF THE LORD.-2 Chron. xxxiv. 21.

BUT THE THUNDER OF HIS POWER WHO CAN UNDERSTAND ?-Job xxvi. 14.

ALL THY WORKS SHALL PRAISE THEE, O LORD; AND THY SAINTS SHALL BLESS THEE.-Psalm cxlv. 10.

ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else and my people shall never be ashamed. 28, And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29, and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit. 30, And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32, And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.'

iii. 16-21, The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. 17, So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. 18, And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19, Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. 20, But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21, For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.'

transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. 12, I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. 13, The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 14, Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15, The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. 16, In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. 17, The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 18, I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. 19, Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. 20, At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.'

HAGGAI i. 20-3, And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 21, Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 22, and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses OBADIAH 17-21, 'But upon mount Zion shall be and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. 23, In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make LORD of hosts.' thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the

deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18, And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 19, And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20, And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 21, And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

NAHUM i. 12-.5, Thus saith the LORD; Thongh they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13, For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14, And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. 15, Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly

cut off.'

HABAKKUK ii. 13, .4, Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? 14, For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.'

ZEPHANIAH iii. 9-20, For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. 10, From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. 11, In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast

ZECHARIAH ii. 6-11, Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. 7, Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. 8, For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. 9, For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. 10, Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. 11, And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.'

x. 6-12, And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. 7, And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 8, I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: aud they shall increase as they have increased. 9, And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. 10, I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. 11, And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 12, And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.' MALACHI IV.-See p. (6), Vol. I.

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THEY SHALL SPEAK OF THE GLORY OF THY KINGDOM, AND TALK OF THY POWER.-Psalm cxlv. 11.

THE WORST THAT MAN CAN DO AGAINST BELIEVERS, IS TO SEND THEM OUT OF THE EARTH.

SECTION 52.-(G. 12-.4)-[Lesson 49.]-JESUS JOURNEYS, AND RESIDES IN GALILEE AND AGAIN PLAINLY FORETELLS HIS SUFFERINGS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION. ON THEIR WAY BACK TO CAPERNAUM, THE DISCIPLES DISPUTE AMONG THEMSELVES, CONCERNING PRECEDENCE. THE COLLECTORS OF THE TRIBUTE MONEY MAKE APPLICATION TO PETER JESUS QUESTIONS PETER ON THIS SUBJECT; AND THEN SENDS HIM TO THE LAKE. THE DISCIPLES ASK JESUS, 'WHO IS THE GREATEST?' JESUS QUESTIONS THEM; AND, UPON THEIR MAKING NO ANSWER, HE PROCEEDS TO INSTRUCT THEM, BOTH BY A SIGNIFICANT ACTION AND BY WORD.-Matt. xvii. 22-xviii. 1-9.* Mark ix. 30-50. Luke ix. 43–50. John vii. 1.-[See Greswell, Vol. II. pp. 374-..8, and Diss. xxix. pp. 464-.81.] INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. Mt. -- Mk. ix. 33-.5. Lu. ix. 47, .8. Jesus perceiving their thought, asks what had been the subject of their dispute; and when they are silent, he sits down, calls the twelve, and saith, that the way to be first, is to be last, and servant of all. xviii. 2. ix. 36.

Mt. xvii. 22. Mk. ix. 30. Lu.- Jno. vii. 1. Jesus departs from the Holy Mount, at the foot of which the dispossession last recorded appears to have taken place (see Lu. ix. 37-42, § 51, p. 58)-He passes through Galilee, but refrains from presenting himself in Jewry..... the Jews are already determined to accomplish his death; the truth respecting which, it was so difficult to bring before the minds of the disciples.

ix. 30,.1.

xvii. 22, .3. ix. 43, .4. Jesus at this time shuns notoriety; and while they are all amazed at the mighty power of God, He again earnestly forewarns the disciples of his sufferings, death, and resurrection.

xvii. 23. - ix. 32. as yet understand not the full and are afraid to inquire.

-ix. 45. They import of his words ix. 46. The disciples, by the way, reason among themselves which of them should be greatest. xvii. 24. ix. 33. They come to Capernaum-NOTE-Cæsarea Philippi, considerably north of Capernaum, was the last city mentioned, and that just before the Transfiguration-see Mt. xvi. 13, § 50,

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p. 35.

xvii. 24, .5. The collectors of the tribute for the temple ask Peter if his Master pays tribute, Peter takes upon him to answer for Jesus, making his Lord pay tribute to his Father's house.

xvii. 25-7. When come into the house, Jesus confronts Peter, charging him with having given an answer inconsistent with the confession he had made, that Jesus is the Son of God. As he had made his Master a debtor, he is himself made a debtor to the same amount, and is sent back to his fishing to procure the means of paying for both. The money is procured in such a way as to shew that Jesus is Lord of all,' whom even the fishes of the sea obey. xviii. 1. Disciples come to Jesus, asking, Who is the greatest?' &c.

a child in their midst, &c.
-xviii. 3, 4.

ix. 47.

ix. 48.

He sets

Christ's

Jesus

disciples must become as little children.
- xviii. 5. - ix. 37.
regards as done to himself that which is done to
little children in his name.

xviii. 6, 7. ix. 42.

The awful evil of

offences, especially to him who causes them.

xviii. 8, 9. ix. 43-.8. We are to be willing seemingly necessary to seeing our way, and making to part with whatever causes us to stumble, though progress therein. Better to part with a hand, a foot, or an eye, than having two hands, &c., to be cast into hell fire: where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched.'

ix. 49, 50. Every one must endure the fire: either the fire which cannot be quenched, or the fiery trial, through which the righteous now pass for purification. Believers are to present themselves a living sacrifice-in which sacrifice the salt of the covenant, excluding all corruption, must be present. The children of God are to diffuse the healing and preserving power of divine truth around them, and be at peace among themselves.

No. 52.-(G. 12.)-Jesus journeys, and resides in Galilee: and again plainly foretells his sufferings, death, and resurrection.

Jno. vii. 1. After these things-One of the last things mentioned by John, was the confession of Peter, Thou art that Christ, the Son of the Living God.' ch. vi. 69, § 43, p. 334-the truth implied in which confession had been opened up in connection with

the Transfiguration, as recorded by the other Evangelists, §§ 44-51.

Mk. ix. 30. departed thence-The last locality named by Mark was Cæsarea Philippi, viii. 27, § 50, p. 35he had since ascended the mount of Transfiguration, NOTES.

[Mt. xvii. 22. And while they abode, &c. àvaaтpepo-
μένων . . . ἐν τῇ Γαλιλ. This should not be rendered,
"while they abode in Galilee," nor "while they re-
turned to Galilee," nor even "while they passed
through." For though it may seem to be required by
ΜΕ. ix. 30, παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, yet there is
no authority for such a sense; nor do the words of
*See ADDENDA, p. 79, on the identity of Mt. xviii. 1-9, with Mk. ix. 33-50; Lu. ix. 46-50.

St. Mark require it; for aper. there means, "they
passed along through" (as in ii. 23), i. e., travelled
through. And that is the very sense of aveorpéPro9
here, of which Wets. will supply examples. Render,
"as they were travelling in Galilee,"
i. e., as
find from verse 24, on their way to Capernaum.'-
Bloomfield.]

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IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEN ALL.-James iii. 2.

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THE BEST THAT MAN CAN DO FOR BELIEVERS, IS TO AID THEIR FLIGHT TO HEAVEN.

THE UNGODLY SHALL NOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT, NOR SINNERS IN THE CONGREGATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS.-Psalm i.

NOTES.

not know that Christ must suffer before entering into his glory.-See Lu. xxiv. 26, § 94.

[Lu. ix. 45. It was hid from them. Not by God-but by their previous false belief. And from this we learn, that the plainest truths of the Bible are unin telligible to many because they have embraced some PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS.

neither would he allow them to be amazed at the mighty power of God, which he manifested, without again warning them of the approaching time of tribulation.

[44 ver. It is needful that the wondrous things which Jesus hath spoken respecting his kingdom should sink down into our ears, in order to prepare

LET NONE OF YOU SUFFER AS... AN EVIL DOER,-1 Pet. iv. 15.

STAND IN AWE, AND SIN NOT: COMMUNE WITH YOUR OWN HEART UPON YOUR BED, AND BE STILL.-Psalm iv. 4.

(G. 13.)-On their way back to Capernaum, the disciples dispute among themselves, which was the greatest.* The collectors of the tribute money make application to Peter: Jesus questions Peter on this subject; and then sends him to the lake.

MATT. xvii. 24-.7.

MARK ix. 33.

LUKE ix. 46.

a Then there-arose econλ0€ 46 a-reasoning among them, which of them should-be greatest.¿

THE PEARLS OF THE SAINT'S NECKLACE, ARE ALL THE GRACES OF GOD'S WORD,

THE THREAD IS SCARLET, AND THE CHIEF PEARLS ARE FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY.

SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS.

Lu. ix. 46. Then there arose, &c.-This reasoning, about which of them should be the greatest, was when they were journeying-see Mk. ix. 34, p. 74, and not long after the Transfiguration, ver. 2, &c., § 51, p. 51, and immediately after Jesus had warned them of his approaching humiliation, ver. 43-.5, p. 71. which of them should be greatest. -From what our Lord had said, Mk. ix. 1, p. 44, they may have expected that the kingdom was about to be set up in outward power and splendour; and even the three who witnessed the Transfiguration may have supposed that they had therein been given the greater assurance that the reign of Messiah, as expected by their countrymen, and in which they hoped to participate, was about to commence: although Jesus had repeatedly warned them that his death was about to take place, and that they must be willing to die an ignominious death as following their crucified Master, Mt. xvi. 21-.6, § ib., p. 40.

This is the first place in Galilee mentioned since our Saviour's being in the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, Mk. viii. 27, § 50, p. 35; ix. 33, supra.

tribute-The tax appointed for the service of the tabernacle, Ex. xxx. 12-6; xxxviii. 25, .6-and afterwards of the temple, 2 Ch. xxiv. 9.

25. He saith, Yes-This appears to have been an overready acquiescence on the part of Peter; for from what follows it would appear that Jesus was not accustomed to pay this tax for the support of his Father's house, in which rather he claimed to exercise authority, Jno. ii. 13-.7, § 12, p. 81; Mt. xxi. 12, .3, § 83, p. 277-Our Lord had, for the present, forbid his disciples to make known that which was the ground of his exemption from this tax, his being 'Christ, the Son of the Living God,' compare xvi. 20, § 50, p. 39; xvii. 26, p. 73-Our Lord at this time wished for concealment, Mk. ix. 30, p. 71- If even in these circumstances Peter thought himself justified in departing from the strictness of truth, he erred: Mt. xvii. 24. when they were come to Capernaum- it is plain that our Lord does not allow such liberties

On this first dispute concerning precedence, see Greswell, Vol. II. Diss. xxix. pp. 464-81, and ADDENDA, infra, p. 79.

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